Masimo has launched its new audio-video baby monitor system with multiple configurations, which is the company’s high-tech spin on a classic baby monitor. The monitoring system comprises a video camera with two-way audio capabilities, which can also act as a standalone audio hub for when video isn’t required, a sensor-equipped silicone boot, and a connected smartphone app.
Masimo’s Stork baby monitor system offers two different bundles
- The basic bundle costs around $249 and includes only the video camera and app
- The full “Vitals+” bundle can cost up to $549 and includes the camera, app, and boot
- The “Vitals+” bundle aims to improve the parenting experience by providing caregivers with continuous readings of a baby’s vital signs
- The system provides longer-term trends and averages
- Real-time data brings convenience and peace of mind to parents.
The Masimo Stork is equipped with a high-resolution camera with 2K QHD capability, which allows for improved night-time vision. Not only this, but the camera can provide readings of a room’s temperature, humidity, and noise levels, all the while being compatible with a mobile app.
According to the company, the silicone boot is soft and flexible and comes in three sizes so that it may grow with the baby and provide an optimal fit for children up to the age of 18 months. The boot is also embedded with sensors that can monitor a baby’s own vital signs, including pulse rate, body temperature, and oxygen saturation.
Sensors in the boot are expected to last 16 hours per charge, and recharge is supposed to take no more than two hours.
In his announcement for the newest company product, Joe Kiani, founder, and CEO explained that the new product shared its name with a project dated back to the 90s that led to the launch of Masimo’s now-flagship SET pulse oximetry technology.
Previous pulse oximeters in the market failed to track oxygen saturation in newborns due to the newborn squirming. Therefore, in 1992, Project Stork was launched to combat the issue with an early proof-of-concept version of the SET tech.
It should, however, be noted that although the company received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month for its pulse oximetry and temperature measurement device, the new system has not been approved by the agency as a medical device that can be used to diagnose, cure, treat, alleviate, or prevent any disease or health condition.
The company has put up clear warnings against the use of the monitoring system as a medical device, especially since the Smart Sock vital sign monitors by Owlet, which were designed to track blood oxygen saturation and pulse rate in children, faced problems with the FDA over its distinction as a medical device.
The FDA issued Owlet a warning in 2021 that eventually led to the Smart Stock being taken off the market.
The basic Stork bundle costs the consumer around $249 and includes only the video camera and app, while the full “Vitals+” bundle, which includes the camera, app, and boot, can cost up to $549 and aims to improve the parenting experience by bringing real data to parents through its ability to provide caregivers with continuous readings of a baby’s vital signs and longer-term trends and averages.
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