The U.S. FDA has cleared Masimo SedLine brain function monitoring for pediatric patients under the age of 18 and its SedLine Pediatric EEG Sensor.

SedLine is designed to help clinicians monitor brain activity bilaterally by processing electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from Masimo’s four-lead SedLine EEG sensors. This clearance brings Masimo’s bilateral brain activity monitoring to children 1 to 17 years old, in conjunction with specially sized pediatric sensors designed for easier application on smaller pediatric foreheads.

“SedLine is an easy window into a child’s electroencephalogram,” says Cristina Verdú, PhD, of Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain. “It helps us to personalize sedoanalgesia. Now, we can choose the appropriate dose according to its effects, not just according to weight or age. But in addition to monitoring anesthetic depth, it allows us to detect warning signs such as asymmetries or seizures; it tells us what is happening to the child’s brain.”

Brain activity monitoring under anesthesia on pediatric patients is different from adults.[1-2] Maintaining an appropriate depth of anesthesia is key to preventing anesthesia-related events and enabling faster recovery.[3] To aid clinicians in monitoring anesthesia depth on children, SedLine features both the display of EEG signals and the Multitaper Density Spectral Array (DSA) from both sides of the brain, to provide clinicians with a more complete picture of the brain.

“SedLine is achieving for brain function monitoring what Masimo SET did for pulse oximetry,” says Joe Kiani, founder and CEO of Masimo. “We believe SedLine is the best and most advanced way to monitor depth of sedation, crucial to helping ensure patients with even the most challenging and the youngest brains are appropriately anesthetized. We are proud to be able to bring its benefits to children in the United States.”

Featured image: Masimo SedLine Brain Function Monitoring. Photo: Business Wire

References

  1. Davidson et. Current Anesthesiology Reports 3. 1 (2013): 57-63.).
  2. Cornelissen L et al. Elife 4 (2015): e06513.
  3. Musialowicz et al. Current Anesthesiology Reports 4. 3 (2014): 251-260.