Andover, Mass., February 2, 2006 -- Royal Philips
Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced its new line of obstetrical care fetal and maternal monitors, Avalon FM20 antepartum and Avalon FM30 intrapartum.

Built on Philips industry-leading IntelliVue patient monitoring platform, the new Avalon fetal monitors feature enhanced functionality and documentation capabilities in a compact, ergonomic, and easy-to-use product. Both monitors can be used to monitor multiple births, with advanced features that include high-quality ultrasound tracing and cross channel verification, a Philips safety feature that reduces the risk of confusing maternal and fetal heart rate signals. "Obstetrics commands the highest standards in patient safety and documentation," said David Russell, vice president of global marketing, patient monitoring, for Philips Medical Systems. "Our new fetal monitors are designed to help clinicians improve patient outcomes with
reliable monitoring throughout a mother's pregnancy. Safety features like cross channel verification, and innovative functionality, including an easy-to-use interface with touchscreen operation and large, numeric, color screen displays, advance the care team's ability to provide high-quality care. With Philips history

of innovation in obstetrical care solutions, this new product line exemplifies our continued commitment to innovation for clinicians and patients." The Avalon FM20 antepartum monitor and the Avalon FM30 intrapartum monitors integrate monitoring of maternal blood pressure and pulse rate with measurement of multiple fetal heart
rates and uterine activity. The Avalon FM30 covers patients from the onset of contractions through the final stages of delivery with its full set of external and internal fetal parameters, such as fetal heart rate via ultrasound or direct fetal
ECG, and internal and external uterine activity. It also provides maternal monitoring capabilities such as non-invasive blood pressure, pulse oximetry, ECG and heart rate. Efficiently designed, the monitors are compact and easy to use. New high-performance functionality includes the capability to monitor triplets (not
available in the U.S.) with high-quality three-channel ultrasound tracing and
coincidence detection between all heart rate channels. Data from the monitors can be
automatically transmitted to the Philips OB TraceVue obstetrical information system
for comprehensive information management across the obstetrical care continuum, from

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