Founded in 1987 by Nassib Chamoun, Aspect Medical Systems is a publically traded medical technology company that develops noninvasive anesthesia monitoring devices to provide clinicians with a direct measure of the effects of anesthetics on the brain, which improves the quality, safety, and efficiency of anesthesia care for the patient. The Company's core technologies utilize innovative, patented digital signal processing software linked to sensors designed to provide high resolution signals.