FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nihon Kohden America, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded with the distinguished Frost & Sullivan 2008 Product Innovation Award for the Wireless Patient Monitoring Market for the company’s thought leadership in promoting the defensive monitoring™ concept and the Prefense Early Detection and Notification System. Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this Award to the company that has demonstrated the ability to develop and/or advance products with more innovative capabilities than competing vendors and products. The Award recognizes successful adoption of new or existing technology that has become a part of its well-designed product family. Such innovation is expected to significantly contribute to the industry in terms of product performance and degree/rate of technical change.