Twenty years ago, if a doctor wanted to find out the amount of oxygen in a patient's blood, she would have to take a blood sample each time. Today, healthcare professionals around the world use a ...
Masimo Corp. received a pinch of good news with the U.S. FDA’s clearance of its medical-grade fingertip pulse oximeter, Mightysat Medical, for over-the-counter (OTC) sale. The device uses the same ...
-One of healthcare’s most fundamental tools works less reliably for people with darker skin tones. - An Oakland clinic’s lawsuit is helping to change that in California. The pulse oximeter, a device ...
The question of how skin pigmentation affects the performance of pulse oximeters has drawn the U.S. FDA’s close attention for several years, and the agency issued a draft guidance to address these ...
Scientists have long known that pulse oximeters are less accurate when used for people with dark skin tones – and now, a new report offers some insight into just how much more inaccurate these ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA’s proposed changes to premarket pulse oximeter trial criteria were generally accepted by an advisory ...