Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Real-world study looked at relationship between skin pigmentation and pulse oximeter bias in critically ill ...

As the FDA convenes an advisory committee meeting to discuss recent studies showing that many pulse oximeters are less effective when used on patients with darker skin, BioIntelliSense is getting a ...

A 2026 informational report on the Herz P1 Smart Oximeter fingertip pulse oxygen monitor, covering the company's FDA 510(k) cleared positioning, ±2% SpO2 blood oxygen accuracy specifications, smart ...

In a suit filed against CVS, Walgreens, GE Healthcare and many other medical technology companies and sellers of pulse oximeters – devices that use light to measure oxygen saturation in the blood – ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pulse oximeters are more effective in white patients than in Black patients. Those in health care need to ...

(CNN)-- Often when Dr. Thomas Valley sees a new patient in the intensive care unit at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, he clamps a pulse oximeter on their finger -- one of the many devices he uses to ...

Attorneys general representing half of the U.S. and Washington, D.C., are calling on the FDA to step up its ongoing efforts to eliminate racial biases from pulse oximetry readers. Last November, the ...

Although use of pulse oximetry in hospitalized children with respiratory infections is common, the data supporting its use are limited. Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2006 ...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today FDA clearance of MightySat ® Medical, making it the first and only FDA-cleared medical fingertip pulse oximeter available ...

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, Kimani Toussant’s wife, an epidemiologist, brought him an article about how pulse oximeters appeared to be less accurate in people with darker skin. The small ...

Across the healthcare landscape, more and more conversations are focusing on health inequity. Specific to pulse oximetry, recent research, media, and regulatory discussions have been raising awareness ...

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Dr. Ashraf Fawzy about a study that shows how inaccurate measurements by pulse oximeters lead to delays in COVID treatment for people of color. You may have encountered this ...