Dr. Takuo Aoyagi, a Japanese bioengineer, was the first to invent pulse oximetry in 1974. 2 The pulse oximeter is based on the light absorption characteristics of hemoglobin at different wavelengths.

As concern grows over racial bias in common medical tools like pulse oximeters, a new study shows that smartphones may offer a simple, accessible way to help correct the problem. Researchers at Brown ...

Given the extent of disagreement among observers regarding the color of infants observed under identical conditions (i.e., via video recording), the study authors concluded that real-world visual ...

On November 1, 2023, a contingent of 25 US state attorneys general wrote to the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to encourage the agency “to act with urgency to address the ...

Masimo SET ® Is the Primary Pulse Oximetry at All 10 Top U.S. Hospitals, Monitors More Than 200 Million Patients a Year, and Has Been Shown to Have Unrivaled Accuracy and Reliability in More Than 100 ...

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the CE marking of Eve™, a critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) newborn screening application, for the Rad-97™ Pulse ...