A portable device used to detect blood oxygen levels revolutionized the medical field 50 years ago and is now receiving essential updates Efforts to improve the accuracy of pulse oximetry readings for ...

Apple's new Apple Watch Series 6 goes all-in on health care, including a new feature to measure blood oxygen level-- a vital sign that's been helpful monitoring COVID-19, among other things. Other ...

DETROIT – If you or a loved one has had a case of COVID-19, you may be familiar with the Pulse Ox device to check how much oxygen you have in your blood. It’s often the first clue that a COVID patient ...

iHealth Labs, a subsidiary of China-based medical device company Andon Health, has received FDA clearance for a wireless fingertip pulse oximeter, which will be a distinct offering from the consumer ...

Garmin (and other smartwatch manufacturers) have relatively recently started allowing users to measure their ‘Pulse Ox’. Pulse Ox is a proxy for what sports scientists call SpO₂. Essentially this is ...

June 15, 2011 (Washington, DC) — New Jersey has become the first US state to require that every newborn baby be tested for congenital heart disease using pulse-oximetry testing [1,2]. Other states are ...