Nov 2 (Reuters) - Medical device makers and scientists are working on new technologies to improve widely-used devices that assess potential heart and respiratory problems given mounting evidence that ...

The Fitbit Charge 6, the latest addition to Fitbit's lineup of fitness trackers, has introduced a significant advancement in health monitoring with its built-in blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) feature.

The PeriFlux 6000 tcpO 2 stand-alone transcutaneous monitor demonstrates wound healing potential. It helps users to analyze patients with wounds in their lower extremities. Users can assess the ...

When Shavini Fernando (GRD ’18) developed a wearable oxygen monitor to live independently despite her life-threatening heart condition, she did not imagine two years later her invention would aid ...

The devices don’t work as well on people with darker skin, and experts say the agency should call for more testing and labeling. The devices don’t work as well on people with darker skin, and experts ...

Masimo Corp. (NASDAQ:MASI) CEO Joe Kiani thinks Apple Watch users are better off without the blood oxygen monitoring feature now that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has disabled it on its latest ...

At 33, Shavini Fernando was given just two years to live—the result of a late-diagnosed hole in her heart, which caused her to develop a life-threatening condition called Eisenmenger syndrome. The Sri ...

Blood oxygen monitors said that hospitalized Asian, Black, and Hispanic COVID-19 patients had higher blood oxygen levels than they actually did, according to a new study. Oxygen levels are an ...

Smartwatches can measure everything from heart rate to sleep quality, but one health metric has become particularly relevant over the past two years: blood oxygen saturation. Two of the world's ...

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxemia) give higher readings for patients with darker than lighter skin tones, finds the ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling for stricter testing standards for pulse oximeters—devices commonly used to measure blood oxygen levels—under a new federal proposal released Monday.