Masimo Corp. and Apple Inc. have filed dueling post-trial briefs in a California federal court, following a retrial over ...

These devices, crucial for measuring blood oxygen levels, have shown discrepancies in accuracy when used on darker skin, leading to potential health risks for non-white patients, the study states ...

Manufacturers increasingly but still infrequently follow Food and Drug Administration guidance that recommends testing pulse oximeters on participants with a range of skin pigmentations, according to ...

At a CVS store in a racially diverse neighborhood in Brooklyn Center, the only devices available to shoppers to measure their ...

Manufacturers increasingly but still infrequently follow Food and Drug Administration guidance that recommends testing pulse oximeters on participants ...

The AAP published updated recommendations for screening newborns for critical congenital heart disease with a new algorithm it said could catch more infants than the previous one. Screening for ...

Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced that its management will participate in the 43rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific time. A live webcast ...

US FDA issues new draft guidance aimed to help improve performance of pulse oximeters across skin tones: Maryland Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 14:00 Hrs [IST] The US Food and Drug ...

Pulse oximeters help doctors evaluate a person's pulse rate and the oxygen saturation of your blood. The FDA is proposing ...

Darker skin tones are typically the result of the presence of more of the pigment melanin, which can interfere with the absorption of light from the pulse oximeter. In practical terms, this means that ...

If you use a pulse oximeter for health monitoring, know that the FDA is working to improve their accuracy for all skin tones, ...

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