Federal health officials are proposing changes to make sure medical devices that measure oxygen levels are working for ...

The agency is proposing that device manufacturers improve their testing to including larger, more diverse sample sizes.

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

Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now the US Food and Drug Administration is proposing guidance to help make these ...

The FDA's draft recommendations for pulse oximeters aims to include clinical studies involving at least 150 participants with ...

The oxygen desaturation index (ODI) is a measure of insufficient blood oxygen (low levels) during sleep. If you have a diagnostic sleep study, this measure can be one of the components in the report ...

Zynex's NiCO pulse oximeter utilizes highly precise laser technology to measure blood oxygenation levels directly, as opposed to current pulse oximeter products, which only estimate oxygenation ...

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Pulse oximeters are widely used to inform medical decision-making and to make critical decisions in acute care settings, so it is essential that these devices are accurate and reliable in all people.

Some studies have shown that the right middle finger works best. In some people, the right thumb may also work well. A pulse oximeter can give results on a screen in just a few seconds. Most oximeters ...