A pulse oximeter measures your blood oxygen levels and pulse. A low level of oxygen saturation may occur if you have certain health conditions. Your skin tone may also affect your reading.

When Carolyn Hendrickson checked the data from her intensive care patients, there was no doubt about it. A clear pattern emerged. The pulse oximeters, those small clips that doctors and nurses ...

Hundreds of thousands of people trust Onyx, the first self-contained digital fingertip pulse oximeter. Incorporating the electronics and sensor into one unit – the easy-to-use Onyx provides a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Makers of medical devices that quickly measure oxygen levels in the blood would have to gather extra data to show ... apply to pulse oximeters, which are clip-on devices ...

The FDA announced its draft guidance on recommendations for studies assessing pulse ... data collection could be used in certain cases. Additionally, studies focused on determining pulse oximeter ...

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance would require manufacturers of pulse oximeters to gather far more clinical data to show the devices accurately work across a range of skin tones.

Blood oxygen measurements taken with pulse ... can trust the data, Hendrickson said. Should manufacturers or regulatory bodies be held accountable for the reliability of pulse oximeters, asked ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday bolstered its recommendations for pulse oximeter testing following ... COVID pandemic because pulse oximetry data helped determine who received care ...