The pulse oximeter is currently one of the most essential medical devices. This health instrument can actually help you during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this photo illustration, a young woman ...

A long-awaited study commissioned by the FDA has muddied the path forward on how to reduce racial bias in pulse oximeter ...

Pulse oximeters became a hot ticket item after the COVID-19 pandemic first began. Suddenly, devices most people previously couldn’t name were selling out left and right. A pulse oximeter is a small ...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you have probably heard of a pulse oximeter. This small, clip-like device uses light to quickly measure blood oxygen levels and heart rate. Blood oxygen levels are the ...

The longstanding problem of pulse oximeters providing less-accurate readings for people with dark skin tones got another look Friday from a panel of experts for the US Food and Drug Administration.

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxemia) give ...

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee Tuesday will take up the issue of whether pulse oximeters, the ubiquitous medical devices that became a mainstay for assessing patient oxygen levels ...