Digital health and fitness company WHOOP has released the latest version of its wearable, the WHOOP 4.0. The new wearable includes haptic alerts that use gentle vibrations to awaken the wearer based ...

Pulse oximetry is a ubiquitous non-invasive medical sensing method for measuring pulse rate and arterial blood oxygenation. Conventional pulse oximeters use expensive optoelectronic components that ...

There’s a new wearable tech metric in town – and it’s all about blood oxygen. It might sound complicated and a little pointless, but pulse ox can reveal conditions like sleep apnea – and help athletes ...

I did that before, but now I’m going to be a little more hyper alert.”for Banner Health, puts her finger in a pulse oximeter machine on March 14. Multiple studies have shown that pulse oximeters may ...

According to the FDA’s safety communication, multiple factors may affect the accuracy of pulse oximeter readings, including poor circulation, skin pigmentation, skin thickness, skin temperature, ...

Scientists have long known that pulse oximeters are less accurate when used for people with dark skin tones – and now, a new report offers some insight into just how much more inaccurate these ...

(CNN) — 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 ...