A device known as a pulse oximeter, which can measure the oxygen levels in one's blood within seconds after being clipped to one's finger or another body part, is becoming a hot new commodity ...

Device used to measure blood oxygen can give misleading information to Black patients, study finds The findings were noted in a Dec. 17 report published by The New England Journal of Medicine.

Apple has asked a U.S. federal appeals court to overturn an import ban on Apple Watch models with blood oxygen monitoring ...

Common devices to measure oxygen in the blood don't work as well in people with darker skin, according to a new study. They are useful, but experts warn readings should be interpreted more carefully.

Normally we are 94% to 100% on these devices, these pulse oximeters that measure how much oxygen we have in our blood. And people were showing up with oxygen levels of 50%.

Pulse oximeters are devices that clip onto fingertips to measure how much oxygen is flowing through blood. Courtesy of Jenny Vallimont A study of more than 48,000 blood oxygen measurements shows ...

At a CVS store in a racially diverse neighborhood in Brooklyn Center, the only devices available to shoppers to measure their blood-oxygen levels are virtually unregulated fingertip oximeters that ...

Some doctors think pulse oximeters, which measure blood oxygen levels, are useful ways for COVID-19 patients to monitor symptoms. They’re sold out at major retailers, so people may be turning to ...

S AN FRANCISCO — The discovery that fingertip oxygen-measuring devices might contribute to health disparities because they appear to work less well on patients with darker skin has roiled the ...

For years, studies have found racial bias in common oxygen-measuring devices called pulse oximeters, as well as alarming dangers from inaccurate blood oxygen measurements in dark-skinned patients.

Most oxygen sensors, including Apple’s, measure the amount of oxygen in your blood using light. These devices are called pulse oximeters, and they typically clip on to your fingertip.