These devices, crucial for measuring blood oxygen levels, have shown discrepancies in accuracy when used on darker skin, leading to potential health risks for non-white patients, the study states ...

Manufacturers increasingly but still infrequently follow Food and Drug Administration guidance that recommends testing pulse oximeters on participants with a range of skin pigmentations, according to ...

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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released draft guidelines on Jan. 6 proposing that manufacturers conduct larger, ...

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Rather than relying on those testing the devices to judge skin tones, the draft guidance suggests manufacturers should use ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday bolstered its recommendations for pulse oximeter testing following public uproar ...

Makers of medical devices that quickly measure oxygen levels in the blood would have to gather extra data to show that their ...

Sleep apnea is the most common cause of oxygen desaturation during sleep. ODI is measured by a pulse oximeter, which is a device typically placed on the fingertip that shines a red light on the skin ...

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