IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today FDA clearance of MightySat ® Medical, making it the first and only FDA-cleared medical fingertip pulse oximeter available ...

More than two dozen attorneys general are urging Food and Drug Administration officials to take urgent action to address disparities in how well pulse oximeters, the fingertip devices used to monitor ...

Although use of pulse oximetry in hospitalized children with respiratory infections is common, the data supporting its use are limited. Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2006 ...

Masimo SET ® Is the Primary Pulse Oximetry at All 10 Top U.S. Hospitals, Monitors More Than 200 Million Patients a Year, and Has Been Shown to Have Unrivaled Accuracy and Reliability in More Than 100 ...

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee met Friday to figure out ways to make pulse oximeters more accurate when doing readings on darker skin both in hospitals and at home, after research ...

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.

Dr. Takuo Aoyagi, a Japanese bioengineer, was the first to invent pulse oximetry in 1974. 2 The pulse oximeter is based on the light absorption characteristics of hemoglobin at different wavelengths.

Across the healthcare landscape, more and more conversations are focusing on health inequity. Specific to pulse oximetry, recent research, media, and regulatory discussions have been raising awareness ...

Given the extent of disagreement among observers regarding the color of infants observed under identical conditions (i.e., via video recording), the study authors concluded that real-world visual ...