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Lawsuit to fix pulse oximeter bias makes progress with device manufacturers
A lawsuit against pulse oximeter manufacturers and distributors is starting to create change. But experts say the FDA needs ...
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Pulse Oximeters Are Less Accurate on Darker Skin—And There's No Good Alternative
Pulse oximeters are widely used to measure blood oxygen levels, but these devices may be less reliable for people with darker ...
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Medtronic settles pulse oximetry lawsuit alleging inaccuracies
Roots Community Health has sued 12 other firms, including GE Healthcare, CVS and Walgreens, and called for manufacturers and ...
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What Is Pulse Oximetry?
What Is a Pulse Oximeter? A pulse oximeter, or pulse ox, is an electronic device that can be attached to your forehead, fingers, nose, foot, toes, or ears. A nurse or medical assistant usually ...
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FDA’s promised rules on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias
Aboelata's clinic has sued producers and stores that sell oximeters, demanding they pull the devices or add safety warnings to the labels. Many of her patients rely on home oxygen, which requires ...
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UK review finds skin-tone bias among pulse oximeters and AI datasets
the final report calls for regulators, developers, manufacturers, and healthcare professionals to take immediate action to ensure existing pulse oximeter devices in the NHS can be used safely and ...
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Health monitoring devices at risk of being hacked, study shows
Billions of people around the world are using internet-connected medical devices to monitor their health, but could be putting themselves at risk of hackers using their data for unhealthy reasons, ...
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Research: Health Devices Vulnerable to Hacking
Billions of people around the world are using internet-connected medical devices to monitor their health, but could be ...
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Medical device bias needs immediate action - review
Immediate action is needed to tackle the impact of ethnic and other biases in the use of medical devices, an independent review says. It found pulse oximeter devices could be less accurate for ...
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Review calls for action on bias with medical devices
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said it accepted the findings of the review and has implemented an action plan, including ensuring that pulse oximeter devices used in the NHS can ...
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FDA’s promised rules on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias
The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well above the 88% blood oxygen saturation level that signals an urgent risk of organ failure and death. Yet his doctor, Noha Aboelata, believed the ...
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FDA's promised guidance on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias, say experts
A History of inaction Although some recent industry-sponsored studies have shown that certain devices work across skin tones, research dating to the 1980s has found discrepancies in pulse oximetry ...