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2. An essential medical device fails people of color. A clinic ...

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   Inaccurate pulse oximeter readings are more common in Black patients than non-Black ones. It was a problem that could be ignored — until COVID-19 hit. An essential medical device fails people of ...

3. FDA reviews evidence pulse oximeters less accurate on ... - AOL

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   The Medical Devices Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently met to review the reported inaccuracy of pulse oximetry in patients with darker skin. The meeting ...

4. FDA convenes meeting on ‘mounting real-world evidence’ pulse ...

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   Story at a glance FDA panel meets to discuss pulse oximeters, which are medical devices that measure blood oxygen levels. Studies have suggested that oximeter readings are less accurate for people ...

5. Pulse oximetry - Wikipedia

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   A pulse oximeter probe applied to a person's finger. A pulse oximeter is a medical device that indirectly monitors the oxygen saturation of a patient's blood (as opposed to measuring oxygen saturation directly through a blood sample) and changes in blood volume in the skin, producing a photoplethysmogram that may be further processed into other measurements. [4]

6. CO-oximeter - Wikipedia

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   Finger tip carboxyhemoglobin saturation monitor.. A CO-oximeter is a device that measures the oxygen carrying state of hemoglobin in a blood specimen, including oxygen-carrying hemoglobin (O2Hb), non-oxygen-carrying but normal hemoglobin (HHb) (formerly, but incorrectly, referred to as 'reduced' hemoglobin), as well as the dyshemoglobins such as carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) and methemoglobin (MetHb).

7. FDA advisory panel reviewing pulse oximeter accuracy with ...

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   The accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with dark skin tones is now being reviewed. An FDA advisory panel met Friday to talk about how to make these devices more accurate for people with darker ...