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2. 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]

3. Biox - Wikipedia

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   He led the team of pulse oximeter engineers which later developed the Ohmeda Biox 3700 [3] which was widely used in the anesthesia market in the mid-1980s. The first commercially available oximeters were produced by Hewlett-Packard, and were large, cumbersome, and expensive. These devices were of limited value because they were largely focused ...

4. Photoplethysmogram - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] A PPG is often obtained by using a pulse oximeter which illuminates the skin and measures changes in light absorption. [3] A conventional pulse oximeter monitors the perfusion of blood to the dermis and subcutaneous tissue of the skin. Finger pulse oximeter. With each cardiac cycle the heart pumps blood to the periphery. Even though ...

5. 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 ...

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   Before joining family and friends, schedule a health check-up. ... Pulse Oximeters. Touchless Thermometers. ... USA TODAY. 2024 white Christmas forecast predicts what parts of USA will see snow ...

7. Oxygen saturation (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Example pulse oximeter. Pulse oximetry is a method used to estimate the percentage of oxygen bound to hemoglobin in the blood. [10] This approximation to SaO 2 is designated SpO 2 (peripheral oxygen saturation). The pulse oximeter is a small device that clips to the body (typically a finger, an earlobe or an infant's foot) and displays its ...