However, navigating the market can be difficult, as many devices look similar but differ significantly in comfort, sensor reliability, app quality, and reporting features. Even after choosing a ...

In January, Medtronic published the results of a verification study of its new processor. Used across the full range of skin tones, the technology, Nell-EQ, achieved better oxygen saturation accuracy ...

Pulse oximeter devices routinely overestimate blood oxygen levels in darker-skinned patients—a racial bias that can trigger downstream health harms for Black individuals, compounding well beyond any ...

This review synthesised existing evidence on racial disparities in pulse oximeter accuracy, quantified the degree of bias, evaluated clinical effects, highlighted implications for practice, and ...

The SET pulse oximetry technology used with a neonate. [Image courtesy of Masimo] Masimo (Nasdaq:MASI) today announced new study findings supporting the use of its SET pulse oximetry in critically ill ...

Tiffany Kinyua is a psychology major with a minor in biology and she is a 2025-26 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own.

Danaher will acquire pulse oximeter maker Masimo in a $9.9 billion deal, as the life science firm looks to bulk up its diagnostics portfolio. The companies said on Tuesday that Danaher will pay $180 ...

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia) give higher readings for patients with darker than lighter skin tones, finds the ...

In the EXAKT study from the U.K., the home-use pulse oximeters assessed all gave higher oxygen saturation (SpO2) readings for patients with darker skin tones than for patients with lighter skin tones.

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Rather than provide clarity on how to reduce racial bias in pulse ...