GE HealthCare is recalling 7559 TruSignal arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) sensors because of problems that may reduce defibrillation energy, expose patients to unintended voltage, or give inaccurate ...
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The Apple Watch’s SpO2 sensor that allows wearers to measure their blood oxygen levels was impressive when it first debuted, but it may be even more accurate than initially marketed. According to a ...
GE HealthCare is warning healthcare providers that tens of thousands of its TruSignal pulse oximeters sold in the last few years could potentially put hospitalized patients at risk of a worsened ...
Oxygen is absorbed by a protein in your blood called hemoglobin. When you breathe, your lungs load up blood cells with oxygen, then the pumping of your heart circulates the oxygen-rich blood through ...
The bioengineer Takuo Aoyagi died in Tokyo in April, around the same time that people began clamouring to panic buy his 1970s invention, the pulse oximeter. Blood oxygen saturation, which pulse ...