Healthcare IT News

Medtronic dismissed from pulse oximeter lawsuit, FDA still working on guidance

In a suit filed against CVS, Walgreens, GE Healthcare and many other medical technology companies and sellers of pulse oximeters – devices that use light to measure oxygen saturation in the blood – ...
Los Angeles Times

Oakland clinic gets medical device maker to disclose risk of false blood-oxygen reading

-One of healthcare’s most fundamental tools works less reliably for people with darker skin tones. - An Oakland clinic’s lawsuit is helping to change that in California. The pulse oximeter, a device ...
Star Tribune

New FDA rules to cut racial bias in some, but not all, devices to measure oxygen in the blood

So-called “health and wellness” pulse oximeters available online and at pharmacies — like the $50.99 CVS Health Pulse Oximeter, made by a subsidiary of Tianjin Chase Sun Pharmaceutical ― do not ...
CNN

FDA panel recommends more diversity in pulse oximeter trials

The longstanding problem of pulse oximeters providing less-accurate readings for people with dark skin tones got another look Friday from a panel of experts for the US Food and Drug Administration.
CNN

FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones

Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now the US Food and Drug Administration is proposing guidance to help make these ...
News Medical

Pulse oximeters miss hypoxemia more often in people with darker skin, study finds

A major UK study shows that commonly used home pulse oximeters can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin, increasing the risk of undetected hypoxemia and raising urgent questions about ...