Irvine, California-based Masimo Technologies, which makes non-invasive patient monitoring devices and sensors, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its forehead sensor. The adhesive TFA-1 Forehead ...

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There’s a new wearable tech metric in town – and it’s all about blood oxygen. It might sound complicated and a little pointless, but pulse ox can reveal conditions like sleep apnea – and help athletes ...

Improved SpO 2 Accuracy Now Available for All Patient Populations IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that RD SET ® sensors with Masimo Measure-through Motion and ...

Fitbit launched its first proper smartwatch in 2017. The Ionic, along with most of its recent wearables, features a dormant SpO2 sensor that can be used for blood oxygen tracking. More users are now ...

One of the most important metrics on a Fitbit tracker is the Estimated Oxygen Variation – and now that every tracker is fitted with an SpO2 sensor, everyone can take advantage. Blood oxygen can be ...

Fitness tech companies, particularly Fitbit and Garmin, want to monitor the level of oxygen in your blood. It’s a metric that could help spot signs of sleep apnea and other breathing-related problems, ...

Put simply, SpO2 is a measure of blood oxygen saturation. The more oxygen you have in your blood, the higher your SpO2 levels are going to be. Seeing as our bodies need oxygen to survive, we can ...

(MENAFN- 3BL) January 22, 2026 /3BL/ - Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, announced verification study results for its investigational NellcorTM pulse oximetry with Nell-EQTM ...