The Fitbit Charge 6, the latest addition to Fitbit's lineup of fitness trackers, has introduced a significant advancement in health monitoring with its built-in blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) feature.

If you’ve had a checkup, a medical professional may have clipped a device to your finger to measure your oxygen saturation (SpO2) and pulse. Until last year, that was my only experience with such ...

Huawei introduced the Watch GT 2e last month, a sportier and lower-cost version of the Watch GT 2. The GT 2e comes with the blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) monitor feature, along with other fitness ...

A blood pressure monitor may be one of the most recognizable medical tools we have, but pulse oximeters are a close second for the most-used medical devices. Pulse oximeters, or pulse ox, measure the ...

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Fitbit's devices from recent years have blood oxygen monitoring (SpO2) hardware, but they haven't used it -- until now. Users on Reddit and elsewhere have noticed that their Versa, Ionic and Charge 3 ...

Covidien has announced the launch of its Nellcor SpO2 single parameter module for use with the Philips IntelliVue patient monitoring platform, according to a news release. The Nellcor SpO2 module ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New data published in JAMA indicate that continuous pulse oximetry monitoring is being used often in children ...

When a patient is receiving supplemental oxygen during surgery, there’s a risk that they’ll develop hyperoxia, where their arterial blood becomes oxygenated above normal levels, potentially leading to ...