The common medical devices don’t work as well for Black patients. The FDA is now trying to do something about it.

Researchers from UCSF are leading an effort to find out which pulse oximeters work equally well on all skin colors.  NBC News ...

Historically, companies haven’t been required to include a significant number of dark-skinned people in studies of pulse oximeters. “Quite frankly, how we’ve measured it hasn’t been ...

But her request for supplemental oxygen while hospitalized was denied, Starr said, because readings from a pulse oximeter on her finger falsely indicated that she was getting plenty of air on her own.

Pulse Oximeters companies are Medtronic, Nonin, Lepu Medical Technology, TytoCare Ltd, Meditech Equipment, VYAIRE, OMRON Healthcare, Promed, Smiths Medical, etc ...

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Underrepresentation of women as participants and researchers in CV clinical trials remains a problem, asserts a review ...