Hackaday [Unofficial]How Pulse Oximetry Figures Out Your Blood Oxygen Levels
How Pulse Oximetry Figures Out Your Blood Oxygen Levels https://hackaday.com/2026/05/19/how-pulse-oximetry-figures-out-your-blood-oxygen-levels/
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Delta SierraFinally found a pulse oximeter that I thought would meet my needs. Accurate, reasonable size, comfortable enough to wear at night (I'm trying to get blood oxygen levels to correlate against my CPAP logs, because I will not spend $6500+ on doctors/equipment when I can do it at home myself for 1/5th of that).
It uses an app; no big deal, I have an old phone I don't use anymore. Linked up quickly, shows data in a nice "at a glance" format, offers a CSV export. Perfect!
...and the only export option is to do Nearby Device sharing with another Android device. What the actual fuck, guys. Why would you overcomplicate the incredibly basic option of "generating a CSV file"? Why do I need TWO FUCKING PHONES to view this data?? It's not even fancy data, it's literally a pretentious text file! Fuck's sake.
Anyway, shopping for another pulse oximeter now. Fun times.
Tarren (They/Them)I am firmly of the opinion that one of the best investments @TheZooLady had us make was getting a #pulseOximeter. Yes, they even have talking ones. If it wasn't for that thing, I might not have gone into the ER in time for them to catch #pneumonia trying to set in, and gotten it taken care of before it became a magor thing.
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"FDA's promised rules on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias"
FDA's promised guidelines on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias
For decades, widely used pulse oximeters have underestimated the oxygen needs of darker-skinned patients. Will the FDA's new guidelines fix that?
Kazieβ’"#Apple looking to restore #AppleWatch #PulseOximeter with fresh patent application | #iMore"
- Hm. Does this mean the oximeter feature will never come back for the #AppleWatchSeries9 and #AppleWatchUltra2? π€
https://www.imore.com/health-fitness/apple-watch/apple-looking-to-restore-apple-watch-pulse-oximeter-with-fresh-patent-application
- Hm. Does this mean the oximeter feature will never come back for the #AppleWatchSeries9 and #AppleWatchUltra2? π€
https://www.imore.com/health-fitness/apple-watch/apple-looking-to-restore-apple-watch-pulse-oximeter-with-fresh-patent-application
Keep Your Lungs Clean and Happy with a DIY Supplied-Air Respirator https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/keep-your-lungs-clean-and-happy-with-a-diy-supplied-air-respirator/ #pulseoximeter #suppliedair #respirator #ToolHacks #breathing #lungs #resin #HEPA #hood #PPE #sar #sla #VOC
Brad LinderApple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 could be redesigned to drop pulse oximeter functionality in response to a court ruling that the tech infringes on a patent held by Masimo. This would allow Apple to resume imports of the watches to the US. https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/15/tech/apple-watch-ban-fix/index.html #AppleWatch #Masimo #PulseOximeter #Patents
monkeytimeHere's the link to Google's Monk Skin Tone (MST) Scale site, linked in the article:
https://skintone.google/the-scale
Well worth a visit if you're interested in AI, Machine Learning, racism in tech or related topics.
[tagging @creatrixtiara @mekkaokereke @timnitGebru to take a look at the StatNews article at https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/05/unbiased-pulse-oximeters-researchers-need-better-way-to-measure-skin-tone/ if they haven't seen it already]
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