Delta SierraJul 2, 2025

Finally 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.

#pulseoximeter #sleepapnea #health #data #diy

Tarren (They/Them)Apr 16, 2025
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.
Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ESOct 7, 2024

"FDA's promised rules on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias"

 

#racism #FDA #PulseOximeter #bias #bullshit #BadScience

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pulse-oximeters-new-fda-rule/

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?

CBS News
Kazie™Jul 12, 2024
"#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? 🤔
https://www.imore.com/health-fitness/apple-watch/apple-looking-to-restore-apple-watch-pulse-oximeter-with-fresh-patent-application
Apple looking to restore Apple Watch Pulse Oximeter with fresh patent application

Apple is seemingly trying again with a promising Apple Watch feature.

iMore
GeekProjects NewsJul 9, 2024
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
Keep Your Lungs Clean And Happy With A DIY Supplied-Air Respirator

The smell of resin SLA printing is like the weather — everybody complains about it, but nobody does anything about it. At least until now, as [Aris Alder] tackles the problem with an affordab…

Hackaday
Brad LinderJan 16, 2024
Apple 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
GeekProjects NewsAug 7, 2023
Perfecting the Pulse Oximeter https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/perfecting-the-pulse-oximeter/ #photoplethysmography #texasinstruments #MaximIntegrated #WearableHacks #Analogdevices #pulseoximeter #MedicalHacks #MAX30001 #biohack
Perfecting The Pulse Oximeter

We’re always looking for interesting biohacks here on Hackaday, and this new research article describing a calibrated pulse oximeter for different skin tones really caught our attention. Puls…

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Show threadmonkeytimeMar 10, 2023

Here'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]

#BlackMastodon #BlackFriday #medicine #Black #health #race #diversity #inclusion #PulseOximeter #oxygen

Skin Tone Research @ Google

Introducing the Monk Skin Tone (MST) Scale, one of the ways we are moving AI forward with more inclusive computer vision tools.

Show threadmonkeytimeMar 10, 2023
There are tons of tech implications here - from fixing "smart" cameras, faucets and hand dryers that can't process darker skin effectively and search engines that default to lighter skin subjects in image search results, to outdated FDA guidelines for pulse oximeters that only vaguely state "two 'darkly pigmented' subjects must be included in testing." Great article.
https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/05/unbiased-pulse-oximeters-researchers-need-better-way-to-measure-skin-tone/
#BlackMastodon #BlackFriday #medicine #Black #health #race #diversity #inclusion #PulseOximeter #oxygen
Before making unbiased pulse oximeters, researchers need a better way to measure skin tone

Much of the research to understand pulse oximeters’ shortcomings and devise solutions is focused on race. But the problem is not one of race — it’s very clearly one of skin tone.

STAT
monkeytimeMar 10, 2023
Excellent, detailed article about a new much more inclusive Skin Tone scale developed by Dr. Ellis Monk working with Google to provide "a fuller range of darker skin tones than the cruder tools currently used" to train AI data sets in medical situations, and, more urgently, to fix pulse oximeters that don't work as well on people of color. Very sharp read:
https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/05/unbiased-pulse-oximeters-researchers-need-better-way-to-measure-skin-tone/
#BlackMastodon #BlackFriday #medicine #Black #health #race #diversity #inclusion #PulseOximeter #oxygen
Before making unbiased pulse oximeters, researchers need a better way to measure skin tone

Much of the research to understand pulse oximeters’ shortcomings and devise solutions is focused on race. But the problem is not one of race — it’s very clearly one of skin tone.

STAT