Masimo announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance for the TFA-1 Single-Patient-Use Adhesive Forehead Sensor that allows clinicians to monitor patients using Masimo SET ...

Pulse oximeters designed for home use have been available for some time. But in recent years, their popularity has grown as people increasingly prioritize wellness and actively seek convenient ways to ...

Laser-based distance measurement often serves as a way of positioning parts, navigating automated vehicles like stacker cranes, and measuring the dimensions of objects like boxes. There are three ...

What Is a Pulse Oximeter? A pulse oximeter, or pulse ox, is an electronic device that can be attached to your forehead, fingers, nose, foot, toes, or ears. A nurse or medical assistant usually clamps ...

As the FDA convenes an advisory committee meeting to discuss recent studies showing that many pulse oximeters are less effective when used on patients with darker skin, BioIntelliSense is getting a ...

While at CES 2016, I got a sneak preview of the MAX30102 optical sensor. I met with Maxim Integrated and saw a really neat optical heart rate IC for the wrist, finger, or even the ear. Any reasonably ...

How fast does your heart beat? It’s a tough question to answer, because our heart rate changes all the time depending on what we’re doing and how our body is behaving. However, [Ludwin] noted that ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. When the need arises to convert voltage readings from an analog sensor into a pulse train, a low-end microcontroller ...