Medical device makers and scientists are working on new technologies to improve widely-used devices that assess potential heart and respiratory problems given mounting evidence that current ones could ...

Home blood pressure monitoring is nothing new but accurately measuring blood pressure without using a cuff is. Valencell, a company with a history of developing photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor ...

The Asus VivoWatch 6 Aero should let you stick your finger on the watch face to get a blood oxygen and blood pressure reading. Reading time 4 minutes Innovation often comes from the places you least ...

A pulse oximeter measures your blood oxygen levels and pulse. A low level of oxygen saturation may occur if you have certain health conditions. Your skin tone may also affect your reading. Pulse ...

Checking a patient’s pulse or temperature is relatively simple. But there was no easy way to monitor another vital sign, oxygen levels in the blood, until Takuo Aoyagi discovered one in the early ...