Why engineers are working to build better pulse oximeters.

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Why engineers are working to build better pulse oximeters.

February 21, 2024

Willyard C. MIT Technology Review. February 9, 2024.

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Engineers play an important role in the development and manufacturing of medical devices with an eye toward human factors to enable their safe use. This article discusses efforts to address structural flaws in pulse oximeter design to improve their accuracy on patients of color.

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