We evaluated the accuracy and speed of response of a newly available, lightweight, and relatively inexpensive ear oximeter (Biox II oximeter). The instrument was compared with another oximeter (Hewlett-Packard 47201A) under conditions of both steadily maintained and progressively increasing hypoxia induced in normal subjects by rebreathing. The new oximeter (Biox II), which can be operated in e...

Saturation of peripheral oxygen (SpO2) is one of the most important parameters of vital signs. Pulse oximeter which based on near-infrared spectroscopy is commonly used as a non-invasive method to measure SpO2[1] ,Currently, medical device manufacturers as well as metrology measurement agencies in China usually use pulse oximeter simulator as the commonly accepted functional calibration equipme...

pulse oximetry measures the relative concentration of arterial oxygenated hemoglobin and reduced hemoglobin. this paper presents the design of a pulse oximeter, which measures the presence of a third substance, carboxyhemoglobin (hbco), by unfiltered leds at 660 nm, 810 nm, and 940 nm. background information is given on the theory of pulse oximetry. theoretical approximations and calculations w...

Several pulse oximeter manufacturers have recently developed instruments that are claimed to be resistant to the effects of patient motion. We performed a laboratory volunteer experiment to compare the performances of several of these instruments, as well as some older models, during combinations of motion and hypoxemia. Twenty oximeters were studied. A motorized table produced different hand m...

BACKGROUND The primary objective of this study was to determine whether alterations in the pulse oximeter waveform characteristics would track progressive reductions in central blood volume. We also assessed whether changes in the pulse oximeter waveform provide an indication of blood loss in the hemorrhaging patient before changes in standard vital signs. METHODS Pulse oximeter data from fin...

The pulse oximeter is a popular instrument to monitor the arterial oxygen saturation (SPO2). Although a fingertip-type pulse oximeter is the mainstream one on the market at present, it is still inconvenient for long-term monitoring, in particular, with respect to motion. Therefore, the development of a wearable pulse oximeter, such as a finger base-type pulse oximeter, can effectively solve the...

Sir, I would like to share an unusual incident, which had happened recently in our operation theater. This event had occurred while conducting spinal anesthesia for a 28-year-male patient with an inguinal hernia for meshplasty. His preoperative anesthetic evaluation and investigations were unremarkable. In the operating room, the blood pressure (BP) cuff and pulse oximeter were applied in the s...

A portable diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) flowmeter has been extended to measure both tissue blood flow and oxygenation (namely, DCS flow oximeter). For validation purposes, calf muscle blood oxygenation during cuff inflation and deflation was measured concurrently using the DCS flow oximeter and a commercial tissue oximeter. The oxygenation traces from the two measurements exhibited si...

Six pulse oximeters with finger probes were studied in three groups of 17 hypoxemic patients with COPD aged 50 to 75 years. Transcutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) was measured with the Nellcor N101 (oximeter 1a), the Ohmeda Biox III (oximeter lb), the Nellcor N200 (oximeter 2a), the Critikon Oxyshuttle (oximeter 2b), the Radiometer Oxi100 (oximeter 3a), and the Ohmeda Biox 3700 (oxime...

Pulse oximeters are used to noninvasively measure oxygen saturation in arterial blood (SaO2). Although arterial oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximeter (SpO2) is usually indicated in 1% increments, the value of SaO2 from arterial blood gas analysis is not an integer. We have developed a new pulse oximeter that can measure SpO2 to one digit after the decimal point. The values of SpO2 from t...