These small electronic devices detect both your pulse and blood oxygen ... behind a pulse oximeter relies on the fact that hemoglobin absorbs red and infrared light differently based on its ...

In severe cases, if your brain is getting less oxygen, the cells can start ... with a pulse oximeter is a painless, non-invasive procedure that only takes a few minutes to set up.

Pulse oximetry has been suggested as the preferred tool for continuos monitoring of patients at risk for the SIDS/ALTE/Apnea clinical complex. Technical difficulties related to difficulty of long ...