Oxygen Level Measuring Device

Earlier this month fitbit quietly rolled out blood oxygen monitoring to five of its devices.

Oxygen level measuring device.

A measurement of your blood oxygen is called your oxygen saturation level. In medical shorthand you may hear it called a pao 2 when using a blood gas and an o 2 sat spo2 when using a pulse ox. A pulse oximeter is a small device that typically clips on to your finger toe or earlobe to measure oxygen levels in the blood. And people were showing up with oxygen levels of 50.

Normally we are 94 to 100 on these devices these pulse oximeters that measure how much oxygen we have in our blood. Advertising policy cleveland clinic is a non profit academic medical center. The versa versa 2 versa lite ionic and charge 3. The new series 6 apple watch unveiled tuesday can measure people s blood oxygen levels in 15 seconds apple claims blood oxygen levels are an indicator of the severity of covid 19 the disease.

Interestingly this is a feature that apple said. A device known as a pulse oximeter which can measure the oxygen levels in one s blood within seconds after being clipped to one s finger or another body part is becoming a hot new commodity.