Tuesday, May 26, 2015 · 3:25 pm ·
“An updated iFixit teardown of the current-generation Apple Watch (via iDownloadBlog) claims that the smartwatch, which launched on the market back in April, appears to feature hardware capable of measuring blood oxygen saturation levels,” Joe White writes for AppAdvice. “In its Apple Watch teardown article, iFixit explains that the heart rate monitor in the wearable ‘is actually a plethysmograph – it looks and acts like a pulse oximeter, but Apple isn’t claiming it can measure your blood oxygen level,'” White writes. “As such, iDownloadBlog goes on to suggest that a software update could enable this functionality at some point in the near future, allowing the Apple Watch to calculate more precise calorie burns through measuring the oxygen saturation levels in users’ blood.” Full article . “Pulse oximetry is basically a non-invasive method of accurately measuring one’s pulse by monitoring oxygen saturation in the blood stream,” Christian Zibreg writes for iDownloadBlog. “Ahead of theofficial Apple Watch introduction last fall, some Chinese media curiously claimed the wearable device would include optical sensors to measure both heart rate and oxygen levels in blood.” “Then there is the case of Michael O’Reilly, M.D., who left his position in July 2013 to take on a role at Apple,” Christian Zibreg writes for iDownloadBlog. “He was formerly the Chief Medical Officer and EVP of Medical Affairs at Masimo Corporation, helping the company develop several pulse oximetry devices, including the iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter which connects to the iPhone.” Zibreg writes, “If enabled via a software update — I’m guessing Apple is awaiting an FDA approval for this — your Apple Watch could monitor the oxygen content of your blood by measuring how much infrared light is absorbed.” Read more in the full article . MacDailyNews Take: FDA approval was the first thing that popped into our minds, too. Maybe we’ll see this with Watch OS 1.1 or later? Related article: – January 30, 2014
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