Pulse Oximeter for iPhone
February 12, 2013 | Terry Sharrer
Masimo Corporation (Irvine, CA) makes the most widely used pulse oximeters in healthcare, and recently it introduced a pad/connector cable/software product for use with Apple’s iPhone, iPad or iPod. It is now available from the company or from Amazon. MORE
Image Credit: Masimo
J Plummer
Obviously Masimo’s marketing got ahead of their reality in this. The connector and pad are not yet available and according to Masimo “The retail price is $249, and it is being hailed as the BMW of pulse oximeters.” Plus when it comes out it will not be compatible with iPhone5. So the comparison with BMW may be true since it seems very pretty and very expensive but not reliable.
Unfortunately this seems to be much ado about … not much.