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2023's laptops and wearables we may (or may not) see

The Vergecast

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Consumer Health Tech Products Are a Mess

If you have an SPO2 level of 83% you best be in an ambulance on your way to the hospital. That is below what that like is acceptable or her people with COPD. So these are these are problems where if you were FDA regulated they would be less of a problem because before it could ever go to market you'd have to prove that you are clinically like clinical grade accurate. Most of the consumer products out there that claim to do SPO2 they don't have to do that. And they get away with it because they say we're a wellness device. We're not a medical device. It's a real mess, I got to tell you.

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