- The conclusion showed that “reliance on pulse oximetry to triage patients and adjust supplemental oxygen levels may place Black patients at increased risk for hypoxemia.”
- Health care recommendations base blood oxygen levels on readings, the lawsuit says, allegedly giving white patients more access to care than those with darker skin when faced with equally low blood oxygenation.
- Representatives for Apple, the lawsuit reads, affirmed and promised that it did not incorporate biases and defects of pulse oximetry concerning persons of darker skin tone.
