Results of pulse oximeter use - Interesting findings!

General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
TexLexx2000
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Re: Results of pulse oximeter use - Interesting findings!

Post by TexLexx2000 » Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:25 am

Thanks to the comments and information here, particularly azdj and jmblack6307, I decided to purchase a CMS50-F wrist pulse oximeter from Southeastern Medical $270. I had to pull my old XP machine out of the closet to make sure the software works. It worked perfectly. Haven't tried it on my Vista machine yet. The only problem I'm having is that the finger sensor/probe fits too tight and I have some soreness if I leave it on for more than a couple of hours. I'm going to contact the distributor and ask about alternative compatible sensors.

You guys are right this is a very interesting little device and after only a few nights testing I have a whole bunch of questions that I can discuss with my sleep doctor. The software generates some interesting reports and does some analysis for you. So far all my testing has been done with CPAP on. I have mild to mod apnea and I believe weight loss is the key. At some point I am going to test without CPAP and see if loosing 10 lbs. makes the big difference reported by jmblack6370. I suspect it will.

New to this forum and very interested in hearing more on this subject.

PC68B_user
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Re: Results of pulse oximeter use - Interesting findings!

Post by PC68B_user » Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:01 am

> PC68B Wrist Pulse Oximeter

Just gone one of these. What does it mean when it goes 'beep beep' pause 'beep beep' ....5 times in a row?

Thanks

PC68B_user
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Re: Results of pulse oximeter use - Interesting findings!

Post by PC68B_user » Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:33 am

My opinions on the PC68B.

Mine came with a tiny 4" tall manual with very small type. I would say the documentation is OK but certainly not great. Very small to read text.

One concern is if you have problems say connecting it to your PC, where you get tech support. I have a feeling many companies that sell it may not be good about supporting it.

I'm unable to tell who is the company who actually makes the PC68B and who writes the software for it. It seems to be a company in Japan, so getting good support is nonexistent.

For example, I don't believe it is possible to get software updates to the software that comes with it.

My PC68B came with a silver CD-ROM that just had a square of white paper on it and typed on it was the name of the software and the version number. Looks like the software is still on it's 1.0 version with no updates/bug fixes.

Like others....having the unit on and ready and getting it to sync can take a few tries to get the data synced with the computer, but does work.

I would recommend shopping around more doing research, and get another brand of these that has excellent software, has had software updates in the past, and has excellent tech support.