Apple Watch faces potential import ban in the US | The International Trade Commission has found Apple in violation of a bloody oxygen tracking patent owned by Masimo.

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• radix@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “bloody oxygen tracking patent” click on post “blood oxygen tracking patent” :/

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  • SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Clearly the bot is British

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    • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It would all be fine if it weren’t for that bloody oxygen tracking patent!

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  • dukk@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Had to reread this comment twice to realize…

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It really was a disappointment

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• I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Medical patents and approvals are an interesting miasma of red tape. Apparently the new Pixel 8’s have been having some hurdles with them. They contain a temperature sensor which can supposedly be used to check body temperature and monitor for disease. But merely checking body temperature makes it a Class II medical device which requires a ton of paperwork and red tape from the FDA, with disease tracking making it even more difficult. So that’s why the Pixel 8 was released with a temperature sensor which, for now, can only be used to measure external things and is prohibited from being accesed by third part developers.

  Another good example is 23andme. When they first started, it wasn’t just genealogy information. They’d give a whole background of genetic diseases and conditions you might be at risk for. Then the FDA found out and shut it down since they didn’t go through the hoops required to give out medical advice. So even though they have the complete capability to gather that information accurately, they are no longer allowed to provide it to their customers, simply due to red tape.

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  • flames5123@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Huh? They still provide the “you have this variant linked to this disease” thing. What are you talking about?

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    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Your comment posted multiple times

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    • Ranvier@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No, they aren’t allowed to do genetic testing for actual genetic diseases, like the mutation in this gene causes Huntington’s Disease or something. They are allowed to comment on vague things like genetic modifiers of common diseases (like, people with this change have a relative risk of heart disease is 2.5% higher than the population).

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• PeleSpirit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think Apple would sue if Masimo was copying their watch, yeah?

  “Masimo has wrongly attempted to use the ITC to keep a potentially lifesaving product from millions of U.S. consumers while making way for their own watch that copies Apple,” an Apple spokesperson told Reuters. “While today’s decision has no immediate impact on sales of Apple Watch, we believe it should be reversed, and will continue our efforts to appeal.”

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  • Heisme@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They have:

    “Apple has separately sued Masimo for patent infringement in federal court in Delaware. It has called Masimo’s legal actions a “maneuver to clear a path” for its own competing smartwatch.”>

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    • PeleSpirit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Did they win?

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• Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Like half the point of smartwatches is health vital tracking…. Blood oxygen is a major vital sign.

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    • Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • TheGoldenV@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Boy oh boy I hope you didn’t post that from a mobile phone. It’ll blow your noodle to know what that harvests.

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    • RelentlessArts@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Why what do the GrapheneOS team harvest that I don’t already consent to by installing the OS?

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  • spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you’re trying to be edgy, what if I told you there need to be features that would entice people to buy something in order to harvest data, and that pulse oximetry could be one of them without much hardware cost?

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• MrPibb@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Lol, no fucking way this happens.

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