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This stuff is ancient technology. It's a pulse oximeter. We've had those for decades. And then this is a pulse oximeter with computer storage attached. That's a
by renewiltord 3y ago
This stuff is ancient technology. It's a pulse oximeter. We've had those for decades. And then this is a pulse oximeter with computer storage attached. That's a nonsense patent. If Apple is fighting it, perhaps there's a chance it will invalidate. That's a good thing for us.
- epistasis 3y agoHave we had a wrist based pulse oximeter for decades? If this were so trivial, Apple may not have needed to hire so many people that worked on the patented technology
- renewiltord 3y agoSurprisingly, yes actually. Wrist-based pulse oximeters are almost a decade and a half old and pulse oximeters are a century old maybe at this point.
- mort96 3y ago"Oximeter, but on the wrist" doesn't sound like something which ought to be patentable, even if it was novel. Sounds a lot like those "this old thing, but on a computer" patents.