Takuo Aoyagi was a Japanese engineer known for his work leading to the modern pulse oximeter, the device that measures blood oxygen saturation through the skin. He is recorded here as an engineer whose work shaped a core tool of clinical monitoring.
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Aoyagi devised the pulse oximetry principle in 1972 at Nihon Kohden
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Takuo Aoyagi (青柳卓雄, Aoyagi Takuo; February 14, 1936, April 18, 2020) was a Japanese engineer, known for his work leading to the modern pulse oximeter.
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