A "friend" of mine in the pub has mentioned that (when he gets time) he is planning to collect up as many old pulse oximeter probes, leads, and all the rest that he can find with a view to "reverse engineering" a cheap solution to the lack of standardisation in SpO2 "technology", once and for all.
If his project ever sees the light of day (and, it must be said, other "genius ideas" still remain firmly on the back burner, whilst the Guinness continues to get consumed), I'm hoping that he will publish full details on the web, for the whole world to have and to hold (or at least, see and admire). No more
gouging* then, we hope.
*
Price gouging is a pejorative term for a seller pricing much higher than is considered reasonable or fair, often well above the market price when no alternative is available (as is sometimes the case with medical equipment, especially as we are now increasingly restricted to a gang of "Big Three" or so global manufacturers, not to mention the inflated price mark-ups by well entrenched so-called "local agents" [aka "middle men"]. Meanwhile, the sick and the needy continue to suffer, usually in silence, as tradition expects and requires).
