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\nIt's an increasingly common sight in hospitals around the world: a nurse measures our height, weight, blood pressure, and attaches a glowing plastic clip to our finger. Suddenly, a digital screen reads out the oxygen level in our...\nIt's an increasingly common sight in hospitals around the world: a nurse measures our height, weight, blood pressure, and attaches a glowing plastic clip to our finger. Suddenly, a digital screen reads out the oxygen level in our bloodstream. How did that happen? Sajan Saini shows how pairing light with integrated photonics is leading to new medical technologies and less invasive diagnostic tools. [Directed by Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson].\n
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5:15
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2019
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English
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illness, medicine, animation, innovation, healthcare, public health, light, blood vessels, infrared light, blood, hemoglobin, reading, molecules, silicon, wavelength
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medical innovation, medical research, human body, diagnose illness, medical imaging, medical diagnostic tools, medical devices, medical diagnostics, ted-ed, how medical devices use light, disease, photonics, integrated photonics, health care, health, invention, diagnose disease, oxygen level, pulse oximeter, chemical fingerprint, human saliva, red light, led light, absorb light, finger clip, finger, ratio, oxygenated, side, spectrum, sample, information, labs, bodies, pass, called, patient
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