ed: joe kiani, we are grateful for your time.is clear that you and apple agree on is pulse oximetry can be a real benefit from a health perspective to the consumer. one of the arguments that the consumer might make and was flagged to me on social media when i said you were coming on the show, there are people who want to buy the series 9, apple has a great installed base of devices around the world and there are consumers who may or may not put off buying that product because apple is not able to allow the functionality in the context of blood oxygen. explain your thinking on that to me about access to the technology and where current proceedings inhibit that for the consumer. joe: thank you for asking me that question. i am glad one of your audience did ask that. this is actually really important to me. i have dedicated my life to helping improve people's health care. i have done a tour of innovation, philanthropy, advocacy. when someone says you took this away for me, i cannot bite anymore. the people who already have it -- i c

joining us now in a fox business exclusive, masimo founder and ceo joe kiani.al property in question, and u.s. customs and border protection agency says that's good enough for them to allow the watches to be imported again. is your patent battle with apple now over? >> i wish -- [laughter] normally, when you get an injunction, it is over. but i still haven't got a call from tim cook. but thanks for having me on your program, liz. it's great to see you again. liz: great to see you too. so let's be clear, no one from apple has given you a call at all. finish. >> that's correct. liz: and so here's my next question. in what form would the knecht step take? -- knecht step -- next step take? have i now modeled for how many -- you modeled for how many watches able was -- apple was able to sell before the ban? >> we don't have the numbers, but as you recall, a few days before the ban was supposed to take effect, apple vonnen todayly -- voluntarily announced they were going to take the watches off the market. that caused a lot of people to jump in and buy it and maybe t

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