Abstract: Disclosed herein is a base device with a pump device for applying pressure to a working fluid and a body contact device that can be detachably coupled to one another. A housing of the base device has a contact surface for the body contact device where the contact surface has a passage which can be closed by means of a closing member of a valve device. A spring is provided for applying spring force to move the closing member into a position that closes the passage. The body contact device has a pressure applicator, which can be acted upon by the working fluid, to apply pressure to the finger and a sealing element for creating a fluid connection with the base device. The body contact device has a deflecting means for deflecting the closing member against the spring force in the operating configuration.

Abstract: A catheter insertable into a patient for monitoring pressure having an expandable outer balloon. An expandable inner balloon is positioned within the lumen of the catheter and has having a second outer wall and forms a gas chamber to monitor pressure within the patient. In response to pressure exerted on the outer wall of the outer balloon, fluid within the outer balloon enters an opening in the wall of the catheter lumen to exert a pressure on the outer wall of the expanded inner balloon to deform the inner balloon and compress the gas within the inner balloon. A pressure sensor communicates with the gas containing chamber for measuring pressure based on compression of gas caused by deformation of the expanded inner balloon resulting from deformation of the expanded outer balloon.

Abstract: A cerebrospinal-fluid-pressure-measuring device including a pressure gauge including a hollow cylindrical body for inserting through a skull and having a lower and upper end, and an inner surface, a membrane attached to the lower end and to move under a pressure of cerebrospinal fluid within the skull, and coils including a stationary coil disposed in the cylindrical body and connected to the inner surface so as to remain stationary, and a moving coil disposed in the cylindrical body and connected to the membrane so that the moving coil moves when the membrane moves under the pressure, one of the coils being configured as a transmitting coil and another of the coils being configured as a receiving coil, and a control unit to apply an input signal to the transmitting coil and receive an output signal from the receiving coil, and to generate an indication of the pressure.

Abstract: A cervical cell collection device, kit and method for the collection of cervical cells is provided. In some embodiments, the cervical cell collection device comprises an outer guide assembly having a distal end section with an aperture there through; an inner assembly positioned within the outer guide assembly, the inner assembly having a distal end with a collapsible collection pad secured thereto by a flexible collection support, wherein the inner assembly is movable from a first position where the collection pad is folded inside distal end section of the outer guide assembly to a second position where the collection pad is pushed through the aperture in the distal end of the outer guide assembly where it expands to contact and collect cervical cells.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for an enhanced goniometer. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining a sequence of measurements to be measured based on one or more data points of an examination; receiving input from a user initiating a measurement; receiving raw data from a measuring component; processing the raw data to exclude measurements corresponding to one or more axes; generating a measurement result based on the processed raw data; and providing the measurement result for output.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and method for detection of pulse and/or pulse-related information of a patient.

Abstract: A blood pressure detection device manufactured by a semiconductor process includes a substrate, a microelectromechanical element, a gas-pressure-sensing element, a driving-chip element, an encapsulation layer and a valve layer. The substrate includes inlet apertures. The microelectromechanical element and the gas-pressure-sensing element are stacked and integrally formed on the substrate. The encapsulation layer is encapsulated and positioned on the substrate. A flowing-channel space is formed above the microelectromechanical element and the gas-pressure-sensing element. The encapsulation layer includes an outlet aperture in communication with an airbag. The driving-chip element controls the microelectromechanical element, the gas-pressure-sensing element and valve units to transport gas.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for detecting female urination by using a wearable device. A female urination detection method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a method for detecting urination of a subject to be measured, who is a female, by using a measurement device mounted on the subject to be measured, the method comprising: (a) acquiring sensor data (S) generated according to movement of a sensor of the measurement device; and (b) extracting effective data (SEff) related to urination by filtering the sensor data (S) acquired in (a) by an effective data extracting module of an analysis device through a preset method.

Abstract: A soft tissue biopsy device including: an elongated handle including a gripping member; an elongated flexible shaft mechanically comprising a hollow distal sampling portion with an internal lumen and a distal opening facing a soft tissue; a driving unit configured to rotate the sampling portion with a speed in a range of 100 rounds-per-minute (RPM) to 10,000 RPM while the sampling portion axially advances into said soft tissue.

Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying alterations in a musculoskeletal system of a subject are disclosed. After detecting physical quantities representative of a state of the subject, a biomechanical model for the subject is identified and combined movements of muscles and bones as a function of said physical quantities and of said biomechanical model are determined. The combined movements are converted into a plurality of movement steps of segments and joints. Parameters representative of the alterations are computed, and the parameters are compared with predefined reference values representative of alteration thresholds in the musculoskeletal system. The alterations are identified as a function of a failed matching between the computed parameters and the predefined reference values, and the belonging of this correspondence to one or more groups of musculoskeletal pathologies as a function of said identified alteration is determined.

Abstract: In an example system, multi-sensor motion data that reflects the motion of a user over a period of time is received as recorded by a plurality of motion sensors on wearable devices, specific changes are determined in the data by, firstly, quantifying it using a two-dimensional data transform; secondly, extracting an anomalous area; and thirdly, calculating a number of the anomaly's properties, and the results are input into a machine learning model to detect that the user fell. The machine learning model processes the anomaly's properties and evaluates the current state of the user's activity by classifying the properties against a state space previously calculated by analyzing historical activities of daily living. Depending on a two-dimensional transform implemented, the machine learning model detects when the user falls, as well as potentially allows predicting that the user will suffer a fall in advance of the actual event, aiming at solving the stroke prediction problem.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer according to the present disclosure includes a main body that is mounted with a pump and is to be disposed on a dorsal surface of a wrist and a cuff that is to be attached around the wrist. The cuff extends along a circumferential direction of the wrist from an ulnar side end portion of the main body to a palmar surface and is set to a length covering an ulnar artery or a length covering a radial artery beyond the ulnar artery of a wrist having a preset maximum wrist circumference. A fluid is supplied from the pump to the cuff to press the wrist. A blood pressure is calculated based on a pressure of the fluid contained in the cuff.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for calculating information on urination. The method includes the steps of acquiring a sound signal related to urination of a user, calculating a urination parameter related to an effective value (or urination parameters related to an effective value and a spectral centroid) from the acquired sound signal, and estimating a urine flow rate of the user with reference to the calculated urination parameter.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting worsening cardiac conditions such as worsening heart failure events are described. A system may include sensor circuits to sense physiological signals and signal processors to generate from the physiological signals first and second signal metrics. The system may include a risk stratifier circuit to produce a cardiac risk indication. The system may use at least the first signal metric to generate a primary detection indication, and use at least the second signal metric and the risk indication to generate a secondary detection indication. The risk indication may be used to modulate the second signal metric. A detector circuit may detect the worsening cardiac event using the primary and secondary detection indications.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting worsening cardiac conditions such as worsening heart failure events are described. A system may include sensor circuits to sense physiological signals and signal processors to generate from the physiological signals first and second signal metrics. The system may include a risk stratifier circuit to produce a cardiac risk indication. The system may use at least the first signal metric to generate a primary detection indication, and use at least the second signal metric and the risk indication to generate a secondary detection indication. The risk indication may be used to modulate the second signal metric. A detector circuit may detect the worsening cardiac event using the primary and secondary detection indications.

Abstract: An exit prediction system for a support apparatus receives data inputs from one or more force sensors without zeroing the one or more force sensors. Changes in the data inputs are detected to determine whether the detected changes indicate a movement trend. An exit prediction is determined based at least partially on the movement trend, and without combining the data inputs from the one or more force sensors to determine the occupant's weight. A notification is generated based on the exit prediction.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations, a system calculates a potential for ACL injury of a subject using skeletal tracking and calculating joint angles at different time points from the motion, angle of the knee joint, jumping/landing mechanics and/or balance of the subject.

Abstract: A tracheal sampling device is used to collect or acquire cells from an animal, such as at or near the tracheo-bronchial or larynx of an animal. The device includes a flexible and elongated shaft or stem, and a collection member at a distal end of the device. The collection member could be a swab or other member to best collect mucus. The device is used by inserting the collection end into an animal to position the collection member at or near the cell collection site, which may be in or around the larynx. The collection member is removed after collecting cells, which can be reviewed, tested, or otherwise managed to determine the presence of a disease or other bacteria. The length of the shaft or stem allows for optimal positioning of the swab in a variety of animal species and ages. The device can be disposed after each use.

Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium, and a method capable of, directly or indirectly, estimating sleep states of a user based on sensor data from movement sensors and/or optical sensors.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, methods, devices, and kits for analysis of vaginal biological samples. A device for the analysis of vaginal biological samples can include a sample collector, an extractor, and an assay cartridge. A method for the analysis of vaginal biological samples can include detecting the presence or absence of a pathology, a disease, an immune disorder, a reproductive disorder of a subject. The method may further comprise preserving, storing, or transporting the vaginal biological samples. A kit for the analysis of vaginal biological samples can include probe, reagents and instructions for detecting a nucleic acid in the vaginal biological samples.