Abstract: An information processing device for processing ultrasonic wave information obtained from an ultrasonic wave sensor including a plurality of ultrasonic wave elements. The information processing device includes an obtainer configured to obtain the ultrasonic wave information from the ultrasonic wave sensor provided on a body surface of a subject, a recognizer configured to recognize a first blood vessel of the subject and a second blood vessel, based on the ultrasonic wave information, the second blood vessel being different from the first blood vessel, and a controller configured to cause a display to display comparison information in which first blood vessel information relating to the first blood vessel and second blood vessel information relating to the second blood vessel are compared with each other.

Abstract: An input interface receives a trigger signal. A processor displays a first screen or a second screen on a display device based on the trigger signal. The first screen provides first medical information for each of a plurality of subjects. The second screen provides, for at least one of the plurality of subjects, second medical information that is not included in the first medical information.

Abstract: Brain motion monitoring systems and methods are disclosed that can detect interpret and/or display normal and abnormal brain motions. The devices and methods can detect Cerebrovascular Stenosis and provide for Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Measurement.

Abstract: A physiological information system includes a patient monitor configured to acquire a vital sign based on a vital sign signal of a subject, and an ultrasonic measuring apparatus configured to acquire ultrasonic images based on ultrasonic waves transmitted toward the subject and received from the subject. The patient monitor includes a storage device configured to store measured data of the vital signs in association with measurement dates and times, and to store the ultrasonic images in association with image capture timings, and a controller configured to display a screen on a display section based on data, including the measured data and the ultrasonic images, stored in the storage device.

Abstract: The disclosed subject matter related to methods and apparatus for determining brain swelling and brain shifting in a patient as well as predicting a possible resultant increase in intracranial pressure in the patient. The apparatus can include a transducer such as an ultrasound transducer communicatively connected to a controller via wires or via wireless communications device(s). A monitor and/or alarm device can be provided to notify a practitioner when the controller has determined brain swelling is occurring and/or when an imminent increase in intracranial pressure is likely to occur.

Abstract: Provided is a patient monitor and an ultrasonic wave information display method that provide a screen by which a relationship between a depth and a motion in a body of a subject can be easily grasped. An input and output interface acquires a reflected wave indicating a motion generated at each depth by an ultrasonic wave irradiated at a plurality of depths in the body. A control unit displays, on a display unit in terms of at least one of the following expressions, a change over time in an index value of the motion at each depth of the subject calculated from the reflected wave. A plurality of waveforms corresponding to each depth; and map information in which a relationship between the depth and magnitude of the index value is mapped to at least one of a color and a pattern.

Abstract: A patient monitor that acquires and displays first vital sign information and second vital sign information of a subject includes an event detection unit that is configured to detect an activation start event for starting an activation process of biological information processing software which performs a process pertaining to the second vital sign information and an activating event for activating the biological information processing software and a software control unit that causes the biological information processing software to be in a standby state, in which a part of the activation process of the biological information processing software has been performed, when the activation start event is detected by the event detection unit, and causes the biological information processing software to be in an active state from the standby state when the activating event is detected by the event detection unit.

Abstract: A patient monitor and physiological information measurement system are provided. The patient monitor for acquiring vital signals that are based on vital signs of a subject, and an ultrasonic image that is based on an ultrasonic wave which is transmitted to and received from the subject configured to be connectable to a plurality of displays, and includes a display controller that is configured to control the plurality of displays to display information including the vital signs in at least one of the displays.

Abstract: A patient monitor that acquires a vital sign through a measurement sensor, and that is to be connected to an external measurement apparatus for measuring another vital sign, includes a master clock that is disposed in the patient monitor, and that manages common time information, a first operating system that manages first time information, and a second operating system that manages second time information, and that transmits and receives data to and from the external measurement apparatus. When a predetermined event occurs, the first operating system reads the common time information from the master clock, and updates the first time information. When the predetermined event occurs, the second operating system reads the common time information from the master clock, updates the second time information, and notifies the external measurement apparatus of the updated second time information or the common time information.

Abstract: A physiological information measurement apparatus is configured to acquire a vital sign that is based on a physiological signal of a subject, and a captured image or a signal for generating the captured image that is acquired from an imaging device. The physiological information measurement apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store therein an electronic file, and a control unit configured to display at least one of the captured image and information of the vital sign on a display unit. At an image recording timing when an image recording instruction is provided, the control unit stores both the captured image and the information of the vital sign in the storage unit in an image format.

Abstract: A physiological information system includes a patient monitor configured to acquire a vital sign based on a vital sign signal of a subject, and an ultrasonic measuring apparatus configured to acquire ultrasonic images based on ultrasonic waves transmitted toward the subject and received from the subject. The patient monitor includes a storage device configured to store measured data of the vital signs in association with measurement dates and times, and to store the ultrasonic images in association with image capture timings, and a controller configured to display a screen on a display section based on data, including the measured data and the ultrasonic images, stored in the storage device.

Abstract: An ultrasonic measurement system includes a display device configured to display an ultrasonic image and an ultrasonic probe electrically connectable to the display device. The ultrasonic probe includes an image capturing unit joined to or detachably attached to a first cable, the image capturing unit comprising a first optical lens to capture an image of a nearby object, and a probe head joined to or detachably attached to the first cable, the probe head being configured to transmit an ultrasonic beam toward a body surface of a subject and to receive a reflected wave from the body surface.

Abstract: Brain motion monitoring systems and methods are disclosed that can detect interpret and/or display normal and abnormal brain motions. The devices and methods can detect Cerebrovascular Stenosis and provide for Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Measurement.

Abstract: A patient monitor is connectable to an imaging unit. The patient monitor includes a folder creating section and a file operating section. When a first event occurs, the folder creating section newly creates a first folder in a first hierarchy of a file system. When a second event occurs, the folder creating section newly creates a second folder in the first folder that is last created. The file operating section stores an image file relating to image information that is supplied from the imaging unit, in the second folder last created by the folder creating section.

Abstract: A patient monitor that acquires a vital sign through a measurement sensor, and that is to be connected to an external measurement apparatus for measuring another vital sign, includes a master clock that is disposed in the patient monitor, and that manages common time information, a first operating system that manages first time information, and a second operating system that manages second time information, and that transmits and receives data to and from the external measurement apparatus. When a predetermined event occurs, the first operating system reads the common time information from the master clock, and updates the first time information. When the predetermined event occurs, the second operating system reads the common time information from the master clock, updates the second time information, and notifies the external measurement apparatus of the updated second time information or the common time information.

Abstract: A patient monitor that acquires and displays first vital sign information and second vital sign information of a subject includes an event detection unit that is configured to detect an activation start event for starting an activation process of biological information processing software which performs a process pertaining to the second vital sign information and an activating event for activating the biological information processing software and a software control unit that causes the biological information processing software to be in a standby state, in which a part of the activation process of the biological information processing software has been performed, when the activation start event is detected by the event detection unit, and causes the biological information processing software to be in an active state from the standby state when the activating event is detected by the event detection unit.

Abstract: A patient monitor (10) acquires a vital sign that is based on a physiological signal of a subject, and an ultrasonic image that is based on a reflected wave of an ultrasonic wave which is irradiated onto the subject. A display section (16) displays information of the subject. A control section (14) switches between a first mode in which a screen containing information of the vital sign is displayed on the display section (16), and a second mode in which a screen containing the ultrasonic image is displayed on the display section (16).

Abstract: The disclosed subject matter related to methods and apparatus for determining brain swelling and brain shifting in a patient as well as predicting a possible resultant increase in intracranial pressure in the patient. The apparatus can include a transducer such as an ultrasound transducer communicatively connected to a controller via wires or via wireless communications device(s). A monitor and/or alarm device can be provided to notify a practitioner when the controller has determined brain swelling is occurring and/or when an imminent increase in intracranial pressure is likely to occur.

Abstract: A cell culture apparatus includes: an isolator in which a sterile space accommodating a cell incubator filled with a culture solution containing cells to be cultured is disposed; a sampling unit configured to sample the culture solution in the cell incubator; a delivery flow path through which an inside of the sterile space and an outside of the sterile space communicate with each other, the delivery flow path configured to limit a flow in the delivery flow path to a direction that is directed from the inside of the sterile space toward the outside of the sterile space; and a culture solution delivering section configured to deliver the sampled culture solution to the outside of the sterile space via the delivery flow path.

Abstract: A measuring unit which is to be attached to a cell culture container configured to accommodate cells to be cultured and a culture solution, includes: a measurer which is configured to measure information related to the cells and the culture solution, in a non-contact manner; and a sensor which is configured to detect at least one of a position, a posture, an impact, an orientation, and vibration.