Abstract: A non-invasive method to determine a current functional blood oxygen saturation level: acquiring, at a sampling frequency, a photoplethysmography light response for each wavelength of a plurality of at least three wavelengths, resulting respectively in a first, second and third raw data series, applying a low -pass filter to each of the first, second and third raw data series, resulting respectively in a first, second and third DC data series representing an unmodulated amplitude response determining respectively in a first, second and third AC data series representing an unmodulated amplitude response, applying a. computation engine to the first, second and third AC and DC data series, and determining therefrom a user current blood oxygen saturation level.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods and systems for provisioning a network-connectable device. A communication tunnel is formed for transmitting data between the network-connectable device, a mobile terminal and a remote server. The communication tunnel includes a first link initiated using a webview embedded in an application on the mobile terminal and a second link initiated using a library attached to the webview. The first link connects the mobile terminal with the remote server. The second link connects the network-connectable device with the remote server through the mobile terminal. A data packet indicating that the network-connectable device is ready to be provisioned is received through the communication tunnel. A request for providing provisioning data is sent through the communication tunnel based on the data packet. Provisioning data are transmitted through the communication tunnel in response to sending the request. The network-connectable device is provisioned using the provisioning data.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program wherein the method comprises: identifying a plurality of extrema points in a detected biosignal; comparing the identified extrema points with a plurality of sets of reference points wherein different sets of reference points correspond to different frequencies of the biosignal; and identifying the set of reference points that most closely fit the identified extrema points to determine a frequency of the biosignal.

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems to compute a vascular score for a user, comprising retrieving, from a measuring device, a pulse wave velocity (PWV) related datum of the user retrieving a chronological age datum of the user querying to return a quantile value, computing, using the retrieved chronological age, the returned quantile value and a predetermined law, a vascular score; and generating for display on the measuring device or on a user device, an indication associated with the vascular score.

Abstract: A cuff-type monitoring device, for collecting cardiovascular data relating to an individual user, comprising a control unit housing and a cuff assembly coupled or attached to the control unit housing, the cuff assembly comprising an inner layer, an inflatable bladder, a cuff holder, forming an structural resilient armature of the cuff assembly, an intermediate sheet, an outer band, wherein the cuff assembly is configured, in use, to surround a upper limb of the individual, with the inner layer in contact with the upper limb, wherein control unit housing comprises at least a pump configured to inflate the inflatable bladder, wherein the intermediate sheet is made in an inextensible, i.e. non-stretchable, fabric and there is provided a border joint or seam at least on three sides on a peripheral border of the inflatable bladder, the border joint joining and securing together the inner layer, the inflatable bladder, the intermediate sheet, and the an outer band.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microfluidic device configured to deliver a controlled amount of a liquid to an analysis tool, wherein the microfluidic device comprises: a buffer tank configured to contain a liquid and/or a gas; at leas one level sensor configured to measure a liquid level in the buffer tank; a pneumatic system configured to create selectively a positive or a negative pressure in the buffer tank; at least one intake port to let in a liquid in the buffer tank; at least one delivery port to inject a controlled amount of liquid from the buffer tank onto the analysis tool; at least one drain port with a controlled drain valve, located on the lower part of the buffer tank to discharge the liquid from the buffer tank; a first check valve located upstream of the intake port and a second check valve between the buffer tank and the analysis tool.

Abstract: A device for collecting cardiovascular data relating to an individual user, comprising a control unit assembly with an electronic controller and a pneumatic unit, an arm band having an inflatable bladder and configured to surround the left arm of the individual, wherein the pneumatic unit has a pump and a pressure sensor, and is configured to inflate and deflate the inflatable bladder, so that the electronic controller can determine the arterial pressure of the user, the device further comprising an acoustic sensor being coupled to the external wall of the arm band and having a sensitive side such that in use configuration, the sensitive side is adjacent to the chest of the user, whereby at least a cardiovascular timing characteristic can be inferred from signals from the acoustic sensor and the pressure sensor. The device may also comprise a set of contact electrodes to provide additionally ECG functionality.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a sensing device, configured to be installed in a bedding, for monitoring a user's sleep, the device comprising: a sensing part, for acquiring/determining a value representative of an a force or pressure and/or a value representative of a variation of a force or pressure, a housing comprising at least a pressure transducer and an electronic processing unit, a microphone connected to the electronic processing unit, wherein the electronic processing unit is configured to process first and second electrical signals delivered respectively by the microphone and the pressure converter, wherein the electronic processing unit is either configured to deduce locally at least a breathing disturbance therefrom or configured to send data representative of the first and second electrical signals to a remote device.

Abstract: A urine analyzer device, configured to be installed in a toilet bowl, to be used several times, the device comprising a holder member, to attach the device to the rim of the toilet bowl, an electronic unit, enclosed in a housing, a urine reception area, with at least one electro-chemical sensor, configured to measure a quantity of at least one substance contained in urine, such as physiological compound or chemical component, a wireless coupler to send resulting data to a remote computing device, wherein the electro-chemical sensor comprises at least a ion selective Field Effect Transistor (ISFET), configured to sense levels of one or more physiological ions, thereby providing a urine analyzer device, readily available at home, simply installed in a toilet bowl, and that can be used several times subsequently.

Abstract: A microfluidic apparatus for delivering droplets of a first fluid to droplets of a second fluid, comprising a main channel, with a carrier fluid carrying droplets of the second fluid, an auxiliary channel, fluidly coupled to the main channel at a first intersection via a first orifice with a first fluid interface, and at a second intersection downstream to the first intersection via a second orifice with a second fluid interface, wherein a flow of the carrier fluid induces a difference of pressure between the first and second orifice generating a balance condition such that a meniscus of the second fluid interface is maintained in the auxiliary channel, at the vicinity of the second orifice, wherein a balance deviation triggers a release of a volume of the first fluid from the second fluid interface into the main channel.

Abstract: A urine analyzer device, configured to be installed in a toilet bowl, to be used several times, the device comprising a holder member, to attach the device to the rim of the toilet bowl, an electronic unit, enclosed in a housing, a urine reception area, with at least one electro-chemical sensor, configured to measure a quantity of at least one substance contained in urine, such as physiological compound or chemical component, a wireless coupler to send resulting data to a remote computing device, wherein the electro-chemical sensor comprises at least a ion selective Field Effect Transistor (ISFET), configured to sense levels of one or more physiological ions, thereby providing a urine analyzer device, readily available at home, simply installed in a toilet bowl, and that can be used several times subsequently.

Abstract: A method to determine breath disturbances of a user, in a device comprising three LEDs configured to emit light rays at three wavelengths, a photodiode, a control unit and a motion sensor, the method comprising: a- acquiring, at a predefined sampling frequency, a PPG light response for each wavelength, resulting in a first, second and third raw data series representing an amplitude response, and acquiring motion signals, resulting in a fourth raw data series, b- applying feature extracting filters to the raw data series, for outputting pattern channels comprising: variation (DSpO2) of blood oxygen saturation level, variation (DRSA) of Respiratory Sinus Arrythmia, variation (DRR) of Respiration Rate, Motion index, Heart Rate Variation, variation of AC and/or DC component of PPG light response, c- applying a 1D CNN to the pattern channels for determining a breathing disturbance event and AHI.

Abstract: A non-invasive method to determine a current functional blood oxygen saturation level (SpO2): a—acquiring, at a sampling frequency, a photoplethysmography light response for each wavelength of a plurality of at least three wavelengths (?1, ?2, ?3), resulting respectively in a first, second and third raw data series, b—applying a low-pass filter to each of the first, second and third raw data series, resulting respectively in a first, second and third DC data series representing an unmodulated amplitude response c—determining respectively in a first, second and third AC data series representing an unmodulated amplitude response, d—applying a computation engine to the first, second and third AC and DC data series, and determining therefrom a user current blood oxygen saturation level.

Abstract: The method for calculating the activity of a user, said method being implemented by a personal activity monitor intended to be securely associated with the body of the user, and by a smartphone equipped with a geolocation function, exchanging data over a wireless connection, the method comprising the steps of: -a- the activity monitor detects and counts the steps of the user, -b- the smartphone determines a first geolocation at a first time, -c- the smartphone determines a second geolocation at a second time, -d- one of the two devices calculates a distance traveled between the two geolocations, -e- one of the two devices calculates, based on the distance traveled and the number of steps taken between the two geolocations, the average stride and/or average step of the user.

Abstract: A device (1) comprising a cavity (5) defining an internal volume, an air quality sensor (9) being adapted to measure a concentration of at least one air compound present in the internal volume, the cavity (5) can be alternatively in: an open state in which air can enter into the cavity (5) from the outside of the cavity (5), and a closed state in which no air can circulate between the outside and the inside of the cavity (5), the air quality sensor (9) being adapted to be calibrated when the cavity (5) is in the closed state and once the internal volume no longer comprises the air compound or comprises a concentration of the air compound that is below a predefined threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microfluidic device configured to deliver a controlled amount of a liquid to an analysis tool, wherein the microfluidic device comprises: a buffer tank configured to contain a liquid and/or a gas; at least one level sensor configured to measure a liquid level in the buffer tank; a pneumatic system configured to create selectively a positive or a negative pressure in the buffer tank; at least one intake port to let in a liquid in the buffer tank; at least one delivery port to inject a controlled amount of liquid from the buffer tank onto the analysis tool; at least one drain port with a controlled drain valve, located on the lower part of the buffer tank to discharge the liquid from the buffer tank; a first check valve located upstream of the intake port and a second check valve between the buffer tank and the analysis tool.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program, the apparatus comprising: processing circuitry and memory circuitry including computer program code, the memory circuitry and the computer program code arranged to, with the processing circuitry, cause the apparatus to: obtain an audio signal from an audio sensing means wherein the audio signal comprises a subject's heartbeat; obtain a further signal from a further sensing means wherein the further signal also comprises the subject's heartbeat; use the further signal to identify individual heart beats in the audio signal; and analyse the individual heartbeats of the audio signal to enable the audio signal to be classified.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of associating at least one state in a plurality of states to a new value output by a drifting sensor, the method comprising: /a/ receiving a signal from the sensor, said signal comprising a plurality of values; /b/clustering the values of said signal into a number of clusters equal to the number of the plurality of states, each cluster being associated with a respective state in the plurality of states; /c/ for the new value of the signal, associating at least one state in said plurality of states or a probability rating representing the probability to be associated with one state in said plurality of states for said new value of the signal, the associated state or the associated probability rating being determined based on at least distances (dH, dL) of said new value of the signal to respective clusters.

Abstract: A detection device, for placement under or on a mattress, configured for the movements of a person lying on the mattress, includes a sensing portion having an inflatable chamber intended to be positioned under the individual, an electronic unit arranged at a distance from the sensing portion and having a pressure sensor, intended to be positioned outside of the bedding, a transmitting portion interposed between the sensing portion and the electronic unit, including a channel establishing a fluid connection between the inflatable chamber and the sensor, the channel having a transverse dimension (T) that is much smaller than the width (L1) of the chamber.

Abstract: A cuff-type monitoring device, for collecting cardiovascular data relating to an individual user, comprising a control unit housing including a pump, a cuff assembly including a resilient cuff holder and an interface member arranged at the control unit housing, provided integral with the control unit housing or as a separate part, wherein there is provided at least a pneumatic coupling and an electrical coupling through the interface member, for coupling the cuff assembly to the control unit housing, wherein the resilient cuff holder comprises two retaining members, the interface member comprising two complementary retaining members, configured to be snap-fit with the retaining members, and assembly method to assemble the device.