Abstract: A sample collection device for collecting a fluid sample is provided. The device includes a sample collection chamber, for collecting a sample therein, having a first end and a second end and a sample collection conduit, for conveying a sample from a user into the sample collection chamber. The sample collection conduit includes an inlet for receiving a sample and wherein in at least a first position the sample collection conduit extends from within the sample collection chamber out through the first end such that at least the inlet is outside of the sample collection chamber. The device further includes a plunger configured to expel the sample out of the sample collection chamber through the second end of the sample collection chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for hearing analysis including a frequency setting part for setting a predetermined frequency at which there is a possibility of tinnitus of the subject; a signal generation part generates a pure tone signal of the set frequency and increase or decrease the level of the generated pure tone signal, and generates a complex tone signal including the frequency of the pure tone signal and increase or decrease a level of the generated complex tone signal; and a hearing analysis part to analyze hearing by using a pure tone recognition information and a complex tone recognition information of the subject obtained in reaction to the pure tone signal and the complex tone signal generated by the signal generation part. As a result, the apparatus and method can accurately determine the tinnitus region and also provide information from which point of the sound path the tinnitus originates.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automated weight based fluid output monitoring system that can include a hanger having a securement ball defining a spherical surface and configured to engage a socket. The securement ball can include a sensor array configured to detect a change in pressure between the securement ball and the socket as well as a direction of force relative to a transverse axis of the socket. The hanger can further include a hook configured to be coupled to a fluid collection bag of a fluid drainage system. The hanger can further include a console having one or more processors, non-transitory storage medium, an energy source and a one or more logic modules configured to determine a change in fluid volume of the collection bag over time and an off-axis loading of the fluid collecting bag relative to the transverse axis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for measuring instantaneous inflow rate of liquid, comprising: a receptacle, comprising an opening at a top side, a nozzle at a bottom and/or multiple holes on the side section of said receptacle configured to receive the inflow of liquid from said top opening, and simultaneously release said liquid through said nozzles; a sensing device, configured to sense the level of liquid within the receptacle and produce signals indicative of the level of liquid in the receptacle; and a processor, configured to receive said signals, calculate the level of liquid in the receptacle according to said signals; and analyze said calculations, to obtain the instantaneous inflow rate of liquid.

Abstract: Provided are a seat system and a computer program product by which an occupant seated on a seat can grasp his/her own reflexes or the like. The seat system includes a seat which includes a seat body, and a sensor configured to acquire information for use in detecting motion of an occupant seated on the seat body, and a terminal configured to acquire the information from the sensor. The terminal outputs an instruction to prompt the occupant to make a predetermined motion, makes a determination based on the information acquired from the sensor as to whether or not the occupant has made the predetermined motion, and notifies the occupant of a response time elapsed between outputting the instruction and making the predetermined motion, and/or a performance level evaluated based on the response time.

Abstract: Instrumented mouthguards include components such as accelerometer modules that enable monitoring of head movements of a mouthguard wearer. Various embodiments that provide instrumented mouthguard devices and components configured for use in instrumented mouthguard devices, including flexible circuit board substrates. In some embodiments, the flexible circuit board substrate is configured to allow sizing irregularities resultant from customization of the mouthguard body to a specific wearer.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes: a case including; a strap; a plurality of valves; a pump; and a power supply unit. The pump and the power supply unit are disposed with a gap therebetween. The pump is provided with a suction hole on a surface thereof opposite to the power supply unit. The device comprises a hole portion formed between each of a pairs of lugs of an outer case, an opening end being located at a position opposed to the gap in a first direction. The hole portion extends linearly, and one opening end of the hold portion is provided on the outer surface of the outer case closer to a wrist, and other opening end thereof is provided on the inner surface of the outer case closer to a windshield than the one opening end.

Abstract: The invention provides a controller and method for deriving a measure of arterial compliance based on an acquired arterial volume variation signal and an acquired pulse arrival time signal. An oscillometric blood pressure measurement device is used to acquire the arterial volume variation signal. Arterial volume and variation in pulse arrival time are both measured as an applied pressure to an artery are varied by the oscillometric blood pressure measurement device. The arterial volume signal is transformed into a corresponding signal representative of variation in peak-to-peak amplitude of the arterial volume.

Abstract: A guidewire formed from drawn filled tubing having an inner core member encased in an outer layer. The inner core member is formed from a linear elastic or superelastic material and the outer layer is formed from a metal alloy such as 35N LT. A portion of the outer layer is ground down to form a feather edged joint between the outer layer and the inner core member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid intracerebral electrode comprising a narrow, elongated body intended to be implanted in the brain of a patient in order to carry out at least one multi-scale electroencephalographic exploration. Said hybrid intracerebral electrode comprises, in its active part, a plurality of first electrical contact elements forming stationary macro-contacts, and a plurality of second electrical contact elements forming movable micro-contacts. The hybrid intracerebral electrode is characterised by control means which are built into the electrode in a coupling tip integral with the body. The control means are designed to move the second electrical contact elements between a passive position in which same are retracted inside the body and an active position in which same protrude outside the body, and simultaneously to adjust the controlled projection length thereof with respect to the body of the electrode.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for estimating a body component are provided. According to an example embodiment, the apparatus for estimating a body component includes: a sensor configured to obtain, from an object of a user, a first spectrum in a first concentration period of a body component and a second spectrum in a second concentration period of the body component; and a processor configured to extract a first feature vector based on the first spectrum and the second spectrum, to extract a second feature vector based on a standard spectrum and the second spectrum, and to perform first calibration by generating an estimation model for estimating the body component, generation of the estimation model being based on a similarity between the first feature vector and the second feature vector.

Abstract: The inventive apparatus is a device for collecting a target volume of blood in a collecting bag connected to a collection needle with a flexible tube. The device has a plate for the collecting bag and a clamping device for clamping the flexible tube. The device also has a bearing element having a bearing surface, and a clamping element with a clamping surface. The clamping element is able to move between an open position in which the flexible tube positioned between the bearing and clamping surfaces is not deformed and a closed position in which the flexible tube positioned between the bearing and clamping surfaces is closed off. The device also has a control unit configured to determine the volume of blood collected and move the clamping element from the open position to an intermediate position, when the determined volume of blood collected reaches a predetermined volume.

Abstract: A biopsy device having a biopsy needle including an outer cutting needle and an inner sample needle with a tissue compartment. The device can, during each sampling operation, displace the outer cutting needle and the inner sample needle between open and closed positions of the tissue compartment. The biopsy device includes a vacuum source and a valve system to provide a pressure decrease in the tissue compartment at each sampling operation. The vacuum source has the form of at least one initially pre-evacuated vacuum container, and the biopsy device, by means of the initial vacuum of the at least one initially pre-evacuated vacuum container, provides a pressure decrease in the tissue compartment of the inner sample needle at each one of a limited number of consecutive sampling operations.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved breath analyzer and breath test method to determine the presence of a gastrointestinal disorder in a human subject's digestive tract.

Abstract: A device and method for detecting a sign parameter are provided. A luminous source (01) is utilized to irradiate human skin tissue(s) for a preset time. The luminous source (01) can emit light with set wavelength(s) and capable of being absorbed by substance(s) for characterizing human body sign(s) in a human body. A photoelectric sensor (02) is configured to detect absorbance of the human body to the light emitted by the luminous source (01) within the preset time, and send a detection result to a processor (03). The processor (03) is configured to calculate substance concentration(s) of the substance(s) for characterizing the human body sign(s) in the human body according to the detection result sent by the photoelectric sensor (02). Therefore, blood samples of subjects do not need to be collected, and the substances for characterizing the human body signs can be detected through a non-invasive method.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for non-invasively sampling interstitial fluid including one or more analytes from dermis to the skin surface by employing the magneto-hydrodynamic effect and/or reverse iontophoresis. According to a preferable embodiment the device includes a first frame including a first electrode and a second frame including a second electrode, power source and preferably also a first magnet. The first frame is connected to the second frame by a formable connector adapted to provide mechanical connection between the first frame and the second frame and electrical connection between the power source and the first electrode. The direction of the magnetic field and the direction of the electric current produced by the magnet and the power source is such that the Lorenz force drives the fluid from the dermis towards the skin surface.

Abstract: A system, devices, and methods are described for imaging and measuring the mechanical properties of both surface and subcutaneous tissues found in living organisms, animals, and in natural and synthetic materials, and may include a first device configured to determine a modulus of a portion of bulk material or subcutaneous tissue (via measurement of vibrations), and/or determine resonant frequency of the vibrations, and a second device operably connected to the first device and configured to generate vibrations. The first device may be an optical coherence tomography device. The system may include a processor and data storage device with instructions which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to process of the frequency data and the displacement data to determine a resonant frequency of the material under investigation and calculate the mechanical modulus of elasticity of the material from a resonance frequency spectrum of the analyzed spectral image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for determining an indication of blood flow in a limb. According to an embodiment, the apparatus comprises an orientation sensor, a blood volume (BV) measuring device and a control unit. The orientation sensor is configured to determine an orientation of the limb and output an orientation signal indicative thereof. The blood volume measurement device is configured to measure an indication of blood volume (BV) in the limb and output a BV signal indicative thereof. The control unit is arranged to receive the orientation signal and the BV signal, determine a change in orientation of the limb in dependence on the orientation signal, and correlate the change in orientation with a change in blood volume of the limb determined in dependence on the BV signal.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a curler curving with following a circumferential direction of a portion of a living body where the blood pressure measurement device is attached, a bag-like structure, including two sheet members, and a welded portion, formed by welding edges of the two sheet members, the welded portion, including a plurality of insertion holes, the bag-like structure, being inflated with a fluid and being disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the curler, and a junction means abutting a surface on the living body side of the welded portion and inserted into the plurality of insertion holes to join the welded portion, to the curler.

Abstract: Provided is a blood pressure measurement device including a curler including a cover portion that fixes a device body to a hand back side of the wrist, a pressing cuff including a first bag-like structure and a first flow path body which is integrally formed with the first bag-like structure by joining two sheet members forming the first bag-like structure facing the curler and is fluidly connecting a pump and the first bag-like structure, a sensing cuff including a second bag-like structure and a second flow path body which is integrally formed with the second bag-like structure by joining two sheet members forming the second bag-like structure and is including one end disposed on the wrist side of the cover portion, and a tensile cuff including a third bag-like structure.