Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for applying therapeutic pressure to a skin surface including a tip arranged at a first end of a therapeutic wand. The system also includes a head arranged opposite the tip at a second end of the therapeutic wand. The system includes a body arranged between the tip and the head, the body housing a control system for controlling operation of the therapeutic wand. The control system includes a printed circuit board, a timer electrically connected to the printed circuit board, the timer being programmable to determine an elapsed time of use of the therapeutic wand, and an indicator. The system also includes a grip arranged between the body and the head, the grip having an outer surface that is softer than the body to provide an ergonomic and comfortable location to hold the therapeutic wand.

Abstract: A highly automated, fully-closed circuit rebreather and methods for operating the device by users with limited training and limited skill development are disclosed. Advanced sensors, electronics, software, assembly methods, and disposable cartridges dramatically reduce the skills required for assembly, operation, and maintenance of the unit. The use of the rebreather apparatus is primarily for recreational diving applications, but may be used for additional applications where the presence of breathable air may be absent or limited, such as hazardous duty applications, high altitude applications, no-atmosphere or low-atmosphere applications, and the like.

Abstract: A removably attachable phototherapy and vibration system for attachment to and treatment of skin beneath the eyes includes a therapeutic lamp platform for radiant lamps such as LEDs disposed in an assembly, and including a vibrating element, facing towards a patient and a plurality of light apertures substantially aligned with the LEDs for communicating lamp radiation from the lamps to a user. The lamps, vibrating element and associated circuitry are disposed so that the attachable surface is relatively smooth and seamless towards the patient. The system includes two devices one for the right and the other for the left eye of the user. Each device is attachable to beneath each eye with a suitable adhesive such as a reusable silicone strip. The system includes a charging dock for storing and charging the devices.

Abstract: A ventilation system operates in one of a plurality of modes for communicating ventilation information with a computing device, and operating parameters of a ventilation device are remotely modified based on system data. Ventilation data is received from a ventilation device and an alarm associated with the ventilation device or the patient associated with the ventilation device is determined based on at least a portion of the ventilation data. Responsive to determining the alarm, the alarm is transmitted to the computing device before the ventilator data is transmitted to the computing device.

Abstract: A blower unit for use as part of an integrated blower/humidification system is described. The blower unit has an outer casing, which encloses and forms part of the blower unit, the casing including an air inlet vent. The blower unit further includes a humidifier compartment for receiving a humidifier unit with a separate gases inlet and outlet, the compartment having a heater base for heating the contents of the humidifier unit. The compartment also has a blower inlet port which aligns with the humidifier unit inlet in use, the blower providing a gases path through the casing between the inlet vent and the inlet port. The blower unit also includes a fan for providing a pressurised gases stream along the gases path, and a power supply unit for powering the fan. The gases path is routed over the power supply unit in order to provide a cooling air flow.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electric yoga wheel, comprising a support device, a drive device that is arranged in the support device, and a massage wheel that is rotationally connected to the support device and connected to the drive device. A flexible protective pad, which covers the massage wheel and is connected to the support device, is arranged on a circumferential side of the support device. When using the electric yoga wheel, the flexible protective pad deforms under pressure so that the flexible protective pad is pressed against the massage wheel; during massage, the flexible protective pad can avoid twining hair around the yoga wheel in such a favorable manner as to effectively eliminate the existing hidden danger during massage and make it safer for the user to massage.

Abstract: A mask apparatus includes a mask body, a fan module, a seal that defines a breathing space, a pressure sensor coupled to the mask body and configured to sense an air pressure in the breathing space, and a controller coupled to the mask body and configured to control a rotation speed of the fan module based on the air pressure. The controller is configured to determine a breathing cycle based on a maximum pressure value and a minimum pressure value among air pressure values sensed by the pressure sensor, determine a time difference between a maximum time point and a minimum time point, determine an expected time point of inhalation in a subsequent breathing cycle based on the breathing cycle and the time difference, and increase the rotation speed of the fan module based on a current time corresponding to the expected time point of inhalation.

Abstract: A CPR machine (100) is configured to perform, on a patient's (182) chest, compressions that alternate with releases. The CPR machine includes a compression mechanism (148), and a driver system (141) configured to drive the compression mechanism. A force sensing system (149) may sense a compression force, and the driving can be adjusted accordingly if there is a surprise. For instance, driving may have been automatic according to a motion-time profile, which is adjusted if the compression force is not as expected (850). An optional chest-lifting device (152) may lift the chest between the compressions, to assist actively the decompression of the chest. A lifting force may be sensed, and the motion-time profile can be adjusted if the compression force or the lifting force is not as expected.

Abstract: Bodywear apparatus configured to be worn by a human user and attachable to footwear of the human user in order to augment the abilities of the lower limbs of the user is disclosed. In another aspect, footwear apparatus configured to be worn by a human user in order to augment the abilities of the lower limbs of the user is disclosed. Such bodywear apparatus and footwear apparatus are configured to reduce the effort a user must exert and improve the user's performance during walking, running, hiking, marching, and various other gaits as well as jumping, hopping, and other activities. In an aspect, bodywear apparatus further includes a supplemental power device configured to further augment the user's abilities by activating during portions of the user's gait cycle.

Abstract: A method for providing a therapeutic benefit includes receiving sensor data from one or more physiological sensors associated with a person and determining whether the sensor data exceeds a threshold. When the sensor data exceeds the threshold, a controller activates a first tactile stimulator to provide a first stimulation for a first period when the sensor data exceeds the threshold and then activates a second tactile stimulator to apply a second stimulation for a second period beginning at least commensurate with a cessation of (at the same time or overlapping) the first period. The bi-lateral stimulation is repeated for a therapeutically effective number of repetitions such that the first and second stimulations are applied bi-laterally to the body of the person without the individual perceiving a pause in stimulation between the first stimulation and second stimulation to provide the therapeutic benefit to the person.

Abstract: Exosuit systems and methods according to various embodiments are described herein. The exosuit system can be a suit that is worn by a wearer on the outside of his or her body. It may be worn under the wearer's normal clothing, over their clothing, between layers of clothing, or may be the wearer's primary clothing itself. The exosuit may be assistive, as it physically assists the wearer in performing particular activities, or can provide other functionality such as communication to the wearer through physical expressions to the body, engagement of the environment, or capturing of information from the wearer.

Abstract: A container comprising a cavity for holding a personal care product, an opening for dispensing the personal care product and a working feature for activation of soft tissue, the working feature being a structural feature as found on a physical therapy soft tissue mobilization tool that is adapted to mobilize soft tissue.

Abstract: A skin massage tool is proposed. The skin massage tool includes: a handle; and a roller assembly combined with the handle and having a pair of shafts which branch off and a pair of massage balls rotatably joined to the shafts, wherein the roller assembly includes a body joined to one end of the handle and a pair of shafts bent downwards and backwards from the body. The shafts of the roller assembly are bent in a downwardly backward direction of the handle, an angle between a pair of the shafts is in the range from 107° to 117°, and an angle between the handle and the shafts is in the range from 50° to 60°. Therefore, the skin massage tool can enhance a massaging effect and a lifting effect to lift up the sagging skin of the face.

Abstract: A portable, efficient, integrated humidification system for use, e.g., with a positive airway pressure devices. The portable, efficient, integrated humidification system described herein offers many advantages over current humidification systems! There are many advantages to a portable respiratory humidifier. Portability reduces the amount of space the humidifier occupies in the user's bedroom environment. Portability enhances travel for the user. With less to pack, carry, and manage, the user is more likely to remain adherent to therapy when not at home. Portability allows for better utilization in recreational vehicles, while camping, in foreign countries, in the sleeping cabins of trucks or airliners, and on marine craft.

Abstract: A thermally modulating inhalable medicament delivery device may deliver an inhalable medicament as an aerosol, vapor, or partial aerosol and partial vapor mixture to a subject. The inhalable medicament may be delivered to a targeted location in an airway of the subject. Various other devices, systems, and methods for delivering an inhalable medicament to a subject are also disclosed.

Abstract: An interface includes a mask. The mask includes a frame and a seal supported by the frame. Headgear is connected to the mask. The interface includes at least one of (i) an adjustment mechanism that can be set to a use length for a loop defined by the mask and the headgear; and (2) a break-fit assembly that can selectively lengthen the loop defined by the mask and the headgear and return to the use length.

Abstract: A pressure applicator assembly is configured to allow for a range of pressure application and pressure localisation options along with the ability to have a rocker base for directing the applied pressure to a subject in a particular direction if desired. The assembly includes dome shaped resilient members that nest together and which each include magnets for magnetic fixation to a surface of a base. Due to the nesting of the resilient members the degree of firmness and/or the radius of curvature and thus the degree of localisation of application of force can be varied by adding or removing resilient members. In addition, the magnets allow the resilient members to be rapidly fixed to any magnetically attracted surface so that they can be used in horizontal, vertical or sloping orientations. Furthermore, the apparatus is readily stored and transported since it can be placed into the compact nested configuration as required.

Abstract: A robot structure and a rehabilitation device have multiple elements and joints connecting the elements. At least one of the elements includes a first tubular piece with a first outer lateral surface wall, and a second tubular piece with a second outer lateral surface wall. The second tubular piece is arranged such that the length thereof is at an angle to the length of the first tubular piece so that the second tubular piece is inserted into two opposing tubular sections of the first tubular piece, and the second tubular piece passes through the first outer lateral surface wall of the first tubular piece at opposite sides. The second tubular piece is rigidly connected to the first tubular piece by a first connection element and a second connection element.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for providing a personalized humidification level. A control system receives, from a first sensor, one or more environmental parameters regarding conditions of the environment. The control system receives, from a second sensor, one or more physiological parameters associated with a user within the environment. The control system determines an action associated with a desired change in the humidity within the environment based, at least in part, on the one or more environmental parameters and the one or more physiological parameters. The control system causes, at least in part, a performance of the action associated with the change in the humidity in the environment based, at least in part, on moisture outputted by a humidifier module. The methods and devices perform the same functionality as the control system.

Abstract: A tensioning arrangement for an aerosol dispenser is presented where the tensioning arrangement has a conveying tube; an elastic member arranged to store mechanical energy from a substantially axial tensioning movement of the conveying tube; a rotatable member; a transmission mechanism configured to transmit a tensioning rotation of the rotatable member to the tensioning movement of the conveying tube, wherein the transmission mechanism has a cam profile and a cam follower arranged to follow the cam profile, wherein the cam profile has at least one priming structure; and wherein the tensioning arrangement is configured such that the conveying tube makes a temporary priming movement towards an initial position when the cam follower passes each priming structure during the tensioning movement of the conveying tube by means of the tensioning rotation of the rotatable member. An aerosol dispenser is also provided.