Abstract: A measurement apparatus includes a first biometric sensor configured to measure, as a biological signal, at least one of a brain wave signal and a pulse wave signal of a living body, a second biometric sensor configured to measure a respiratory rate of the living body per unit time, a differential operation unit configured to calculate a differential value of a periodic feature of the biological signal, an activity level analysis unit configured to analyze an activity level of an autonomic nerve of the living body based on the differential value, and an activity level correction unit configured to correct the activity level of the autonomic nerve by eliminating a component caused by respiration of the living body and included in the activity level of the autonomic nerve based on the respiratory rate of the living body per unit time.

Abstract: An implantable medical device includes an activity sensor, a pulse generator, and a control module. The control module is configured to determine activity metrics from the activity signal and determine an activity metric value at a predetermined percentile of the activity metrics. The control module sets a lower pacing rate set point based on the activity metric value at the predetermined percentile.

Abstract: Disclosed is an H-bridge control circuit for an electro-stimulation therapeutic instrument for neuromodulation. The H-bridge control circuit includes an H-bridge circuit and a constant current source, where the H-bridge circuit includes a first positive channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor, a second PMOS transistor, a first negative channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor and a second NMOS transistor. Corresponding switching diodes are additionally arranged between the first PMOS transistor and a load and between the second PMOS transistor and the load to avoid an influence of safety of the therapeutic instrument by discharging charges during an interval of stimulation; and moreover, a resistance-capacitance (RC) circuit is additionally arranged between the first PMOS transistor, the second PMOS transistor and a control device such that connection and disconnection of the PMOS transistor can be controlled.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method to track the cardiac health of a patient is described. The method includes connecting to at least one motion sensor configured to sense movement of a patient and receiving motion data from the at least one motion sensor. The method further includes monitoring an activity level of the patient based at least in part on the motion data and detecting a change in the activity level of the patient based at least in part on the motion data. The method also includes altering a monitoring status of the cardiac health of the patient for a predetermined period of monitoring time based at least in part on the change in activity level.

Abstract: A prediabetes detection system and method based on combination of electrocardiogram and electroencephalogram information are provided.

Abstract: A tube distal end position detection system (1) includes a light source device (50) that emits light, a hollow tube (10) having a flow path (11) that allows a liquid to flow through, a connector (20) provided at a base end of the tube so as to allow light from the light source device to be incident on an end surface (12) at the base end of the tube, and a light emitting portion (30) provided at the distal end of the tube. Light from the light source device passes through the tube and is emitted from the light emitting portion and transmitted to the body surface.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for controlling external devices are described. A method may include receiving physiological data associated with a user from a wearable device, and identifying one or more physiological states, physical activities, or both, associated with the user based on the physiological data. Physiological states may include physiological states associated with waking up, falling asleep, anxiety, relaxation, and the like. The method may further include transmitting an instruction to one or more external devices based on the one or more physiological states, physical activities, or both, where the instruction is configured to selectively modify one or more operational parameters associated with the one or more external devices.

Abstract: A phototherapeutic system in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes a housing at least partially defining an irradiation zone configured to accommodate at least a portion of a human subject. The system further comprises an ultraviolet (UV) radiation source configured to direct UV radiation along a radiation path extending from the radiation source to the irradiation zone. The radiation source includes a concentrated source at which UV radiation is generated, and a collimating reflector (or lens) configured to reflect (or refract) the UV radiation and thereby increase collimation of the UV radiation. The system still further comprises a filter, a spreader, and a collimator disposed successively farther downstream from the radiation source along the radiation path. The spreader and the collimator respectively decrease and increase collimation of the UV radiation before the UV radiation reaches the subject.

Abstract: A glaucoma treatment apparatus including an imaging device capable of imaging the anterior segment of the eye, a treatment laser, an algorithm programmed to determine a location and a cross sectional area of a treatment based on a customized anatomy of the anterior segment of the eye including the trabecular meshwork (TM), the Schlemm's Canal (SC) and collector channels (CCS), obtained from pre-operative images of the anterior segment of the eye, a pre-operative intraocular pressure (IOP) level and a target IOP reduction as an inputs, and a processor configured to actuate the apparatus to create an outflow channel with a cross-sectional area and location or multiple outflow channels with multiple cross-sectional areas and locations from the anterior chamber (AC) to the SC across the TM, as determined by the algorithm to achieve the target intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction. Also disclosed is a method of reducing intraocular pressure in an eye.

Abstract: The invention relates to a communication method for communicating monitoring data between a monitoring device (4) and processing means (6), wherein the monitoring device (4) is configured for receiving the monitoring data. The method comprises the steps of sending a byte frame to the processing means (6), storing the byte frame, ordering the byte frame by separating the frame into respiratory rate bytes, heart rate bytes and additional bytes, and repeating the previous steps with a predetermined frequency until the processing means have received a heart rate data set, a respiratory rate data set, and an additional data set. The processing means create heart rate information from the heart rate data set and create respiratory rate information from the respiratory rate data set and display them to a user.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses for identifying LQTS in a subject. A system may include an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor configured to detect an ECG datum. A system may include a computing device configured to receive an electrocardiogram (ECG) datum; train an LQTS determination machine learning model on a training dataset including a plurality of example ECG data as inputs correlated to a plurality of example LQTS data as outputs; and generate an LQTS determination datum as a function of the ECG datum using the trained LQTS determination machine learning model. A system may include a display configured to display an LQTS determination datum.

Abstract: A system and method for selecting a preferred intraocular lens, for implantation into an eye, includes a controller having a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The controller is in communication with a diagnostic module adapted to store pre-operative anatomic data of the eye as an eye model. The controller is configured to determine respective imputed post-operative variables for each of a plurality of intraocular lenses, via a projection module. A respective pseudophakic eye model is generated for each of the plurality of intraocular lenses by incorporating the respective imputed post-operative variables into the eye model. A ray tracing module is executed in the respective pseudophakic eye model to determine at least one respective metric for the plurality of intraocular lenses. The preferred intraocular lens is selected based on a comparison of the respective metric.

Abstract: An infant monitoring device is disclosed having a band or sock configured to wrap around the foot or other portion of an infant. The sock houses a removable sensing module configured to couple to the sock and measure health parameters of the infant. The sensing module is removably couplable with a base station that charges the sensing module. The sensing module transmits and receives information from the base station. Both the base station and the sensing module can transmit and receive information from a remote location.

Abstract: A resilient fabric band providing a sensor platform for a wearer in order to sense a plurality of biometric data, the band comprising: a pair of ECG sensors coupled to an interior surface of a body of the band, each of the pair of ECG sensors located on either side of a front to back centerline of the body; a pair of bio impedance sensors coupled to the interior surface of the body of the band, each of the pair of bio impedance sensors located on either side of the front to back centerline; a strain gauge sensor coupled to the body of the band; a computer device mounted on the body of the band via a housing, the computer device including a power source, a computer processor, a memory for storing instructions for execution by the computer processor, and a network interface for transmitting data sensed by the sensors; and a plurality of communication pathways connecting the computer device to each of the sensors, the communication pathway for sending power from the power supply to the sensors as controlled by t

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a medical treatment device for stimulating neurons of a patient to suppress a pathologically synchronous activity, the device comprises at least three non-invasive stimulating units for generating stimuli to a patient's body, and a control unit for selectively and intermittently actuating the stimulating units in a sequence of actuating periods. The control unit is configured to, across the sequence of actuating periods, variedly determine for each actuating period a number n of stimulating units to be simultaneously actuated during the respective actuating period.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for in vivo monitoring of internal mechanical stress associated with physiological phenomena of an internal body structure, such as the heart, lungs and/or gastrointestinal tract, from within the host. The disclosed devices, systems, and methods include an in vivo mechanical stress sensor implantable in the host's body.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a displacement current sensor configured to measure for a subject one or more sensed electrical signals; and circuitry configured to process the one or more sensed electrical signals to obtain an electrocardiogram signal and a variable impedance signal caused by an arterial pulse wave.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including a processor having addressable memory, where the processor is configured to: generate a series of recordings using a plurality of sensors via receiving a set of full measurements at a scheduled recording time; assign a priority to each of the recordings based on detection of abnormalities; determine a new recording schedule based on the generated series of recordings and detected abnormalities in the processed series of recordings; transmit the generated series of recordings and associated flag indicating whether an abnormality is present in the generated series of recordings; determine abnormal health patterns based on continuous monitoring capabilities; and provide an alert about the abnormal health patterns.

Abstract: A sensor-enabled tamper-resistant body-worn monitoring cuff that includes a magnet and a magnetic sensor that are adjacent to each other when the cuff is worn by an individual and are separated when the cuff is removed. The magnetic sensor detects a magnetic field of the magnet and causes an alert message to be wirelessly transmitted when the magnetic field drops below a predetermined threshold. The cuff further includes a physiological sensor, such as a heartrate sensor, and an inertial sensor, such as an accelerometer, which detect signals that are analyzed to determine whether the individual's physiological parameters have deviated from normal or expected values and which may cause an alert message to be wirelessly transmitted.

Abstract: An apparatus for a wearable device including a locking mechanism for components of the wearable device is described. A wearable ring device may include a ring-shaped housing configured to house one or more sensors configured to acquire physiological data from a user, and a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) including electrical circuitry for the one or more sensors. The wearable ring device may include one or more locking grooves disposed within an interior surface of the ring-shaped housing, the one or more locking grooves configured to receive the flexible PCB and maintain a gap between an inner circumferential surface of the ring-shaped housing and a first surface of the flexible PCB.