Abstract: Wrist-wearable apparatuses that may be removed and used as a chest-applied cardiac device may include two chest electrodes on an inner surface of a strap (or strap regions), as well as two finger or more finger electrodes on the opposite side of the apparatus. The apparatus may be removed from the wrist and placed on a chest of a patient such that two electrodes are spaced at least five centimeters apart and in contact with the chest and held in place with two or more fingers to capture orthogonal cardiac signals that may be synthesized into a conventional 12-lead cardiac signal.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a wearable fitness and/or heart rate monitoring device which includes motion detecting sensor(s), a galvanic skin response (GSR) sensor, a user input interface, or any combination thereof. The device accounts for signal noise, produced when an individual passes thru varying exercise states, by filtering out the motion of the individual using a 3-axis accelerometer. The invention also provides for systems and methods of operating the monitor which extracts and/or stores true or correct heart rate values from the heartbeat waveform signal observed from a PPG.

Abstract: A balloon catheter device with a fluid management system includes a source of balloon fill media and a balloon catheter in fluid communication with the source of balloon fill media. A first conduit is provided for delivering the balloon fill media from the source to the balloon catheter for inflation of a balloon of the catheter device. A second conduit is provided for returning the balloon fill media from the balloon catheter to the source for deflating the balloon. A first pump is disposed along one of the first conduit and the second conduit for pumping the balloon fill media through the respective conduits.

Abstract: A system and method for managing defibrillators and for coordinating their use during the SCA event to increase the probability of survival for the person experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. Defibrillator monitoring units and direction prompters are installed at registered geographical locations. A defibrillator monitoring unit closest to a cardiac arrest event is identified and a subset of the one or more client devices proximate event are sent an assistance request. One of the devices sends an accept message indicating acceptance of the request an activation message is sent to the subject client device to initiate transmission of active beacon signals by the device to activating at least one of the direction prompters so as to provide geographical direction to the identified defibrillator monitoring unit or audio/visual indicators associated with the identified defibrillator monitoring unit.

Abstract: A system for monitoring medical conditions including pressure ulcers, pressure-induced ischemia and related medical conditions comprises at least one sensor adapted to detect one or more patient characteristic including at least position, orientation, temperature, acceleration, moisture, resistance, stress, heart rate, respiration rate, and blood oxygenation, a host for processing the data received from the sensors together with historical patient data to develop an assessment of patient condition and suggested course of treatment. In some embodiments, the system can further include a support surface having one or more sensors incorporated therein either in addition to sensors affixed to the patient or as an alternative thereof. The support surface is, in some embodiments, capable of responding to commands from the host for assisting in implementing a course of action for patient treatment.

Abstract: An external controller assembly for a medical device implanted in a patient includes an external controller and an external driveline assembly. The external controller includes an external controller display viewable by the patient. The external driveline assembly includes an external driveline cable and an external driveline distal connector. The external driveline cable is connected to the external driveline distal connector and the external controller. The external driveline cable accommodates positioning of the external driveline distal connector, by the patient, for simultaneous viewing of the external driveline distal connector and the external controller display by the patient. The external driveline distal connector is adapted to be connected to the distal driveline proximal connector by the patient. The external driveline distal connector is adapted to be disconnected from the distal driveline proximal connector by the patient.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for use in medical procedures are disclosed. Some implementations may include a medical procedure guide that can overlay portions of anatomy of a patient. The guide may include alignment markings to facilitate proper placement, procedure markings to facilitate determination of a position at which to commence a medical procedure, and/or imaging markers incorporated within the guide to facilitate commencement or completion of the medical procedure in conjunction with imaging.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include wearable devices and techniques for detecting cardio machine activities, estimating user direction of travel, and monitoring performance during cardio machine activities. By accurately and promptly detecting cardio machine activities and automatically distinguishing between activities performed on different types of cardio machines, the disclosure enables wearable devices to accurately calculate user performance information when users forget to start and/or stop recording activities on a wide variety of cardio machines. In various embodiments, cardio machine activity detection techniques may use magnetic field data from a magnetic field sensor to improve the accuracy of orientation data and device heading measurements used to detect the end of a cardio machine activity.

Abstract: A method for improved cardiac monitoring is disclosed. The method includes receiving image data from an image sensor configured for monitoring edema in a patient. Additional data is received from one or more additional sensors configured to monitor one or more factors related to cardiac activity of the patient. The received image data is fused with the received additional data from the one or more additional sensors to generate fused data set. A cardiac condition for the patient is determined based on the fused data set. A cardiac monitoring computing device and non-transitory medium are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of providing electrical stimulation therapy to a patient according to one embodiment includes generating an un-tuned electrical noise signal by at least one noise generator, partitioning the un-tuned electrical noise signal into a plurality of discrete frequency bands having corresponding bandwidths, delivering the un-tuned electrical noise signal through one or more electrodes to the patient to target the patient's central or peripheral nervous system, adjusting, for each of a plurality of selected frequency bands, an amplitude of the voltage or current of the un-tuned electrical noise signal within a corresponding frequency band to generate an adjusted electrical stimulation signal based on feedback received from the patient, wherein the adjusted electrical stimulation signal includes a plurality of local maxima and a plurality of local minima, and delivering the adjusted electrical stimulation signal through the electrodes to provide electrical stimulation therapy to the patient.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for physiological monitoring. A method includes receiving, with a computing system, physiological data of a user, analyzing, with the computing system, the received physiological data of the user to identify at least one of one or more body states or one or more transitions between body states of the user, and determining, with the computing system, at least one physiological state of the user, based at least in part on an analysis of the identified at least one of the one or more body states or the one or more transitions between body states of the user. The method further includes sending, with the computing system and to a user device, the determined at least one physiological state of the user, and displaying, on a display screen of the user device, the determined at least one physiological state of the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system for providing client-side physiological condition estimations during a live video session. In some embodiments, the system includes a first client computer system that is caused to: (i) store a neural network on one or more computer-readable storage media of the first client computer system, (ii) obtain a live video stream of an individual via a camera of the first client computer system during a video streaming session between the first client computer system and a second client computer system, (iii) provide, during the video streaming session, video data of the live video stream as input to the neural network to obtain physiological condition information from the neural network, and (iv) provide, during the video streaming session, the physiological condition information for presentation at the second client computer system.

Abstract: Described herein are methods, software, systems and devices for detecting the presence of an abnormality in an organ, tissue, body, or portion thereof of a subject by analysis of the electromagnetic fields generated by the organ, tissue, body, or portion thereof.

Abstract: A laser system may include a controller configured to direct a plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses to a device that optically pumps a lasing medium, and a lasing medium configured to output a quasi-continuous laser pulse in response to the optical pumping. The plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses may include (a) a first electrical pulse configured to excite the lasing medium to an energy level below a lasing threshold of the lasing medium, and (b) multiple second electrical pulses following the first electrical pulse. The quasi-continuous laser pulse is output in response to the multiple second electrical pulses.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a biological information acquirer that acquires biological information of a target; an error factor detector that detects a factor that causes an error in the biological information; a display; and at least one processor. The error factor detector includes a motion detection sensor that detects a direction of motion of the electronic device, and the processor is that determines whether the factor is detected, based on the direction of the motion of the electronic device; and to cause, when the processor determines that the factor is detected, the display not to display the biological information acquired by the biological information acquirer, or to cause the biological information acquirer to stop acquisition of the biological information, in a period determined based on a timing when the factor is detected.

Abstract: Systems and methods to detect pneumonia in cardiovascular patients are disclosed, including receiving physiologic information of a patient from an ambulatory medical device (AMD), the physiologic information comprising respiration information of the patient, and determining a pneumonia score of the patient using the received respiration information.

Abstract: Physiological variables, metrics, biomarkers, and other data points can be used, in connection with a non-invasive wearable device, to screen for, and predict, mental health issues and cognitive states. In addition to metrics such as heart rate, sleep data, activity level, gamification data, and the like, information such as text message and email data, as well as vocal data obtained through a phone and/or a microphone, may be analyzed, provided user authorization. Applying predictive modeling, one or more of the monitored metrics can be correlated with mental states and disorders. Identified patterns can be used to update the predictive models, such as via machine learning-trained models, as well as to update individual event predictions. Information about the mental state predictions, and updates thereto, can be surfaced to the user accordingly.

Abstract: Methods for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or for reducing a risk associated with developing PTSD in patients via therapeutic renal neuromodulation and associated systems are disclosed herein. Sympathetic nerve activity can contribute to several cellular and physiological conditions associated with PTSD as well as an increased risk of developing PTSD following a traumatic event. One aspect of the present technology is directed to methods for improving a patient's calculated risk score corresponding to a PTSD status in the patient. Other aspects are directed to reducing a likelihood of developing PTSD in patients presenting one or more PTSD risk factors. Renal sympathetic nerve activity can be attenuated to improve a patient's PTSD status or risk of developing PTSD. The attenuation can be achieved, for example, using an intravascularly positioned catheter carrying a therapeutic assembly configured to use, e.g.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing ophthalmic laser surgery using a pulsed laser beam is provided. The method includes establishing an initial cutting pattern comprising a plurality of original photodisruption points, establishing an enhanced cutting pattern comprising a plurality of enhanced photodisruption points selected to decrease potential adverse effects due to patient movement and having increased density over a fixed area as compared with the plurality of original photodisruption points, and performing an ocular surgical procedure according to the enhanced cutting pattern Enhanced cutting patterns may include circular cuts around the periphery of a capsule, vertical side cuts for lens fragmentation, raster lamellar cuts, and grid lamellar cuts. Each photodisruption point in the initial cutting pattern and the enhanced cutting pattern comprises a laser target point.

Abstract: A surgeon input device for controlling a robotic surgical system is disclosed herein. The surgeon input device comprising a housing and at least one sensor disposed within the housing. The at least one sensor, in operative communication with an electromagnetic signal transmitter, configured to detect at least one of a position and orientation of a surgeon's hand within a predefined electromagnetic field generated by the electromagnetic signal transmitter. The surgeon input device further comprising at least one button protruding out of the housing, where the at least one button configured to open and close an end-effector of a surgical instrument and at least one sensor disposed within the housing, where the at least one sensor configured to detect a compression and decompression of the at least one button and send a signal via a sensor wire to a control system to regulate opening and closing of the end effector of the surgical instrument.