Abstract: According to an embodiment, an implantable hearing aid system is disclosed. The implantable hearing aid system includes an external unit which includes an electronic unit operationally coupled to a first inductive coil arrangement configured to transmit power and/or data signals, and where the first inductive coil arrangement includes a loop structure with coils wound around and along at least a part of length of the loop structure, and the loop structure comprises an opening. Furthermore, the implantable hearing aid system includes an implantable unit which comprises a second inductive coil arrangement configured to form a transcutaneous link with the loop structure and to receive the power and/or data signals over the transcutaneous link, and where the second inductive coil arrangement is configured to be implanted fully or partially within a part of an ear of a user of the implantable hearing aid system.

Abstract: A skin care device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an outer case having a first opening, an inner case configured to be fastened to the outer case and having a second opening corresponding to the first opening, and a light output module configured to be accommodated between the outer case and the inner case, in which the light output module includes a module body configured to form a predetermined area based on a shape of the outer case or the inner case, a module cover formed along a part of an outer part of the module body, and, between the module body and the module cover, a plurality of light sources disposed in an array form along the outer part of the module body, and in which each of the plurality of light sources is disposed to face the module body.

Abstract: In inspection information display device, method, and program, data related to a patient such as a medical image can be referred to in an appropriate order. A display controller displays one or more pieces of inspection information indicating that there is the data related to the patient in association with an elapsed time from a reference time on a display. In a case where there is a plurality of times that may be the reference time, a selection unit selects, as the reference time, a specific time from the plurality of times. The specific time may be, for example, the oldest time among the plurality of times.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for electrophysiological assessment, including acquiring electrical signals from tissue at locations in a heart chamber and a computer processor automatically deriving from the electrical signals annotations indicative of times within a heart cycle at which a conduction wave traversed the locations. The method includes receiving an input from a processor user indicating, for a first location in the tissue where the electrical signals include a double-potential signal, a first annotation as a valid annotation. The processor automatically identifies second locations, within a predefined distance from the first location, where the electrical signals include double-potential signals, each having two respective annotations.

Abstract: A skin care device is provided. A skin care device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body including a first surface having a predetermined area; two contact terminals disposed to be spaced apart from each other on the first surface, and when electric power is applied thereto, generating a potential difference on a users skin to change an electrical environment of the users skin; two sensing terminals disposed to be spaced apart from each other on the first surface and sensing oil and moisture of the users skin when electric power is applied thereto; a plurality of light sources mounted on a circuit board disposed inside the body, such that the light sources are located behind the first surface, the light sources emitting light beams having different wavelength bands; and a control unit for controlling the entire operation.

Abstract: A system for determining electrophysiological data comprising an electronic control unit configured to acquire electrophysiology signals from a plurality of electrodes (130) of one or more catheters, select at least one clique of electrodes from the plurality of electrodes (136) to determine a plurality of local E field data points, determine the location and orientation of the plurality of electrodes, process the electrophysiology signals from the at least one clique from a full set of bipole subcliques to derive the local E field data points associated with the at least one clique of electrodes, derive at least one orientation independent signal from the at least one clique of electrodes (138) from the information content corresponding to weighted parts of electrogram signals, and display or output catheter orientation independent electrophysiologic information to a user or process.

Abstract: An environment control system that controls an environment of a subject is provided. The environment control system includes an actuator configured to control an environment of a subject, and a controller configured to control an operation of the actuator. The environment control system includes an inference unit that includes a first learned model and a second learned model. The first learned model has been trained by associating environmental information indicating an environment of a subject with data correlating with one of sleep, excretion, movement, skin, and stress conditions of the subject. The second learned model has been trained by associating the data correlating with one of the sleep, excretion, movement, skin, and stress conditions of the subject with data correlating with a magnitude of one or more risks that may occur with respect to the subject in a future period of time.

Abstract: A bending mechanism includes: an elongated support member; a swivel that is pivotably connected to a distal end of the support member; a first link that can transmit a driving force applied at the proximal end, to make the swivel pivot with respect to the support member; a second link that can transmit a driving force applied at the proximal end, to make the swivel pivot with respect to the support member; and a connector that is provided on at least one of the first and second links and that can switch the coupled state of one of the first and second links when a pivoting angle of the swivel exceeds a threshold such that the permissible stress of the one of the links has become less than the permissible stress of the other.

Abstract: A device may include a first portion coupled to a shaft of an insertable medical device. The first portion may extend along a first portion longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end. The first portion may include a protrusion extending radially outwardly of the first portion longitudinal axis. At least a portion of the first portion may be received within a lumen of a second portion. The second portion may be axially moveable along the first portion longitudinal axis relative to the first portion. The second portion may include a longitudinally extending channel. A spring may be located radially between the first portion and the second portion.

Abstract: A system for robot-assisted surgery includes an image sensor and a display. The system further includes a controller coupled to the image sensor and the display, where the controller includes logic that when executed by the controller causes the system to perform operations. The operations may include acquiring first images of a surgical procedure with the image sensor, and analyzing the first images with the controller to identify a surgical step in the surgical procedure. The operations may further include displaying second images on the display in response to identifying the surgical step; the second images may include at least one of a diagram of human anatomy, a preoperative image, an intraoperative image, or an annotated image of one of the first images.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method may comprise providing a wireless tri-axial seismocardiography (SCG) device configured to measure and time-stamp movements of a user's chest caused by the user's heart beats; positioning the SCG device on the user's chest in a predetermined orientation and initiating a test; using the positioned SCG device, detecting, sampling, digitizing and time-stamping movement vectors of the user's chest over a predetermined period of time in each of x, y and z directions; storing the time-stamped digitized movement vectors in a memory of the SCG device and sending the time-stamped digitized movement vectors to at least one of the app on the mobile device and the remote server over a computer network; receiving, by the app on the mobile device, a plurality of fiduciary markers from the remote server, the plurality of fiduciary markers being detected from or derived using the time-stamped digitized movement vectors in each of x, y and z directions; and generating a report on the mobile device

Abstract: A physiological signal monitoring system comprising a pendant and a patch. The pendant includes a data store, a processor, and a cellular modem. The patch includes a cradle and electrodes mechanically and electrically connected with a flexible printed circuit board (PCB). When removably coupled with the cradle of the patch, the pendant receives from the electrodes electrical signals from a patient's heart and either stores the signals to the data store or transmits the signals. A single channel patch configuration includes two electrodes positioned at least 8.0 centimeters (CM) apart. A two channel patch configuration employs three electrodes similarly spaced. Removable auxiliary components may connect to the pendant's device interfaces, each configured to receive physiological input such as electromyogram (EMG), electroencephalogram (EEG), body temperature, heart rate, pedometer, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, respiratory rate, posture/body orientation, and sleep monitoring.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for aiding a surgeon to perform a surgical procedure on an eye. The surgical procedure includes inserting an elongate probe from an opening into the eye across an anterior chamber to a target tissue region comprising a trabecular meshwork and a Schlemm's canal. Exemplary systems include an optical microscope for the surgeon to view the eye with a microscope image during the procedure; an optical coherence tomography (OCT) apparatus configured to perform an OCT scan of a target location in the target tissue region during the procedure; and an image processing apparatus configured to generate an augmented image by overlaying an OCT image of target location and a graphical visual element identifying the locations, wherein the graphical visual element is registered with the microscope image to aid the surgeon in advancing a distal end of the elongate probe to the target location.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting sleep apnea involves determining the sleep stage, and detecting an apnea event based on a physiological sensor signal using selection of a detection algorithm which is dependent on the determined sleep stage. By taking account of the sleep stage when performing an automated apnea detection process, the accuracy of the apnea detection is improved.

Abstract: A method includes: prompting a user to recite a story associated with a first target emotion; recording the user reciting the story and recording a first timeseries of biosignal data via a set of sensors integrated into a wearable device worn by the user; accessing a first timeseries of emotion markers extracted from the voice recording; labeling the first timeseries of biosignal data according to the first timeseries of emotion markers; generating an emotion model linking biosignals to emotion markers for the user based on the first emotion-labeled timeseries of biosignal data; detecting a second instance of the first target emotion exhibited by the user based on a second timeseries of biosignal data and the emotion model; and notifying the user of the second instance of the first target emotion.

Abstract: A system for processing a portion in a processing volume of a transparent material by application of focused radiation including a device for generating and an optical system for focusing radiation, with a device for changing the position of the focus of the radiation and a control device. The system includes a controller that controls the ophthalmologic therapy system. The controller is encoded with a scan pattern. The scan pattern includes adjacent strokes with each adjacent stroke having an angle of inclination (?) to the beam axis; and the angle of inclination (?) of the strokes to the beam axis is always larger than or equal to the focal angle (?) of the focused radiation.

Abstract: A catheter pump system is disclosed. The catheter pump system can include a shaft assembly and an impeller coupled with a distal portion of the shaft assembly. The catheter pump system can include a motor assembly, the motor assembly comprising a chamber and a shaft-driving portion disposed in the chamber. The shaft-driving portion can be configured to impart rotation to the impeller through the shaft assembly. The chamber can be filled with a gas that at least partially surrounds the shaft-driving portion. A fluid pathway can convey fluid proximally during operation of the catheter pump system. A bypass pathway can be in fluid communication with the fluid pathway, the bypass pathway configured to direct at least a portion of the fluid to bypass the chamber.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for aiding a surgeon to perform a surgical procedure on an eye. The surgical procedure includes inserting an elongate probe from an opening into the eye across an anterior chamber to a target tissue region comprising a trabecular meshwork and a Schlemm's canal. Exemplary systems include an optical microscope for the surgeon to view the eye with a microscope image during the procedure; an optical coherence tomography (OCT) apparatus configured to perform an OCT scan of a target location in the target tissue region during the procedure; and an image processing apparatus configured to generate an augmented image by overlaying an OCT image of target location and a graphical visual element identifying the locations, wherein the graphical visual element is registered with the microscope image to aid the surgeon in advancing a distal end of the elongate probe to the target location.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for aiding a surgeon to perform a surgical procedure on an eye. The surgical procedure includes inserting an elongate probe from an opening into the eye across an anterior chamber to a target tissue region comprising a trabecular meshwork and a Schlemm's canal. Exemplary systems include an optical microscope for the surgeon to view the eye with a microscope image during the procedure; an optical coherence tomography (OCT) apparatus configured to perform an OCT scan of a target location in the target tissue region during the procedure; and an image processing apparatus configured to generate an augmented image by overlaying an OCT image of target location and a graphical visual element identifying the locations, wherein the graphical visual element is registered with the microscope image to aid the surgeon in advancing a distal end of the elongate probe to the target location.

Abstract: A wavelength conversion device disclosed adopts a drive gear and driven gear as a main transmission structure, and disposes optical fiber plugs at a center of the driven gear. When a central shaft of the driven gear is unmovable, the rotation of the drive gear will drive the driven gear to rotate, and the rotation of driven gear will drive the optical fiber insertion rod to move up and down, thereby completing an insertion-extraction operation of the optical fiber insertion rod. When the central shaft of the driven gear is movable, i.e., when the optical fiber plugging rod is completely above the baseplate, the driven gear is locked with the optical fiber plug and thus they both cannot be rotated about their own axis, the driven gear will drive the fiber displacement plate to rotate along the drive gear under the action of the drive gear, thereby realizing the rotational translation of the optical fiber plugs, and reaching the switching wavelengths of laser at the optical fiber output interface.