Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system and method for monitoring and for facilitating pulmonary and systemic hemodynamics in the treatment and/or prevention of cardiac arrhythmias or structural cardiac changes, caused by altered preload. The system comprises: a pressure generator; a first sensor configured to generate output signals conveying information related to venous blood accumulation during cardiac preload in the subject; a second sensor configured to generate output signals conveying information related to systemic arterial circulation in the subject; and one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to control the pressure generator to adjust the pressure levels of the flow of breathable gas during one or both of inhalation and exhalation to facilitate the pulmonary and systemic circulation based on the output signals from the first sensor and the second sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices, systems and methods for extracting physiological information indicative of at least one vital sign of a subject. An embodiment of a device comprises a pre-treatment unit configured to derive at least three detection signals from electromagnetic radiation reflected from a skin region of a subject, wherein at least two detection signals comprise wavelength-dependent reflection information in a different wavelength channel and at least two detection signals comprise reflection information in different polarization channels having different polarization directions.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for estimating surface area and/or volume of a subject's body or body part. First, at least one image, including the subject's face, is obtained. The image is processed to determine facial image parameter(s) of the subject's face. The subject's characteristic(s) including age, weight, height, and/or gender—is/are also determined. A facial parametric model and the facial image parameters are used to determine facial shape parameters of the subject's face, where the facial parametric model relates specific values for facial image parameters to a respective 3D representation of a face having respective values for the facial shape parameters. A prediction model with the characteristic(s) and the facial shape parameters are used to predict a 3D representation of the subject's full body. The predicted 3D representation of the subject's full body is analyzed to estimate the surface area and/or volume of the subject's body or body part.

Abstract: Presented are concepts for monitoring cardio-respiratory function of a patient. One such concept comprises detecting light or sound from the sublingual vasculature using a sublingual sensor unit adapted to be positioned at a sublingual vasculature of the patient's tongue and to generate a sensor output signal based on the detected light or sound. A processing unit adapted to receive at least one of the sensor unit output signal, wherein the sensor unit and the processing unit are arranged to analyze the venous component in the sensor output signal. An output signal from the sublingual sensor may then be used to provide information on cardio-respiratory parameters like respiration rate and respiration rate variability, for example.

Abstract: A core body temperature sensor system which has multiple pairs of temperature sensors across a first insulating layer. The sensed temperatures are monitored as well as the rate of change of sensed temperature at the temperature sensors. The core body temperature is obtained based on a first representative temperature for the first set of temperature sensors, a second representative temperature for the second set of temperature sensors and rate of change information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (10), system (1) and method (200) for use in blood oxygen saturation measurement of a subject.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and method for extracting physiological information indicative of at least one vital sign of a subject. To solve the motion robustness problem of known solutions, the device comprises a pre-treatment unit (210) configured to derive at least three detection signals from electromagnetic radiation reflected from a skin region of a subject, wherein at least two detection signals comprise wavelength-dependent reflection information in a different wavelength channel and at least two detection signals comprise reflection information in different polarization channels having different polarization directions. This provides that a channel that always has a low pulsatility, even when the SpO2 value is low. This channel mainly contains the motion-induced distortions.

Abstract: A skin treatment system including a treatment device to treat a treatment region of a body. The skin treatment system includes a camera to capture at least one image of skin, the image having an imaging region, and to provide captured image data representing the captured image. The imaging region has a predefined spatial relationship with the treatment region. The skin treatment system further includes a storage facility for storing reference image data indicative of a reference image of the skin. The skin treatment system further includes an orientation estimation facility to determine which part of the reference image corresponds to the at least one captured image, using the captured image data and the reference image data, and to derive from a predetermined orientation of said corresponding part with respect to the reference image, an orientation indication indicative of an orientation of the treatment device with respect to the body.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a system and method for monitoring and for facilitating pulmonary and systemic hemodynamics in the treatment and/or prevention of cardiac arrhythmias or structural cardiac changes, caused by altered preload. The system comprises: a pressure generator; a first sensor configured to generate output signals conveying information related to venous blood accumulation during cardiac preload in the subject; a second sensor configured to generate output signals conveying information related to systemic arterial circulation in the subject; and one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to control the pressure generator to adjust the pressure levels of the flow of breathable gas during one or both of inhalation and exhalation to facilitate the pulmonary and systemic circulation based on the output signals from the first sensor and the second sensor.

Abstract: A breastfeeding supporting system and a corresponding method are disclosed, the breastfeeding supporting system (1) comprising a nipple shield (10) adapted to be positioned at least partly over the areola and nipple of a breast of a breastfeeding woman, a capacitive pressure sensing unit (20) for sensing a capacity of at least part of a surface of the nipple shield, a processing unit (40) adapted to process the sensed surface capacity to derive at least one parameter of an infant interacting with the nipple of the breastfeeding woman. The breastfeeding supporting system and corresponding method eliminate at least some concerns related to breastfeeding.

Abstract: Presented are concepts for monitoring cardio-respiratory function of a patient. One such concept comprises detecting light or sound from the sublingual vasculature using a sublingual sensor unit adapted to be positioned at a sublingual vasculature of the patient's tongue and to generate a sensor output signal based on the detected light or sound. A processing unit adapted to receive at least one of the sensor unit output signal, wherein the sensor unit and the processing unit are arranged to analyze the venous component in the sensor output signal. An output signal from the sublingual sensor may then be used to provide information on cardio-respiratory parameters like respiration rate and respiration rate variability, for example.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method for setting a cutting distance (?laser13 skin13 opt(z)) between a laser beam (14) and a skin surface (5) in a laser shaving device (1), said laser shaving device having a laser deactivation threshold (?laser_skin_opt(z)), said method comprising: operating an optical system (12) to generate the laser beam; determining a skin variation value (?) indicative of the variation in the distance of the skin surface from a reference point; determining a cutting distance between said laser beam and the skin surface in dependence on at least the laser deactivation threshold and said skin variation value; and adjusting said optical system to locate the laser beam in dependence on said determined cutting distance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device, system and method for monitoring of peripheral arterial perfusion of a subject.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (10), system (1) and method (200) for use in blood oxygen saturation measurement of a subject.

Abstract: The present application relates to a device for cutting hair comprising a skin contacting face (3) that is placed against a surface of the skin (6) of a user during use. The device also has an optical system configured to direct a cutting laser beam (8) across a cutting zone (5) parallel to and spaced from said skin contacting face to cut hairs extending into the cutting zone. Also provided is a laser positioning mechanism which is arranged so that, during use of the device, the distance (H1) between said cutting laser beam and said skin contacting face is changed to maintain a predetermined distance between the cutting laser beam and the surface of the skin of a user.

Abstract: A skin treatment system (1) is provided comprising a treatment device (10) to treat a treatment region (TR) of a mammal body (B) by physically acting upon the body in said treatment region. The skin treatment system further comprises a camera (20) to capture at least one image of skin of the mammal body, said image having an imaging region (IR), and to provide captured image data (Id) representative of the at least one captured image. The imaging region (IR) has a predefined spatial relationship with the treatment region. The skin treatment system (1) further comprises a storage facility (30) for storing reference image data (Ir) indicative of a reference image of the skin of the mammal body (B).

Abstract: The present application relates to a method for setting a cutting distance (?laser skip opt(z)) between a laser beam (14) and a skin surface (5) in a laser shaving device (1), said laser shaving device having a laser deactivation threshold (?laser_skin_opt(z)), said method comprising: operating an optical system (12) to generate the laser beam; determining a skin variation value (?) indicative of the variation in the distance of the skin surface from a reference point; determining a cutting distance between said laser beam and the skin surface in dependence on at least the laser deactivation threshold and said skin variation value; and adjusting said optical system to locate the laser beam in dependence on said determined cutting distance.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical sensor device (1) for determining a blood perfusion parameter of a user. A light source (2) provides coherent light for scattering in a tissue sample (11) and a light detection unit (3) receives scattered coherent light in a re-emission geometry, the light detection unit (3) comprising plural light detection elements (32a; 32b) for capturing light intensity values in increasing distances from the light source (2) in accordance with different tissue depths. An evaluation unit (10) determines contrast values based on the captured light intensities, determines one motion-corrected value of the blood perfusion parameter based on the contrast values associated with the different tissue depths. Moreover, the invention relates to a method determining at least one blood perfusion parameter using the sensor device (1).

Abstract: A laser shaving device (1) comprising a housing (2) having a skin engaging face (4) and a recess (6) extending into the housing (2) from said skin engaging face (4). The skin engaging face (4) lying in or intersecting a plane (8) that extends across the recess (6) and being positionable against a skin surface (5) such that the skin surface (5) assumes a substantially domed-shape extending in a direction out of the plane (8) of the skin engaging face (4) into the recess (6).

Abstract: A hair cutting device (10) is provided comprising a cutter unit (11), a skin stretcher (12) and slit adapting means. The cutter unit (11) comprises a skin-contact surface for dragging over a skin surface (21) in a shaving direction (55), a front surface arranged in front of the skin-contact surface in the shaving direction (55), and a laser beam exit window arranged in the front surface for allowing a hair cutting laser beam (13) to cut a hair (22) near the skin surface (21) in front of the front surface. The skin stretcher (12) is positioned in front of the cutter unit (11), according to the shaving direction (55), and comprises a stretcher surface for dragging over the skin surface (21) together with the skin-contact surface, such that a skin dome (23) is formed by the skin surface (21) in a slit between the skin stretcher (12) and the cutter unit (11). The slit adapting means are provided for adapting at least one dimension (51, 52, 54) of the slit for controlling a shape of the skin dome (23).