Abstract: A power module includes a plurality of semiconductor-based power components and a substrate having an upper metallization receiving the components and a lower metallization opposite to the upper metallization. Optionally, a baseplate may be fixed to the lower metallization of the substrate. A metal structure is in direct contact with a lower surface defined by the either optional baseplate or the substrate, on the side opposite the components. The power module includes at least one elongated temperature sensor, at least partially immersed in the metal structure and spreading parallel to the lower surface.

Abstract: A measuring device including a measuring equipment that is configured to be optically interrogated by a measuring instrument with first optical signals in a first wavelength range, and a connecting optical fibre for optically connecting a measuring equipment to a measuring instrument. The connecting optical fibre includes at least a first optical core that is multimode in the first wavelength range and a second optical core that is single-mode in a second wavelength range. The connecting optical fibre includes at least one first segment of functionalised optical fibre that is such as to exhibit, at the second wavelength, and optical property that varies with an environmental parameter of the connecting optical fibre. The invention also relates to a measuring assembly and to an apparatus that includes such a measuring assembly.

Abstract: A spectral interrogation device, including: an optical source for emitting a light signal, a measurement optical fibre comprising a series of successive Bragg gratings for reflecting the light signal in different wavelength bands, a reflective optical fibre comprising a total reflection element, a wavelength detector, and an optical switch for switching between a sequence of three operating modes. In a first mode, the light signal emitted by a given optical source is guided from the optical source to a corresponding measurement optical fibre. In a second mode, the light signal is guided to make a predetermined number of return trips in a line formed by a coupling between the measurement optical fibre and a corresponding reflective optical fibre, generating a predetermined delay between the successive gratings. In a third mode, the light signal is guided to a corresponding detector to successively measure the wavelength bands associated with the gratings.

Abstract: Personal diagnostic devices including diagnostic patches (bio-patches) and interactive medical bracelets (bio-bracelets) are provided with a skin/patch interface, at least one analysis layer, a signal processing layer, and a user output interface. Embodiments of the interactive diagnostic devices may include micro-fluidic circuits with reaction chambers, analysis chambers, mixing cambers, and various pre-disposed chemistries or reagents for performing a wide verity of tests by trans-dermal transport of blood or perspiration. Sample collection chambers for the fluidic circuit may include minimally invasive tubules that penetrate the skin surface to acquire blood samples from capillaries near the epidermis. Alternate implementations of the personal diagnostic device may be equipped with logic processing, input/output devices, acoustic microphones, cryogenic circuits, embedded processors, electrical control circuitry, and battery current sources or photovoltaic sources of electrical power.

Abstract: Personal diagnostic devices including diagnostic patches (bio-patches) and interactive medical bracelets (bio-bracelets) are provided with a skin/patch interface, at least one analysis layer, a signal processing layer, and a user output interface. Embodiments of the interactive diagnostic devices may include micro-fluidic circuits with reaction chambers, analysis chambers, mixing cambers, and various pre-disposed chemistries or reagents for performing a wide verity of tests by transdermal transport of blood or perspiration. Sample collection chambers for the fluidic circuit may include minimally invasive tubules that penetrate the skin surface to acquire blood samples from capillaries near the epidermis. Alternate implementations of the personal diagnostic device may be equipped with logic processing, input/output devices, acoustic microphones, cryogenic circuits, embedded processors, electrical control circuitry, and battery current sources or photovoltaic sources of electrical power.

Abstract: A method for measuring temperature and deformation of a part or structure on the basis of a single line of optical fiber having a single Bragg rating is provided. The method includes: interrogating the optical fiber based on two sampling frequencies; one being a low frequency and the other being a high frequency, said low frequency being suitable for sensing a slow rate of change corresponding to the temperature variation, and said high frequency being suitable for sensing a fast rate of change corresponding to vibrations; implementing an algorithmic block based on a blind-source-separation (BSS) technique, comprising a frequency analysis, a multivariate analysis and higher-order statistics; and returning to the time domain via an inverse Fourier transform.

Abstract: Diagnostic patches and bracelets for promoting personal and community health including related processes, methods, and systems are directed to fever patches and fever bracelets for school and university health and wellness including mitigation of the spread of infectious diseases and contact tracing during an epidemic or pandemic. Other populations addressed by these methods include nursing homes, office buildings, and factories as well as the general citizenry of entire cities, counties, states, and even countries at large. Further apparatus and devices include disease detection patches and disease detection bracelets for identifying the onset of an infection and for detecting the present of antibodies to such infectious diseases. Related mitigation and contact methods for several different addressed groups and large populations are also provided for these disease detection patches and bracelets.

Abstract: In the field of measuring physical parameters with a multimode optical fiber, a system for measuring P physical parameters at one or more measurement points has one or more multimode optical fibers. The system includes: a light source generating a source optical signal, a multimode measurement optical fiber transporting optical signals in at least M distinct second predetermined propagation modes, M being an integer greater than or equal to P, the measurement optical fiber including a measurement section reflecting the optical signals with a wavelength variable according to physical parameters to be measured, a detection device measuring wavelengths of the optical signals reflected by the measurement section, and an optical module generating M signals from the source optical signal, the M signals each being injected into the measurement optical fiber to propagate in one of the modes, the optical module also transferring the optical signals reflected toward the detection device.

Abstract: Devices, methods and systems related to wearable patch having blood alcohol content detector. In some embodiments, a wearable patch can include a patch structure having one or more layers and configured to allow the patch to be worn by a user, and an analyzer component implemented on or at least partially within the patch structure and configured to measure alcohol content level in the user. The wearable patch can further include an interface component implemented on or at least partially within the patch structure and in communication with the analyzer component, with the interface component being configured to provide a notification based on the measured alcohol content. In some embodiments, such a wearable patch can be a part of a system such as a monitoring system or a compliance system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device (10) comprising aa measuring equipment (30) that is configured to be optically interrogated by a measuring instrument (20) by means of first optical signals in a first wavelength range, and a connecting optical fibre (100) for optically connecting aa measuring equipment (30) to a measuring instrument (20). The connecting optical fibre (100) comprises at least a first optical core (111) that is multimode in the first wavelength range and a second optical core (112) that is single-mode in a second wavelength range. The connecting optical fibre (100) comprises at least one first segment of functionalised optical fibre (120) that is such as to exhibit, at the second wavelength, an optical property that varies with an environmental parameter of the connecting optical fibre (100). The invention also relates to a measuring assembly and to an apparatus that comprises such a measuring assembly.

Abstract: Personal diagnostic devices including diagnostic patches (bio-patches) and interactive medical bracelets (bio-bracelets) are provided with a skin/patch interface, at least one analysis layer, a signal processing layer, and a user output interface. Embodiments of the interactive diagnostic devices may include micro-fluidic circuits with reaction chambers, analysis chambers, mixing cambers, and various pre-disposed chemistries or reagents for performing a wide verity of tests by trans-dermal transport of blood or perspiration. Sample collection chambers for the fluidic circuit may include minimally invasive tubules that penetrate the skin surface to acquire blood samples from capillaries near the epidermis. Alternate implementations of the personal diagnostic device may be equipped with logic processing, input/output devices, acoustic microphones, cryogenic circuits, embedded processors, electrical control circuitry, and battery current sources or photovoltaic sources of electrical power.

Abstract: Personal diagnostic devices including diagnostic patches (bio-patches) and interactive medical bracelets (bio-bracelets) are provided with a skin/patch interface, at least one analysis layer, a signal processing layer, and a user output interface. Embodiments of the interactive diagnostic devices may include micro-fluidic circuits with reaction chambers, analysis chambers, mixing cambers, and various pre-disposed chemistries or reagents for performing a wide verity of tests by transdermal transport of blood or perspiration. Sample collection chambers for the fluidic circuit may include minimally invasive tubules that penetrate the skin surface to acquire blood samples from capillaries near the epidermis. Alternate implementations of the personal diagnostic device may be equipped with logic processing, input/output devices, acoustic microphones, cryogenic circuits, embedded processors, electrical control circuitry, and battery current sources or photovoltaic sources of electrical power.

Abstract: Examples are generally directed towards a health check analysis for computing systems. On receiving health check data associated with a computing system, a health check server analyzes the health check data using a set of parameters to generate a health score and/or a status indicator for the computing system. The health check data includes performance data for a plurality of components of the computing system and/or configuration data for the plurality of components of the computing system. The health score ranks performance of the computing system relative to a scale. The status indicator identifies a health status of the computing system. A status indicator includes a normal status, a warning status, or a critical status. The server returns the health score and/or the status indicator to the user device for presentation to a user.

Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for two-piece eye models for simulating an eye. The eye model generally has an eyelid member having a concave inner surface to simulate an inner surface of an eyelid; and an eyeball member having a rounded surface for simulating an eyeball and being sized to be releasably received within the concave inner surface of the eyelid member. Other embodiments may include at least one of an eye model holder, a fluidic system and an eye movement unit.

Abstract: The connection device for liquid-core optical fiber comprises a sleeve traversed by a channel comprising a plurality of communicating stacked conduits, a first conduit being formed from an end of the sleeve and being arranged to receive, in a sealed manner, at the corresponding end of the sleeve, one end of the optical fiber, and a second conduit being formed communicating with the first conduit, and closing means that hermetically seal the end of the second conduit opposite the end that communicates with the first conduit, the sleeve further having a third conduit for filling the internal volume of the second conduit when the latter is closed at one end by the closing device and the fiber is inserted into the first conduit, the third conduit transversely connecting the outside of the sleeve with the inside of the second conduit, and a sealing plug for hermetically sealing the port of the third conduit opening to the outside of the sleeve.

Abstract: Personal diagnostic devices including diagnostic patches (bio-patches) and interactive medical bracelets (bio-bracelets) are provided with a skin/patch interface, at least one analysis layer, a signal processing layer, and a user output interface. Embodiments of the interactive diagnostic devices may include micro-fluidic circuits with reaction chambers, analysis chambers, mixing cambers, and various pre-disposed chemistries or reagents for performing a wide verity of tests by transdermal transport of blood or perspiration. Sample collection chambers for the fluidic circuit may include minimally invasive tubules that penetrate the skin surface to acquire blood samples from capillaries near the epidermis. Alternate implementations of the personal diagnostic device may be equipped with logic processing, input/output devices, acoustic microphones, cryogenic circuits, embedded processors, electrical control circuitry, and battery current sources or photovoltaic sources of electrical power.

Abstract: Personal diagnostic devices including diagnostic patches (bio-patches) and interactive medical bracelets (bio-bracelets) are provided with a skin/patch interface, at least one analysis layer, a signal processing layer, and a user output interface. Embodiments of the interactive diagnostic devices may include micro-fluidic circuits with reaction chambers, analysis chambers, mixing cambers, and various pre-disposed chemistries or reagents for performing a wide verity of tests by trans-dermal transport of blood or perspiration. Sample collection chambers for the fluidic circuit may include minimally invasive tubules that penetrate the skin surface to acquire blood samples from capillaries near the epidermis. Alternate implementations of the personal diagnostic device may be equipped with logic processing, input/output devices, acoustic microphones, cryogenic circuits, embedded processors, electrical control circuitry, and battery current sources or photovoltaic sources of electrical power.

Abstract: A personal diagnostic patch device for biological analysis includes a sample acquisition layer for obtaining a fluid sample, a fluidic processing layer including a fluidic circuit for directing fluid flow, an assay results detection layer having a detector for detecting diagnostic results derived from fluid sample analysis, and a processor and transmitter for sending diagnostic results to a remote location. The layers are situated in register with each other and operatively attached with constituent elements in alignment to form the fluidic circuit for sample processing, detection, and analysis. Related systems include a remotely located user computer for receiving a signal from the patch device when the device is provided with the transmitter. The user computer may be connected to a network including any one or more of several different medical providers. Methods include use of the patch device for specific applications, related processes, and steps for manufacturing and assembling.

Abstract: The connection device for liquid-core optical fibre comprises a sleeve traversed by a channel comprising a plurality of communicating stacked conduits, a first conduit being formed from an end of the sleeve and being arranged to receive, in a sealed manner, at the corresponding end of the sleeve, one end of the optical fibre, and a second conduit being formed communicating with the first conduit, and closing means that hermetically seal the end of the second conduit opposite the end that communicates with the first conduit, the sleeve further having a third conduit for filling the internal volume of the second conduit when the latter is closed at one end by the closing device and the fibre is inserted into the first conduit, the third conduit transversely connecting the outside of the sleeve with the inside of the second conduit, and a sealing plug for hermetically sealing the port of the third conduit opening to the outside of the sleeve.

Abstract: The invention involves a sensor (100) with a Bragg network fiber including a source (105) and detection system (101), operating at a wavelength of a given study, in addition to a Bragg (6) network fiber (1) linked to said source and said system, with said fiber being a microstructured optic fiber whose sheath (5) includes channels (3) adjacent to the heart (2) of the fiber (1), capable of receiving a product to be analyzed, characterized in that the number of channels (3) adjacent to the heart (2) is between 2 and 5, and that the size of the heart (2) of the fiber (1) is adapted so that an electromagnetic field of a wave guided by the fiber is not confined in the heart (2) of the fiber (1), and the electromagnetic field extends into the channels (3).