Abstract: There is provided a system (100) for detecting paralysis, weakness or numbness. A processor (102) acquires data obtained by a sensor (106) of a personal care device (104) used by a subject on a first part of their body and compares this data to reference data obtained by the sensor used by the subject on a second part of their body to determine whether the acquired data comprises an abnormality. The acquired data is indicative of a manner in which the subject used the device on the first part and/or a physiological property of that part. The reference data is indicative of a manner in which the subject used the device on the second part and/or a physiological property of that part. The processor detects paralysis, weakness or numbness in the first or a third part of the body of the subject when the acquired data comprises an abnormality.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a device by controlling the device based on input received from group members, uses a sensor for monitoring each group member for detecting an instruction provided by a group member. The instruction includes a visual or audible instruction. Upon detecting, a controller associates a control command with the instruction. The controller provides the control command to the device. For establishing the group, an authentication is performed for adding a user as a group member. For identifying the control command, the detected instruction is associated with the instructing group member, where the member profile is accessed from a memory including a set of reference instructions, and the instruction is matched with a reference instruction selected from the set of reference instructions in the profile.

Abstract: A portable medical apparatus (70) for real-time individualized treatment guidance for a subject (120) comprises a user interface (72), a communications module (74), and a controller (76). The user interface (72) obtains the subject's identification information. The communications module (74) communicates with at least one of (i) a remote server (78) having stored thereon a cloud-based electronic health record that comprises at least the subject's physical body measurements and (ii) a smartphone (80) located within a given immediate proximity of the portable medical apparatus. The communications module (74) further retrieves, in response to the subject's identification information, the cloud-based electronic health record.

Abstract: A method of operating a device by controlling the device based on input received from group members, uses a sensor unit for monitoring each group member for detecting an instruction provided by a group member. The instruction includes a visual or audible instruction. Upon detecting, a control unit associates a control command with the instruction. The control unit provides the control command to the device. For establishing the group the method includes performing, by user input means for interacting with a user, an authentication for adding said user as group member. For identifying the control command, the method comprises associating the detected instruction with the instructing group member among the group members, accessing member profile from a memory unit comprising a set of reference instructions, and matching the instruction with a reference instruction selected from the set of reference instructions in the profile. An apparatus is arranged for performing the method.