Abstract: An apparatus for determining data pertaining to the heart rate, respiratory rate, and/or blood pressure of a human subject based on pulse waveform analysis is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a control unit and a sensor unit configured for providing pulse wave data representative of a heartbeat of a subject. The control unit is configured for receiving the pulse wave data, and selecting a portion of the pulse wave data indicative of a plurality of heart periods. Based on the portion of the pulse wave data indicative of a plurality of heart periods, the control unit is further configured for determining a blood pressure variability; determining a respiratory rate variability; and determining a heart rate variability. Based on at least two of the blood pressure variability, the respiratory rate variability, and the heart rate variability, a correlation value may be determined from which a medical condition of the subject is determined.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining a pulse wave signal representative of vital signs of a subject is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a control unit, a first sensor coupled to the control unit and configured for emitting a first signal indicative of a pulse wave of a subject, and a second sensor coupled to the control unit and configured for detecting motion the apparatus is subjected to and for emitting a second signal based on the detected motion. The control unit is configured to receive the first signal from the first sensor, to determine a pulse wave signal based on the first signal to receive the second signal from the second sensor, and to determine a reliability signal based on the second signal. The reliability signal is indicative of a reliability of the first signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining blood pressure has a control unit and a device for providing pulse wave data representative of a heartbeat of a human subject. The subject has a body height, an age, and a gender. The control unit is configured for receiving the pulse wave data, selecting a portion of the pulse wave data indicative of one or more heart periods, and, for each respective heart period of the one or more heart periods, determining a systolic component of the respective heart period, approximating the systolic component with a first Gaussian function and a second Gaussian function, and determining a time difference between the first and second Gaussian functions. The blood pressure value of the subject is determined based on the time difference, the body height, and the age.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining blood pressure has a control unit and a device for providing pulse wave data representative of a heart beat of a human subject. The subject has a body height, an age, and a gender. The control unit is configured for receiving the pulse wave data, selecting a portion of the pulse wave data indicative of one or more heart periods, and, for each respective heart period of the one or more heart periods, determining a systolic component of the respective heart period, approximating the systolic component with a first Gaussian function and a second Gaussian function, and determining a time difference between the first and second Gaussian functions. The blood pressure value of the subject is determined based on the time difference, the body height, and the age.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining data pertaining to the heart rate, respiratory rate, and/or blood pressure of a human subject based on pulse waveform analysis is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a control unit and a sensor unit configured for providing pulse wave data representative of a heartbeat of a subject. The control unit is configured for receiving the pulse wave data, and selecting a portion of the pulse wave data indicative of a plurality of heart periods. Based on the portion of the pulse wave data indicative of a plurality of heart periods, the control unit is further configured for determining a blood pressure variability; determining a respiratory rate variability; and determining a heart rate variability. Based on at least two of the blood pressure variability, the respiratory rate variability, and the heart rate variability, a correlation value may be determined from which a medical condition of the subject is determined.

Abstract: A method of assigning a secret to a security token (100) comprising: receiving first biometrical data (108) of a biometrical feature of a person by the security token, storing the first biometrical data in the security token, storing the unencrypted secret in the security token, biometrically encrypting the secret using the first biometrical data by the security token, storing the encrypted secret in the security token, erasing the unencrypted secret and the first biometrical data from the security token.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the non-invasive determination of the concentration of blood constituents, in which a radiation source (12) emits several radiation beams (14), each with a different wavelength. A first photo detector (18) receives the measurement radiation (14) of each wavelength that is reflected by a body part (16) to be examined. A second photo detector (22) receives the measurement radiation (24) of each wavelength that is transmitted by the body part (16) to be examined. The measurement radiation (14) of each wavelength that is absorbed by the body part (16) to be examined is then determined on the basis of the measurement of the reflected radiation (20) by the first radiation receiver (18) and the measurement of the transmitted radiation (24) by the second radiation receiver (22). The concentration of the different constituents is calculated from the absorption of the measurement radiation (14) that has been determined for each wavelength.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining microvascular diseases wherein, first, a volume pulse development of a first blood constituent of the blood in a blood path is determined, and a volume pulse development of a second blood constituent in a blood path, being different from the first blood constituent, is determined. Thereafter, comparable reference points in the volume pulse development of the first blood constituent and in the volume pulse development of the second blood constituent are determined. Then, there is determined a temporal difference (?t) of the determined reference points in the volume pulse developments of the first blood constituent and the second blood constituent.

Abstract: A printer having a printing unit, a structure that supports the printing unit, and a device coupled to the printer that receives media provided as an output from the printer is provided. The device coupled to the printer is a bin having at least one arm connecting the bin to the structure, wherein the arm is capable of pivotal movement with respect to said structure to allow movement of the bin from a position substantially beneath the printing unit to a media-receiving position is provided. A device having a bin and a bin moving mechanism that is operative to move the bin between a stored position and a media-receiving position in which the bin is capable of receiving media output from the printer is provided. A method of positioning a bin for receiving media from a printer by moving the bin between the stored and a media-receiving position is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting the width of the waistband of a skirt or a pair of trousers, includes a U-shaped clip which slides onto the waistband perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the waistband. The U-shaped clip has two limbs which are interconnected on the top sides thereof and which run substantially parallel to each other. The waistband is arranged in a fold formed by the waist band passing by the clip, substantially parallel thereto, first to one limb of the clip. The waistband loops around the first limb before running back in an opposite direction, between the two limbs of the clip, to the second limb. The waistband further loops around the second limb before finally being guided back in the opposite direction. Each side of the clip is also provided with an arm which extends vertically. The arms are provided near the plane defined by the clip and fit on a respective outer flank of the fold on a side facing away from the U-shaped clip.