Abstract: A system of robotic cleaning devices and a method of a master robotic cleaning device of controlling at least one slave robotic cleaning device. The method performed by a master robotic cleaning device of controlling at least one slave robotic cleaning device includes detecting obstacles, deriving positional data from the detection of obstacles, positioning the master robotic cleaning device with respect to the detected obstacles from the derived positional data, controlling movement of the master robotic cleaning device based on the positional data, and submitting commands to the at least one slave robotic cleaning device to control a cleaning operation of said at least one slave robotic cleaning device, the commands being based on the derived positional data, wherein the cleaning operation of the slave robotic cleaning device is controlled as indicated by the submitted commands.

Abstract: A cleaning robot having an improved structure capable of improving a user convenience and method for controlling the same are disclosed herein. A cleaning robot includes a main body to form an outer appearance and having an inlet port provided to suck a foreign matter present in a cleaning area, an operation unit detachably coupled to the main body and provided to be gripped, at least one motion sensor provided to detect a motion of the operation unit, and a control unit electrically connected to the at least one motion sensor to drive a driving motor of the main body based on the motion of the operation unit detected by the at least one motion sensor.

Abstract: Provided herein is a robot cleaner. The robot cleaner includes a main body, a driving unit provided in the main body and supplying power for traveling of the robot cleaner, first and second rotary members respectively rotating about first and second rotational axes based on power from the driving unit to provide a movement power source for traveling of the robot cleaner, and allowing cleaners for wet cleaning to respectively be fixed thereto, and a controller determining a cleaning traveling pattern of the robot cleaner and controlling the driving unit such that the robot cleaner travels, while sequentially repeating forward movement and backward movement according to the determined cleaning traveling pattern.

Abstract: A surface treatment machine, comprising a frame configured to translate with respect to a surface to treat, a surface treatment element connected to said frame and configured to treat with liquid a surface, a reservoir connected to the frame to provide liquid to the surface treatment element through a delivery mouth; an adjustment element arranged to feed adjustably the liquid supplied from the reservoir to the delivery mouth. A sensor is configured to measure an operating parameter P of the machine, such as the level of residual liquid in the reservoir, or the flow-rate of the liquid from said reservoir towards the delivery mouth, or the speed of the machine. A control unit receives by the sensor a signal proportional to operating parameter P and for adjusting the adjustment element responsive to operating parameter P, in order to deliver the liquid according to a predetermined function f(P) of optimization of the flow-rate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaner comprising a cleaner body, a front wheel rotatably provided in a front portion of the cleaner body, a rear wheel rotatably provided in a rear portion of the cleaner body, a first member attached to an outer circumferential surface of the front wheel and configured to contact with a cleaning object surface, a second member attached to an outer circumferential surface of the rear wheel and configured to contact with the cleaning object surface, a front motor rotating the front wheel, a rear motor rotating the rear wheel and a controller driving the front motor and the rear motor, wherein the controller controls the front motor and the rear motor to become rotated in the opposite directions while cleaning is performed.

Abstract: A grill cleaning device includes an elongated shaft having a proximate end and a distal end along with a plurality of grill-cleaning attachments. The elongated shaft also features a handle grip located at the proximate end and a female clip portion located at the distal end. Each one of the plurality of grill-cleaning attachments includes a working surface and a male clip portion configured to mechanically couple with the female clip portion of the elongated shaft. The elongated shaft and the grill-cleaning attachments are configured for selective replacement and interchangeability as desired by a user to clean and prepare a grilling surface.

Abstract: Dishwashing machine including an outer casing with an inner washing cavity adapted to accommodating a dishwasher rack. A catchment sink assembly is located on the bottom of the inner washing cavity to collect and accumulate liquid trickling down from the dishwasher rack momentarily located above the catchment sink assembly. The catchment sink assembly includes a basin-shaped catchment tank. A cup-shaped drain sump extends downwards from the bottom of the catchment tank and directly communicates with the inside of the catchment tank to receive washing or rinsing liquid arriving on the bottom of the catchment tank. A tubular member communicates with the catchment tank and is detachably fitted into a corresponding tubular outlet portion in the drain sump to divide the inner volume of the drain sump into a first inner-volume portion directly connected to a water drain line, and a second inner-volume portion directly connected to the suction of the pump.

Abstract: A dishwasher appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber with a sump positioned at a bottom of the wash chamber for receiving fluid from the wash chamber. A filtering system is positioned between the wash chamber and an outlet of the sump portion. The filtering system includes a first filter and a second filter. The second filter includes a hollow annular base portion and a filter body extending between the base portion and the first filter. The second filter also includes a plurality of nozzles circumferentially arranged about the hollow annular base portion, each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles in fluid communication with the hollow annular base portion and oriented towards the filter body for cleaning the filter body. An inlet in fluid communication with the hollow annular base portion may also be provided.

Abstract: A washing appliance includes a treating chamber, a sprayer emitting liquid into the treating chamber, and a recirculation circuit including a centrifugal separator and an electrocoagulation unit both fluidly coupled to the recirculation circuit.

Abstract: A fluid circulation assembly for a dishwasher appliance includes a motor with a drive shaft rotatably coupled to the motor. An impeller is coupled to the drive shaft with a one-way clutch. The one-way clutch includes a housing integrally formed in the impeller and a bearing disposed within the housing. The bearing is movable within the housing between a first position and a second position. The bearing is spaced from the drive shaft in the first position, and the bearing operatively engages the housing and the drive shaft to transfer rotational motion from the drive shaft to the impeller in the second position.

Abstract: A washing basket assembly and a tray assembly for a dish-washing machine as well as a dish-washing machine are provided. The washing basket assembly includes a first basket body and a second basket body. The second basket body s disposed to the first basket body and switchable between an opened position and a closed position. When the second basket body is in the closed position, the second basket body and the first basket body are configured to define a receiving cavity having an opening and used for receiving tableware. When the second basket body is in the opened position, a sum of a projection area of the first basket body in a horizontal plane and a projection area of the second basket body in the horizontal plane is larger than the projection area of the first basket body in the horizontal plane.

Abstract: An endoscope image processing apparatus includes a detection section configured to receive an observation image of a subject, to detect a feature region in the observation image based on a predetermined feature value for the observation image, and further to output a parameter relating to an erroneous detection rate of the detected feature region, a notification section configured to notify, to a surgeon, detection of the feature region in the observation image through notification processing and to generate a first display image including the observation image in a case where the feature region is detected by the detection section, and an enhancement processing section configured to generate a second display image in the observation image to allow the surgeon to estimate probability of erroneous detection from a display image in the case where the feature region is detected by the detection section.

Abstract: Provided are an endoscope system and a method of operating the same capable of assisting in capturing an image defined by guidelines. In order to obtain a reference-equivalent image equivalent to a predetermined reference image for each examination region, an examination image is acquired by imaging an examination region. An at-examination imaging condition acquisition unit acquires an at-examination imaging condition obtained at an acquisition timing of an examination image. A still image saving request signal output unit outputs a still image saving request signal for requesting saving of a still image of the examination image in a case where an at-examination imaging condition satisfies a reference imaging condition for obtaining a predetermined reference image for each examination region.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a drive current detector detecting a drive current value driving the motor to drive a rotation body, and a controller controlling the motor in a speed control method which controls the motor so that a rotation speed of the motor reaches a targeted rotation speed until the drive current value reaches a predetermined switching value, and, when the drive current value reaches the switching value, controlling the motor by switching to a torque control method which controls the motor so that the drive current value reaches a targeted current value.

Abstract: A wire-driven manipulator includes a first member and a second member into both of which a flexible member is inserted, the second member being disposed more on a base end side than the first member, wherein the first and the second members are bent by a drive of the flexible member, wherein the first member includes a bonding portion mechanically bonded with the member, wherein the second member is independent of the first member and the member, and wherein a variation of an average curvature of the first member caused by a drive of the members is larger than a variation of an average curvature of the second member.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a probe having a lumen and a first inflatable transparent balloon deployable through the lumen. The first balloon is coupled to be filled with liquid. The apparatus includes a second inflatable transparent balloon, deployable through the lumen, and disposed inside the first inflatable balloon between a proximal side and a distal side of the first inflatable balloon. The second balloon is coupled to be filled with air. The apparatus also includes a camera deployable through the lumen between a proximal side and a distal side of the second inflatable balloon and configured to capture an optical image formed through the first and second inflatable balloons.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a distal end rigid member, a distal end member, an optical unit, an opening provided in the distal end member, and a ring-shaped molded member configured to engage with a ring-shaped space formed between an outer circumferential surface in the distal end portion in an axial direction of the optical member and an inner circumferential surface in the opening of the distal end member, inclined from the distal end face of the distal end member toward the distal end face on an outer circumferential surface of the optical member throughout a whole circumference.

Abstract: This optical adapter for an endoscope includes a plurality of incident optical systems eccentrically disposed with each other, an optical axis of each of the plurality of incident optical systems being spaced away from an axis of the optical adapter for an endoscope with an interval; a brightness stop including a plurality of apertures corresponding to the plurality of incident optical systems respectively; a relay lens configured to relay incident light entering each of the plurality of incident optical systems to the corresponding aperture; and a distal light-shielding portion which is disposed more distally than the relay lens, wherein the plurality of incident optical systems, the relay lens, and the brightness stop are disposed in this order from a distal end side toward a proximal end side of the optical adapter for an endoscope along an incident direction of the incident light.

Abstract: The distal end of a surgical instrument is movable in all six Cartesian degrees of freedom independently of other components of a telemanipulated surgical system. The surgical instrument extends through a guide tube. The distal end is moved by actuators that are telemanipulatively controlled.

Abstract: An insertion device includes a long and thin insertion section, a rotating housing that is provided to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a drive shaft that is connected to a motor rotating the rotating housing, and that transmits a rotation of the motor, a rotor that is provided at a distal-end side of the drive shaft and that is provided to be movable in relation to the rotating housing in axial direction of the insertion section, and that transmits the rotation to the rotating housing via a coating of the insertion section, a sensor that detects that the rotor moves a predetermined amount in either forward or backward direction relative to the axial direction of the insertion section, and a control unit that controls, according to the detection by the sensor, a state of the motor including a positive rotation, a negative rotation, and rotation halt.

Abstract: An image pickup module includes: an image pickup device; an image pickup optical portion; a frame member in which the image pickup optical portion is arranged; and a wiring board on which the frame member is fixed to a first main surface by a fixing member, and the image pickup device is mounted on a second main surface. A gap exists between a bottom surface of the frame member and the first main surface of the wiring board, and the fixing member is arranged covering the gap.

Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit; a mode setting unit; and an imaging controller configured to drive the imaging unit in accordance with a driving mode set with the mode setting unit. The first driving mode sets exposure time of all pixels to an equal time, and outputs each of pixel signals as a pixel signal of one pixel. The second driving mode divides all the pixels into groups, setting at least one of all the pixels included in the group to have an exposure time different from an exposure time of the other pixels, and outputting, for each of the groups, an addition pixel signal as a pixel signal of one pixel. The third driving mode sets exposure time of all the pixels to an equal time, and outputs, for each of the groups, an addition pixel signal as a pixel signal of one pixel.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes an optical system including a focus lens, a connector to which an interchangeable optical system is connected, an image sensor configured to output a captured image based on the optical system and the interchangeable optical system, and a processor including hardware. The processor performs a determination process of determining whether the interchangeable optical system is a known or unknown optical system, implements a first step amount determination process when the interchangeable optical system is determined to be a known optical system, and implements a second step amount determination process when the interchangeable optical system is determined to be an unknown optical system and controls the focus lens based on step amount information determined.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes a processor. The processor is configured to implement: a switching control process for switching between a manual focus (MF) mode and an auto focus (AF) mode of performing auto focus control; a process for controlling driving of a focus lens; scene status determination process for performing a detection process for detecting a scene change during the MF mode and an estimation process for estimating distance change information indicating distance change between the image capturing section and an object. The processor is configured to implement: controlling the driving of the focus lens based on lens drive information; switching control for switching from the MF mode to the AF mode when the scene change is detected; and controlling the driving of the focus lens to bring the object into focus based on the distance change information.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes: an imaging device detachably connected to an eye contact portion of an endoscope adapted to be inserted in a subject, the imaging device including an imaging unit configured to image a subject image captured by the endoscope; a control device configured to process an image captured by the imaging unit and generate a video signal for display; an operation receiving unit configured to receive a user operation for calculating a gain in white balance; a gain calculating unit configured to calculate the gain in white balance based on the captured image in response to the user operation; and an edge detecting unit configured to perform mask edge detecting processing for detecting a boundary point between the subject image and a mask area other than the subject image included in the captured image in response to the user operation.

Abstract: An LED-type distal end optical adapter includes a three-dimensional molded substrate including a through hole and provided with a mounting surface and wall surface parts provided so as to project from the mounting surface, an adapter frame member including a small diameter hole in which an outer circumferential surface of the first wall surface part of the three-dimensional molded substrate is disposed and forming a first adhesive filling space, and a lens holding frame disposed in a through hole and forming a second adhesive filling space.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion part that includes a distal end and a proximal end, and a distal-end-portion body that is provided on a distal end side of the insertion part and formed with a treatment tool outlet from which a treatment tool is led out. The distal-end-portion body includes an observation window, a nozzle that ejects washing water to the observation window, a standing base that is disposed in a standing base-housing portion adjacent to the treatment tool outlet and is rotationally moved between a standing position and a falling position, and a guide wall that is disposed at a position facing the nozzle with the observation window interposed therebetween and guides the washing water to the standing base-housing portion. Washing water, which has been ejected from the nozzle and has passed the observation window, is guided to the standing base-housing portion by the guide wall.

Abstract: An intubation assembly rod is configured to have an endotracheal tube carried thereon and includes an elongated body having a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end of the intubation assembly rod body is tapered, rounded, or spherical, and defines a leading end of the intubation assembly rod. The intubation assembly rod includes a longitudinally extending channel configured such that an elongated member of a device to which the intubation assembly rod may be attached may be inserted into the channel.

Abstract: A pixel light source apparatus, system and method are disclosed for a stimulus source for visual pathway testing. A representative system includes a plurality of pixel light sources and a control and driver circuit. The pixel light sources are coupled to each other to form a partially-spherical dome, with each pixel light source arranged to emit light directed to a convergent location of the partially-spherical dome. The control and driver circuit implements a selected stimulus protocol to selectively energize each pixel light source to generate light stimulation to any arbitrary or selected portion of the retina of an eye of a human subject. A representative pixel light source comprises at least one elongated and optically opaque side wall; a rear wall; an illumination source; a first optical element defining a first light chamber; and a second optical element defining a second light chamber.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processing unit configured to perform, on a luminance distribution acquired in at least one direction crossing a vessel region in a fundus image of a subject's eye, a first smoothing operation for each first size and a second smoothing operation for each second size smaller than the first size; a first identifying unit configured to identify a position of a vascular wall in the fundus image on the basis of the luminance distribution obtained by performing the first smoothing operation; and a second identifying unit configured to identify positions of inner and outer boundaries of the vascular wall in the fundus image on the basis of the luminance distribution obtained by performing the second smoothing operation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems of evaluating test-retest precision using fractional rank precision or mean-average precision, comprising: a) collecting a test and a retest result of each subject, wherein the results are described in feature space(s) and collected from a vision test machine; b) selecting, a first test result of a first subject; c) calculating distances from the first test result to the retest result of each subject; d) assessing, a similarity between the first test result and the retest result of each subject by ranking the distances in a non-descending order; e) assessing a rank precision for the first subject based on a rank of a distance from the first test result to the retest result of the first subject; f) repeating b), c), d), and e) for each subject; and evaluating, the test-retest precision based on the rank precision for each of the plurality of subjects.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optometry apparatus including: a base designed to receive corrective eyeglasses; at least one transmission element designed to cooperate with a member for regulating an optical correction characteristic of the eyeglasses; and at least one drive motor for driving the transmission element. Also disclosed is an assembly and to an associated system.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a sensorless adaptive optics imaging system includes a source of light, an optical delivery unit having a wavefront modifying element, and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) sensor configured to acquire OCT images based on light emitted by the source of light and transmitted through the optical delivery unit. The system also includes a processing unit that can: process the OCT images, and determine an adjustment of parameters of the wavefront modifying element. In some embodiments, the system includes a multi-photon microscopy (MPM) sensor that acquires MPM images based on the light transmitted through the optical delivery unit.

Abstract: Provided is an imaging apparatus including: a first scanning unit and a second scanning unit, subjecting a measuring beam, which is obtained by splitting a light source beam, to a back-and-forth scan in a predetermined area on a fundus in a first direction and a second direction, respectively; a scanning control unit controlling the first scanning unit and the second scanning unit so as to simultaneously execute scans; a depth information acquisition unit obtaining information on the fundus in a depth direction based on interference beam between return beam from the fundus and a reference beam; an image generation unit generating a tomographic image in the predetermined area through use of output from the depth information acquisition unit and a control signal supplied by the scanning control unit; and a display unit displaying the generated image.

Abstract: An optical measurement instrument includes optical coherence tomography (OCT) interferometer and a pupil retro illumination system which directs laser light onto the retina of an eye via the sample arm of the OCT interferometer. The laser light passes through an intraocular lens (IOL) implanted into the eye, and an iris camera captures an image of the eye from a portion of the light returned from the retina of the eye, the returned light also passing through the IOL. One or more fiducials of the IOL are detected from the captured image, and an angular orientation of the eye is ascertained from the one or more detected fiducials.

Abstract: A subject is illuminated whose movements of at least one eye are to be registered by an eye-tracker for producing resulting data. To this aim, a coherent light source in light producing means produces at least one well-defined light beam. A diffractive optical element is arranged between the coherent light source and an output from the light producing means. The diffractive optical element is configured to direct a light beam towards at least a first designated area estimated to cover the at least one eye of the subject. Image registering means registers light from the at least one light beam having been reflected against the subject. The resulting data is produced in response to these light reflections, which resulting data represents movements of the at least one eye of the subject.

Abstract: An objective screening platform for mTBI screening includes a vergence testing stimulus generator visible to a subject and configures for presenting visual stimulus to a subject which forms an optical target stimulus for at least one vergence test; at least one data acquisition unit for obtaining objective physiologic responses of the subject unit based upon each of the visual stimulus presented to the subject in each test, wherein the objective physiologic responses for each test include at least one eye position parameter and at least one pupil area parameter; and a controller configured for using at least one eye position parameter and at least one pupil area parameter to screen for the presence of mTBI of the subject

Abstract: A reflectometry instrument includes a light source for emitting an illumination beam that illuminates the macula. A portion of the illumination beam is reflected from the macula and forms a detection beam. The detection beam is indicative of macular pigment in the macula. The instrument also includes a first mirror for reflecting the illumination beam toward the macula and for reflecting the detection beam from the macula. The instrument is configured so that the illumination beam and the detection beam remain separated between the macula and the first mirror.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for objective focal length free measurements of fluid flow using OCT. In certain disclosed examples, fOCT data is acquired and optical information is extracted from fOCT scans to quantitatively determine a flow rate of fluid in the target. Determinations of flow rate can enable determination of a change in rate of an analyte over time. The current methods and systems of the disclosure can be used in assessing metabolism of a tissue, where oxygen is the analyte detected, or other functional states, and, more generally, be used for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of disease.

Abstract: An embodiment is a blood flow measurement device that generates blood flow information based on data collected by repeatedly scanning an interested cross section intersecting a blood vessel of an eye fundus using OCT. A data collector scans four or more cross sections intersecting the blood vessel. A first calculator determines a first gradient and second gradient of the blood vessel by analyzing a first data group and second data group among four or more pieces of data corresponding to the four or more cross sections collected by the data collector. A second calculator determines a gradient of the blood vessel at the interested cross section based on the first gradient and the second gradient. A blood flow information generator generates the blood flow information based on the gradient determined by the second calculator and the data collected by repeatedly scanning the interested cross section.

Abstract: System and Method pertaining to the modification and integration of an existing consumer digital camera, for example, with an optical imaging module to enable point and shoot fundus photography of the eye. The auto-focus macro capability of existing consumer cameras is adapted to photograph the retina over an extended diopter range, eliminating the need for manual diopter focus adjustment. The thru-the-lens (TTL) auto-exposure flash capability of existing consumer cameras is adapted to photograph the retina with automatic flash exposure eliminating the need for manual flash adjustment. The consumer camera imaging sensor and flash are modified to allow the camera sensor to perform both non-mydriatic focusing of the retina using infrared illumination and standard color flash photography of the retina without the need for additional imaging sensors or mechanical filters.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for ascertaining a relative viscosity characterizing a fluid sample. The fluid sample is illuminated through a scattering membrane adjacent to the fluid with broadband radiation. Scattering from particles within the fluid sample characterized by a distribution of characteristic dimensions spanning at least two orders of magnitude is detected, generating a detector signal as a function of depth relative to a specified surface of the scattering membrane at a plurality of temporal delays. A cross-correlation function of at least one of amplitude, phase and intensity of a scattered optical field is derived for a plurality of depths relative to the specified surface. A mean cross-correlation function is then derived for each depth and fit to obtain a diffusion coefficient, from which a relative viscosity characterizing the fluid is derived.

Abstract: A portable, handheld device for fluorescence-based imaging is provided. The device comprises a wireless communication device having a sensor configured to detect optical signals. The device further comprises an assembly configured to receive and secure the wireless communication device therein. The assembly includes a housing, at least one light source coupled to the housing, a power supply, and an optical filter holder coupled to the housing and configured to receive one or more optical filters. An endoscope portion of the device is positioned relative to the sensor to visualize at least a portion of a confined anatomical space and to receive optical signals from a visualized, illuminated portion of a target positioned within the confined anatomical space. A processor of the device includes image analysis software and is configured to produce a composite representation of the illuminated portion of the target positioned within the confined anatomical space.

Abstract: An ultrasound receiving apparatus of the present invention includes an ultrasound generation member. The ultrasound generation member is a sheet-shaped light absorbing member which is in acoustic contact with an acoustic liquid disposed between the subject and the ultrasound receiving array so as to acoustically combine the subject and the ultrasound receiving array, and is stretched in the acoustic liquid to be located between the subject and the ultrasound receiving array.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method and/or system for characterizing physiological metrics can include: collecting temperature data from a set of temperature sensors associated with at least one heat flux channel of a temperature monitoring device configured to couple to an exterior region of a user; extracting a perfusion parameter based on the temperature data; determining a core body temperature measurement (and/or other suitable physiological metric) based on the perfusion parameter; and/or characterizing a user condition (e.g., fever) based on the core body temperature measurement (and/or other suitable physiological metric).

Abstract: The invention provides an electroactive material (preferably electroactive polymer) sensor system, comprising an electroactive material sensor (22) and a control system (28) for performing measurements relating to the impedance of the electroactive material sensor at at least first and second different frequencies. From these measurements a temperature at the sensor and an external pressure or force applied to the sensor can be determined. The sensor can thus be used as a pressure sensor and as a temperature sensor. When used in combination with actuation, an electroactive material actuator with integrated temperature sensing functionality is able to measure the temperature at the exact actuator position, which is always closer than an external thermocouple.

Abstract: A method for displaying information, including receiving measurements, with respect to an invasive probe inside a body of a subject, of probe parameters consisting of a force exerted by the probe on tissue of the subject and temperatures measured by sensors of the probe. The method further includes, responsively to the measurements, displaying in a single map on a display screen a graphical representation of a distribution of the temperatures in a vicinity of the probe and superimposing thereon a vector representation of the force.

Abstract: A sensor interface is configured to receive a sensor signal. A transmitter generates a transmit signal. A receiver receives the signal corresponding to the transmit signal. Further, a monitor interface is configured to communicate a waveform to the monitor so that measurements derived by the monitor from the waveform are generally equivalent to measurements derivable from the sensor signal.

Abstract: An apparatus is described that includes a medical device including an output device, a memory, and a processor, electrodes configured to provide an electrical impedance signal to the processor, wherein the impedance signal corresponds to an impedance measured at a patient's chest, and sensors configured to provide a motion signal to the processor, wherein the motion signal is indicative of chest compressions performed during a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment of the patient, wherein the processor is configured to receive the impedance signal and the motion signal and to execute instructions to determine threshold values of a signal processing algorithm for the impedance signal, adaptively modify the threshold values in response to motion signal changes, apply the modified threshold values to the impedance signal to identify airflow activities represented in the signal, calculate characteristics of the airflow activities, and provide an output indicative of the characteristics of the airflow activ

Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring a patient using a device, such as all orthosis system is provided. The system includes a monitor that can be incorporated or otherwise coupled to the device. The monitor can have a position sensor, a temperature sensor, and a device type sensor for monitoring the patient's implementation of a protocol. The data obtained from the monitor can be remotely analyzed by a healthcare professional and the protocol can be adjusted accordingly.