Abstract: Provided is a cuff cover for a blood pressure measurement device including a bag body having a stretchable bag-like shape with a length that allows a cuff structure and a curler curving and following along a shape of the wrist to be disposed inside the bag body, a first hole portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the bag body and provided at a portion of the bag body facing the outer circumferential surface of the curler, the first hole portion being configured to allow the curler provided with the cuff structure to be inserted by elongating the bag body, and a second hole portion formed in a shape allowing the power feeding terminal to be exposed, the second hole portion being provided at a portion of the bag body facing the power feeding terminal provided on the outer circumferential surface of the curler.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a curler and a main body. The curler curves following a circumferential direction of a wrist from a hand back side of the wrist to a region where at least an artery is present on a hand palm side of the wrist through a first lateral side of the wrist. The curler includes a cover portion formed on the hand back side of the wrist and a member inserted into the cover portion. The device main body includes an outer case and a back cover. The outer case internally includes a pump and a flow path unit that supplies a fluid from the pump to a secondary side. The back cover is fixed to a first end portion of the outer case and the cover portion.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device attachable to the wrist includes a curler that curves along a circumferential direction of the wrist from a backhand side of the wrist along one side of the wrist to a region on a palm-side of the wrist where at least an artery resides, a device body provided on the curler on the backhand-side of the wrist, a sensing cuff provided on the curler on the palm-side of the wrist and covers the region where the artery of the wrist resides, a belt configured to cover the curler including a first belt provided on a first side of the device body, a second belt provided on a second side of the device body, and a connector to connect the first belt and the second belt, and a mark portion provided on the belt being configured to guide to a position of the sensing cuff.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a device main body, a curler, and a sensing cuff. The curler curves following a circumferential direction of a wrist from a hand back side of the wrist to a region where at least an artery is present on a hand palm side of the wrist. The curler includes a cover portion that fixes the device main body to the hand back side of the wrist. The curler has a curvature of an end portion on a short-hand side from the cover portion set smaller than a curvature of an end portion on a long-hand side from the device main body. The end portion on the short-hand side is separated from the end portion on the long-hand side. The sensing cuff is provided on the long-hand side of the curler and an inner circumferential surface on the hand palm side of the wrist.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a curler, a cuff structure on an inner surface of the curler, a case including a tubular shaped outer case and a rear cover fixed to an end portion on a living body side of the outer case and the curler, a portion of the rear cover facing the curler being open, and the rear cover and curler covering the end portion on the living body side of the outer case, a base portion housed in the case, a first sealing member between the rear cover and the curler, that is configured to seal between the rear cover and the curler, and a second sealing member having a higher sealing property than the first sealing member, between an inner circumferential surface of the outer case and the base portion, that is configured to seal between the inner circumferential surface and the base portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device for continuously determining the intra-arterial blood pressure in a finger of a hand, the measuring device comprises a base part and a cuff part. A light source for near-infrared light and a photodetector are provided for the finger. The light sources and the photodetectors are connected to an associated optical emission surface or optical collector surface via a respective so-called light pipe for coupling emitted light into the finger tissue or decoupling non-absorbed light from the finger tissue. The cuff-side and base-part-side sections of the light pipes are connected to one another via separable optical contact points at the interface between the cuff part and the base part. On the base-part side, a cover glass closes flush with the housing of the base part and is attached to the contact points.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a base device with a pump device for applying pressure to a working fluid and a body contact device that can be detachably coupled to one another. A housing of the base device has a contact surface for the body contact device where the contact surface has a passage which can be closed by means of a closing member of a valve device. A spring is provided for applying spring force to move the closing member into a position that closes the passage. The body contact device has a pressure applicator, which can be acted upon by the working fluid, to apply pressure to the finger and a sealing element for creating a fluid connection with the base device. The body contact device has a deflecting means for deflecting the closing member against the spring force in the operating configuration.

Abstract: A method includes storing an anatomical map of at least a portion of a surface of a heart. Respective electrogram (EGM) signal amplitudes measured at respective positions on the surface of the heart are stored. Based on the on the EGM signal amplitudes, defined are: one or more first regions of the surface in which the EGM signal amplitudes are fractionated, and one or more second regions of the surface in which the EGM signal amplitudes are non-fractionated. A first surface representation is generated for the fractionated EGM signal amplitudes in the first regions. Propagation times are extracted from the non-fractionated EGM signal amplitudes in the second regions, and a second surface representation of the propagation times is derived. The first and second surface representations of the respective first and second regions of the surface are simultaneously presented, overlaid on the anatomical map.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for measurement of the biocapacitance of tissue. The apparatus comprises a sensor comprising two electrodes, a movable element coupled to the sensor, and a switch disposed between the movable element and a fixed element, wherein the switch electrically closes when a gap between the movable element and the fixed element is less than or equal to a pre-determined value. The device makes a measurement of the biocapacitance between the two electrodes when the switch closes.

Abstract: An electromagnetic resonance-based disease detecting system may comprising a spectrum analyzer assembly comprised of one of a spectrum analyzer with an internal tracking generator or a spectrum analyzer with a separate signal generator, a radiating antenna electronically connected to the spectrum analyzer assembly output and configured to radiate a subject with an electromagnetic field based on a resonant frequency signal, wherein radiating a subject with the electromagnetic field generates a subject spectrum; a receiving antenna configured to receive the subject spectrum; a spectrum analyzer electronically connected to the receiving antenna and configured to receive the subject spectrum from the receiving antenna; and a processor, the processor being operatively connected to the spectrum analyzer assembly, the radiating antenna, the receiving antenna, and the spectrum analyzer, wherein the processor is configurable to store and control the resonant frequency signal generated by the spectrum analyzer assembly

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for acquiring a dental object of a patient with an object volume, in particular at least a part of a skull, an upper jaw and/or a lower jaw. To do so, a plurality of segment volume ranges are defined in the object volume, where the segment volume ranges overlap at most partially and directions of the segment volume ranges are not parallel to one another. The image data of the segment volume ranges is recorded by an MRI machine within a measuring volume of the MRI machine A two-dimensional composite image is generated from the image data of the individual segment volume ranges by projecting the image data onto a target plane. The target plane is disposed parallel to a defined midsagittal 10 plane of the skull or corresponds to the midsagittal plane, where a first segment volume range at least partially includes the midsagittal plane of the skull.

Abstract: A method of performing dielectric-based imaging is disclosed comprising exciting at least one pair of electrodes according to an excitation scheme, the at least one pair of electrodes comprising at least one pair of in-body electrodes (also referred herein below intra-body electrode) located inside of the examined living body, measuring and recording voltages developing on the in-body electrodes during the excitation according to the excitation scheme, solving an inverse problem to achieve a 3D dielectric map from the recorded voltages and optionally providing a 3D image of the body tissues based on the 3D dielectric map.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to apparatuses for generating a magnetic field for tracking of a target object. Such an apparatus may include a localized magnetic field transmitter that generates a magnetic field and exhibits minimal X-ray absorption when used in proximity to a fluoroscopic imaging system, for example.

Abstract: The application provides a catheter positioning device for a catheter with a detection electrode. The device includes three pairs of excitation electrodes. The excitation electrode pairs are respectively lie on an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis of a coordinate system. The device also includes a signal generator for providing excitation signals to the respective pairs of excitation electrodes. The device further includes a computing processing unit for measuring differential voltage indicative of impedance between the detection electrode and a first pair of excitation electrodes for determining an X coordinate of a position of the catheter, for measuring differential voltage indicative of impedance between the detection electrode and a second pair of excitation electrodes for determining a Y coordinate of the position, and for measuring differential voltage indicative of impedance between the detection electrode and a third pair of excitation electrodes for determining a Z coordinate of the position.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an integrated imaging and medical device delivery apparatus comprising retaining means for retaining a deployable medical device; and an imaging probe lumen defining a navigation pathway through the apparatus, the navigation pathway allowing an imaging probe to be reciprocally axially movable through the apparatus, the apparatus further comprising one or more reference points along the navigation pathway, and providing positional information relative to a retained deployable medical device.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods related to modeling, monitoring, and/or managing metabolism of a subject include measuring a respiratory quotient (RQ) level in a subject and/or optimizing and executing a nonlinear feedback model to model energy substrate utilization in the subject based on at least one of a macronutrient composition and caloric value of food consumed by the subject, an intensity and duration of activity by the subject, a rate and maximum capacity of glycogen storage in the subject, a rate and maximum capacity of de novo lipogenesis in the subject, a quality and duration of sleep by the subject, and/or an RQ level in the subject.

Abstract: A rhinomanometry device including: a measurement device for measuring at least one set of values of one or more parameters relating to a respiratory function of the nose of a patient; a memory for storing measurement values; a processing and control device for processing an output of the measurement device, the processing and control device to: determine if the set of measured values satisfies at least a first predetermined criterion; control the memory to store the set of measured values, and control the measurement device to stop the measurement in response to determining that the set of measured values satisfies at least a second predetermined criterion.

Abstract: A method of detecting hypoxia. Detecting hypoxia includes detecting, in exhaled breath, at least one indicator for hypoxia. The at least one indicator is selected from the group consisting of pentanal, 2-pentanone, 2-hexanone, 2-heptanone, 2-cyclopenten-1-one, and 4-butyrolactone.

Abstract: An incentive spirometer has a housing (1) with a vertical cylinder (4) connected at its upper end to one end of a gas passage (8) that is connected at its opposite end to an inlet tube (10) and mouthpiece (11). A piston (20) in the cylinder is moved up when the patient inhales through the mouthpiece and thereby creates a reduced pressure at the upper end of the cylinder. The spirometer also includes a flow sensor (30) located in the gas passage (8) that generates a wireless signal indicative of gas flow along the passage. A monitor (40), such as a suitably programmed mobile phone, is located separately of the spirometer housing (1) and responds to the output of the sensor (30). The monitor (40) records and provides feedback to the user indicative of his use of the apparatus.

Abstract: A plantar pressure sensing system is located at a sole of shoe. The plantar pressure sensing system comprises at least a first layer and at least a second layer. Furthermore, the plantar pressure sensing system includes: a plurality of sensor, a plurality of convex portions, a plurality of connection portions, at least a processor and at least a storage. The processor is coupled with the storage and configured to be connected with the plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors are configured to form the first layer. The plurality of convex portions and the plurality of connection portions are configured to form the second layer. Overall, the plantar pressure sensing system is able to detect pressure with the sensors by setting the alignment of the convex portions, thereby obtaining a more accurate pressure(s) reading from the sole of shoe. The data validity of the plantar pressure sensing system is improved.

Abstract: A measuring apparatus for measurement of at least a portion of a patient body includes a measuring aid including a set of evenly spaced parallel lines that are divided at an intermediate parallel line into at least two sections in a direction perpendicular to the intermediate parallel line. The intermediate parallel line is a zero scale line, and each of the at least two sections is provided with individual scales of corresponding measurement units ascending from the intermediate parallel line for separately measuring discretely particular portions of the patient body. The measuring apparatus further includes a fixed medium on which the measuring aid is imprinted. The evenly spaced parallel lines are parallel in a transverse direction of the fixed medium, and the intermediate parallel line is approximately located at a middle point of the fixed medium in a longitudinal direction of the fixed medium.

Abstract: Systems and methods for prompting a user to perform an exercise and monitoring the exercise are provided. Multiple independent sensors or sensor systems may be used to calculate energy expenditure. Various criteria may be used to manually or automatically select the independent sensor or sensor system or combination that will be used with the energy expenditure calculations.

Abstract: A method, a computer-readable storage device, and an apparatus for predicting a fall are disclosed. In one example, a method performed by a processor deployed in a communications network includes collecting gait information associated with a user from a first wearable device worn by the user, collecting electroencephalography information associated with the user from a second wearable device worn by the user, calculating a likelihood that the user will fall within a threshold period of time from a current time, wherein the calculating is based on a combination of the gait information and the electroencephalography information; and sending an instruction to an endpoint device associated with the user when the likelihood exceeds a predefined threshold, wherein the instruction instructs the endpoint device to generate an alert alerting the user that a fall is likely.

Abstract: A system has a sensor that senses baseline sensor data corresponding to one or more baseline movements of a user and senses dynamic sensor data corresponding to one or more dynamic movements of the user. The dynamic sensor data is captured after the baseline sensor data. Furthermore, the system has an image capture device integrated within a mobile computing device. The image capture device captures baseline image capture data corresponding to the one or more baseline movements of the user and captures dynamic image capture data corresponding to the one or more dynamic movements of the user. The dynamic image capture data is captured after the baseline image capture data. Additionally, the mobile computing device is in operable communication with the sensor.

Abstract: A motion monitoring system includes a wearable monitoring device configured to be worn on a human body that includes a body part. The wearable monitoring device is deformable with movement of the body part. The wearable monitoring device includes a sensor system configured to deform with movement of the body part. The sensor system is configured to detect deformation occurring with movement of the body part. Furthermore, the motion monitoring system includes a user device that is in communication with the wearable monitoring device. The user device is capable of receiving data from the sensor system that corresponds to the detected deformation occurring with movement of the body part.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for measuring, capturing, and modifying the motion of a body, for providing visual comparisons, metrics of comparison, and for generating motion standards. The motion standards may be generated during motion capture and may be used as references for comparing amongst other motion standards or captured motions. Comparisons may generally be used for training and improving upon motions, such as athletic related motions, rehabilitation related motions, and the like. In certain embodiments data capture is done primarily by sensor units worn on a body which communicate amongst each other and are supplemented by probabilistic relationships and models which infer or modify motion not captured by sensor units, which when paired with a secondary processing unit analyzes the data and provides a means of comparing and modifying a captured motion, and which stores or relays such data to a tertiary device, such as a remote database.

Abstract: A system for evaluating a degree of brain dysfunction of a subject, such as a decline in cognitive function, calculates a difference in movement functions between both hands in a coordination movement. The system includes a storage device for storing time-series data on a finger movement task of each of both hands of a test subject acquired by a movement sensor; a data processing device for analyzing the time-series data stored in the storage device; and a display device for displaying an analysis result analyzed by the data processing device. The data processing device includes a movement waveform generation unit for generating a movement waveform corresponding to the time-series data stored in the storage device; and a difference-between-hands feature quantity generation unit for generating a difference-between-hands feature quantity which represents a difference in respective finger movement tasks between both hands, based on the respective movement waveforms of both hands.

Abstract: A system for detecting and recording head orientations of a person includes: a first sensor device capable of providing sensor data regarding a head orientation of a person in a three-dimensional space; a data acquisition system configured for storing and outputting the sensor data from the first sensor device; and a processor configured for processing the sensor data from the data acquisition system, outputting a first signal representing the head orientation, and generating an image for presentation by a graphical display; wherein the image comprises: a first reference indicator; an orientation indicator, wherein a position of the orientation indicator in the image is determined based on the first signal from the processor, and a feedback indicator when a first condition is met.

Abstract: A method and device for self-testing a user's hearing. The disposable hearing test device includes a cardboard box containing a sound card with a sound processor, a speaker, and a battery. The sound processor includes a memory containing a digital audio rendition of each of N (e.g. 10) words, and N pressure-activated word buttons. The box has N word pressure regions, each of which when pressed activates a corresponding word button and causes the sound processor to play an audio version of one of the words. The user activates the battery and presses each of the pressure regions in turn, causing the words to be played at a pre-determined volume via the speaker. The user then counts the number of correctly recognized words and if the number is less than a threshold, the user is informed of a possible hearing problem.

Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to a method of determining a hearing threshold value for a subject. The method comprises receiving at least one first response signal relating to an aural stimulation experienced by the subject at a first intensity level; receiving at least one second response signal relating to an aural stimulation experienced by the subject at a second intensity level, wherein the second intensity level is below an expected hearing threshold for the subject; calculating at least one first value relating to the at least one first response signal; calculating a second value relating to the at least one second response signal; plotting the at least one first value against the first intensity level on a plot; calculating a regression curve that fits the plot; and determine the hearing threshold of the subject to be the intensity level that corresponds to the second value along the regression curve.

Abstract: Pre-connected analyte sensors are provided. A pre-connected analyte sensor includes a sensor carrier attached to an analyte sensor. The sensor carrier includes a substrate configured for mechanical coupling of the sensor to testing, calibration, or wearable equipment. The sensor carrier also includes conductive contacts for electrically coupling sensor electrodes to the testing, calibration, or wearable equipment.

Abstract: A glucose annunciator comprising: i) a data eavesdropping interface configured to acquire blood glucose data transmitted by a wireless glucose monitor, the blood glucose data indicating a blood glucose level of a subject; and ii) an alert generator coupled to the data eavesdropping interface and configured to generate at least one of an audible indicium, a visible indicium, or a haptic indicium based on the blood glucose data but remote from the wireless glucose monitor. The indicium at least generally indicates the blood glucose level of the subject without requiring access to the wireless glucose monitor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a continuous glucose monitoring device.

Abstract: One embodiment is a method for implementing a cloud-based portable miniaturized system for performing non-invasive blood glucose level measurement in real time. The method includes using an optical source to emit optical radiations at certain wavelengths through breath in an air collection chamber; receiving the emitted optical transmissions at a photodetector; converting the received optical transmissions to digital data; accumulating the digital data for a first time period; and periodically transmitting the accumulated digital data to a cloud service for further processing.

Abstract: A method of non-invasively monitoring hemoglobin concentration includes providing incident light to patient tissue at a first excitation wavelength. The method further includes monitoring a first emission response at a first emission wavelength, wherein the first emission wavelength is selected to correspond with a maximum of the emission response, and monitoring a second emission response at a second emission wavelength, wherein the second emission wavelength is selected to correspond with a minimum of the emission response. A hemoglobin concentration is calculated based on a ratio of the first emission response to the second emission response.

Abstract: An arrangement for producing a sample of body fluid from a wound opening created in a skin surface at a sampling site includes at least one skin-penetration member having a first end configured to pierce the surface of the skin, and a inner lumen in communication with the first end; at least one actuator operatively associated with the at least one skin-penetration member; and at least one catalyst device configured to cause perfusion of body fluid at the sampling site; wherein the at least one actuator is configured to locate the at least one skin-penetration member so as to obstruct the wound opening while transporting body fluid through the inner lumen. Associated methods are also described.

Abstract: A behavioral feedback system is provided to facilitate shaping a subject's behavior during an activity by obtaining user input. The user input is obtained pursuant to user-selection of a behavior-related representation from a set of behavior-related representations, for an activity of a subject, displayed on an electronic device of the user. Each representation corresponds to a different potential behavior of the subject during the activity, and the selected behavior-related representation relates to a user-observed behavior of the subject during the activity. The method further includes determining, by one or more processors, a positive or negative feedback indication associated with the selected behavior-related representation, and generating a feedback signal to send to an electronic device of the subject to indicate to the subject the selected behavior-related representation and the associated positive or negative feedback indication.

Abstract: A biometric mood sensing bracelet comprises: a bracelet body having an outer face, an inner face, a distal edge and a proximal edge, said inner face including a plurality of sensors for measuring a plurality of biometrics from a wrist region of a wearer of the bracelet body; a plurality of batteries contained within the bracelet body; a plurality of LED's coupled to an exterior of the bracelet body, said plurality of LED's forming a capable of displaying one or more of the measured plurality of biometrics; and a microprocessor coupled to the bracelet body, said microprocessor being in operational communication with the plurality of sensors to: (a) translate the measured plurality of biometrics into a predominant mood of the wearer of the bracelet body and (b) send to the plurality of LED's a color indicative of the predominant mood translated from the wearer's measured plurality of biometrics.

Abstract: A bio-electrode includes an electro-conductive base material and a living body contact layer. The living body contact layer includes a water-free resin layer and a permeation layer on a surface side of the resin layer where a living body comes into contact. The permeation layer is permeated with water and a water-soluble salt selected from the group consisting of sodium salts, potassium salts, calcium salts, magnesium salts, and betaines. This aims to provide: a dry-type bio-electrode that enables quick signal collection after attachment to skin, the bio-electrode being excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light-weight, and manufacturable at low cost, and capable of preventing significant reduction in the electric conductivity even when wetted with water or dried; a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode; and a method for measuring a biological signal.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a conductive paste for forming a stretchable conductor having washing durability. The conductive paste for forming a stretchable conductor of the present invention includes conductive particles and a flexible resin, wherein the flexible resin has a water content after being immersed in water of 40° C. for 24 hours of 5% by mass or less, and wherein the flexible resin is contained in an amount of 13% by mass to 35% by mass relative to total solids content in the conductive paste for forming a stretchable conductor.

Abstract: A method, including receiving a unipolar ECG signal from the location in the heart from a selected one electrode of a pair of electrodes, computing a local unipolar minimum derivative of the unipolar signal at a plurality of times of occurrences of the local unipolar minimum derivative, identifying candidate time of occurrences of the plurality of times of occurrences of the local unipolar minimum derivative as candidate annotations of the time of activation of the myocardium, extracting features for each of the candidate annotations, assigning a confidence level based on a feature value for each of the candidate annotations, eliminating candidate annotations that have a confidence level below a threshold and generating a local activation time map using the remaining candidate annotations.

Abstract: An example device for detecting one or more parameters of a cardiac signal is disclosed herein. The device includes one or more electrodes and sensing circuitry configured to sense a cardiac signal via the one or more electrodes. The device further includes processing circuitry configured to determine an R-wave of the cardiac signal and determine a previous RR interval of the cardiac signal and a current RR interval of the cardiac signal based on the determined R-wave. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a search window based on one or more of the current RR interval or the previous RR interval, determine a T-wave of the cardiac signal in the search window, and determine a QT interval based on the determined T-wave and the determined R-wave.

Abstract: An example device for detecting one or more parameters of a cardiac signal is disclosed herein. The device includes one or more electrodes and sensing circuitry configured to sense a cardiac signal via the one or more electrodes. The device further includes processing circuitry configured to determine an R-wave of the cardiac signal and determine whether the R-wave is noisy. Based on the R-wave being noisy, the processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the cardiac signal around a determined T-wave is noisy. Based on the cardiac signal around the determined T-wave not being noisy, the processing circuitry is configured to determine a QT interval or a corrected QT interval based on the determined T-wave and the determined R-wave.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for determining whether cardiac conduction system pacing therapy may be beneficial and/or determining how proximal or distal a cardiac conduction system block may be using external cardiac signals.

Abstract: An electro-anatomic mapping system is configured, in accordance with a preferred embodiment (and not limited thereto) to: (A) receive a first reference response signal from a first medical device, in which the first reference response signal is configured to be utilized by the electro-anatomic mapping system for formation of a first medical image; and (B) receive a second reference response signal from the first medical device, in which the second reference response signal is configured to be utilized by the electro-anatomic mapping system for forming a second medical image, and in which the second medical image, in use, depicts image noise interference resulting from activation of a second medical device.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining EEG data from one or more single channel EEG sensor worn by a user; classifying, using a processor, the EEG data as one of nominal and abnormal; and providing an indication associated with a classification of the EEG data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A seizure prediction algorithm based on deep learning that integrates the feature extraction and classification processes into a single automated architecture is claimed herein. In the method, the computation complexity is reduced because there is no feature engineering. The method uses a novel algorithm for EEG channel selection in which the number of EEG channels is decreased to reduce the required memory for storing the data and parameters. In one or more embodiments, an IoT based framework for accurate epileptic seizure prediction system is disclosed.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a gastrointestinal tract of a subject may comprise using a sensor located in the subject to obtain data regarding qualities of a tissue of the gastrointestinal tract; using the obtained data, determining a measure of perfusion of blood in the tissue; using the obtained data, determining a measure of thickness of the tissue; using the measure of perfusion and the measure of thickness, determining a measure of inflammation of the tissue; and using one or more of the measure of perfusion, the measure of thickness, and the measure of inflammation, classifying a state of the tissue.

Abstract: A mobile diagnostic system (1) for the early detection of vascular diseases includes a measuring module (2) and an evaluation module (7), wherein the measuring module (2) comprises a measuring cuff (3) made of a textile material and at least one sensor (4) for measuring expansion, pressure, temperature and/or moisture, and wherein the evaluation module (7) comprises an evaluation and diagnostic unit designed to derive a biomarker identifying a vascular disease from the measured variable detected by the at least one sensor (4).

Abstract: A non-invasive and minimally-invasive system and method of detecting iron content in nail and hair samples to diagnose iron deficiency anemia. The system comprises a portable and ultra sensitive magnetometer. A sample of hair or nail is collected from the patient and placed in the magnetometer. The magnetometer is sufficiently sensitive to detect or otherwise indicate the iron content of the sample. Diagnosis can be made based on the detected iron level.