Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate generally to medical devices that measure vital signs, and more particularly to wearable wireless devices that collect multiple simultaneous vital signs, and systems and methods for compressing the sensor data into a matrix representation to facilitate collecting, transmitting, processing, and displaying vital sign data.

Abstract: An example method includes identifying at least one first parameter of a patient detected during a time interval and identifying a second parameter of the patient detected during the time interval. A position of the individual during the time interval is determined based on the second parameter. Based on determining that the position of the patient is substantially unchanged during the time interval, the example further includes transmitting data identifying the patient and indicating the at least one first parameter to an electronic medical record (EMR) system.

Abstract: Provided is a system that may be used in delivering targeted electrical stimulation to tissue, such as animal bodily tissue. A system according to the present invention includes a longitudinal stimulation probe that includes a first electrode disposed at a distal tip and a second electrically conductive surface spaced proximally from the first electrode. Another system according to the present invention may include an improved user interface including an improved probe/handle interface including high visibility indication.

Abstract: A device and method for detecting, documenting, measuring and mapping the size, shape and location of lesions underlying the surface of the skin or other soft tissue in a subject by measuring variations in the tactile pressure of the skin or other tissue surface being investigated through the use of a capacitive tactile sensor is described. A capacitive tactile sensor comprises at least one exposure window, a substrate comprising a plurality of electrodes disposed within the housing, an insulating layer, a non-conductive compressible membrane and covering positioned over the insulating layer wherein at least a portion of the membrane is accessible via the exposure window, and a controller configured to calculate at least one parameter of a tissue of a subject. A method of measuring a tissue parameter in a subject and a method of performing a self-guided examination on a tissue of a subject are also described.

Abstract: The invention includes a wireless multifunction veterinary thermometer device that communicates with a mobile communication device running an app for recording animal temperature data and to display animal treatment options considering the recorded data and ambient weather conditions. Treatment options may be determined by logic programmed within the app or by another computer program associated with a remote server and database. Data transfer takes place between the mobile device and the remote server/database. A heat stress indicator is displayed for the user. If the indicator represents a high heat stress level, the app logic or remote computer program may automatically generate a recommended treatment option, or the user may determine an appropriate treatment.

Abstract: This invention provides a system for detecting body temperature with temperature compensation. The system includes: a first sensor, detecting some objects in an area and performing an identifying procedure; a second sensor, measuring temperatures of those objects and outputting several ambient temperatures and body temperatures, wherein the ambient temperatures and the body temperatures are identified as non-body temperatures and body temperatures by the identifying procedure; and a central processing unit, receiving and averaging the ambient temperatures to produce a current temperature, and reading a reference temperature, comparing the current temperature with the reference temperature to produce a compensation, performing operations for the compensation and the body temperatures to output some actual body temperatures.

Abstract: A method for identifying errors associated with subject positioning in a thermal image of a subject and determining, applying a positional adjustment for adaptive positioning of the subject for capturing a new adjusted thermal image. The method includes (i) receiving an initial thermal image of body of a subject, (ii) automatically segmenting breast region from the initial thermal image, (iii) computing a plurality of positions and a plurality of deviations in the plurality of positions using a thermal imaging protocol, (iv) determining a positional adjustment to be made to a position of thermal imaging camera or a position of the subject based on the plurality of deviations in the plurality of positions of the breast region and (v) applying the positional adjustment for adjusting a position of the thermal imaging camera or subject for capturing a new adjusted thermal image at the required position as per thermal imaging protocol.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information is disclosed. The apparatus may include: a pulse wave sensor configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object; a force sensor configured to obtain a force signal by measuring an external force exerted onto the force sensor; and a processor configured to obtain a first input value, a second input value, and a third input value based on the pulse wave signal and the force signal, to extract a feature vector by inputting the first input value, the second input value, and the third input value into a first neural network model, and to obtain the bio-information by inputting the feature vector into a second neural network model.

Abstract: The present disclosure enables personalized cardiac rehabilitation guidance and care continuum using a personalized cardiovascular hemodynamic model that effectively simulates cardiac parameters when the patient performs an activity using a wearable device like a digital watch that can help capture Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal, Photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal and accelerometer signal. The cardiovascular hemodynamic models of the art are not personalized and cannot be input with real time parameters from the subject being monitored. Input parameters including Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR) using Metabolic EquivalenT (MET) levels associated with an activity level of the subject, unstressed blood volume using an autoregulation method, total blood volume in a body of the subject, and heart rate of the subject are estimated and input to the personalized cardiovascular hemodynamic model to estimate cardiac parameters including cardiac output, ejection fraction and mean arterial pressure.

Abstract: A sensing microsystem that can be used to sense various physiological parameters of a subject is disclosed. The sensing microsystem comprises one or more sensors for collecting data that can be used to accurately determine various vital sign and/or other physiological parameters of the subject, and further comprises a communication module that allows the microsystem to communicate remotely with an external device via one or more communications protocols. The one or more sensors and the communication module are disposed on respective electronics-compatible substrates that are electrically coupled with a power source. An isolated communication channel that communicatively couples the one or more sensors and the communication interface is at least partially defined by and extends through the power source.

Abstract: A noninvasive blood pressure monitor. The noninvasive blood pressure monitor may include an inflatable cuff, a pressure transducer, one or more air pumps, and a processor. The processor may control the air pump(s) so as to initiate inflation of the cuff. The processor may also identify an oscillometric signal in an output of the pressure transducer, and may determine an envelope of the oscillometric signal. The processor may also determine one or more characteristics of the envelope of the oscillometric signal, and may control the air pump(s) so as to stop inflation of the cuff based on the one or more characteristics of the envelope of the oscillometric signal.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer of the present invention is a sphygmomanometer having an automatic blood pressure measurement mode for automatically starting blood pressure measurement according to a predetermined schedule. The sphygmomanometer includes a sphygmomanometer main body configured to be mounted on a measured part and a plurality of operation units to which instructions different from each other are input, the operation units being provided on the sphygmomanometer main body. The operation unit includes an automatic blood pressure measurement mode operation unit to which an automatic blood pressure measurement mode instruction is input for switching a mode to the automatic blood pressure measurement mode. The sphygmomanometer includes a restriction unit that restricts a function of the operation unit when the sphygmomanometer is set in the automatic blood pressure measurement mode as a result of the automatic blood pressure measurement mode operation unit being operated.

Abstract: A health alert device includes a physiological sensor and processing circuitry. The physiological sensor captures physiological data, including heart rate and blood oxygen data, of a detainee. The processing circuitry repeatedly receives the physiological data, calculates a health metric parameter based on a combination of the physiological data, determines a health metric baseline based on a series of health metric parameters determined over a baseline determination duration, determines first and second risk alert thresholds based on the health metric baseline, determines a health metric delta based on newly received physiological data and the health metric baseline, and transmits first and second risk alert communications to an alert device to cause the alert device to display first and second risk alerts on an alert device display in response to the health metric delta exceeding the first and second risk alert thresholds, respectively.

Abstract: A method is described herein comprising receiving accelerometer data from an accelerometer, wherein the accelerometer measures an activity level of an animal, wherein a device worn by the animal includes the accelerometer. The method includes receiving a heart rate of the animal from a heart rate monitor, wherein the device includes the heart rate monitor. The method includes receiving ambient temperature of the animal from an ambient temperature sensor, wherein the device includes the ambient temperature sensor. The method includes assessing a health condition of the animal by using the ambient temperature, the heart rate, and the accelerometer data.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a base, and a meter attached to the base, the meter including a first arm, a second arm, and a sensor. The first arm can be displaced towards the second arm in accordance with a pulse wave of a subject, and the sensor is capable of detecting displacement of the first arm relative to the second arm in accordance with the pulse wave.

Abstract: The present technology relates to patient monitoring systems and methods using plural PPG sensors in contact with a patient at different locations, wherein a comparison of the PPG data is performed to calculate a differential pulse transit time (DPTT) between the first and second locations, followed by a determination of continuous non-invasive blood pressure (CNIBP) using the PPG data from the plural and the calculated DPTT.

Abstract: A wireless hemodynamic sensor system is provided comprising a stent and a sensor member. The stent can have an outer perimeter defining an interior volume. The sensor member can be positioned along the outer perimeter. The sensor member can comprise a first sensor positioned proximate a first end of the stent and a second sensor positioned proximate a second end of the stent. The sensor system can be configured to simultaneously measure one or more of blood pressure, pulse rate, and blood flow rate of blood passing through the interior volume.

Abstract: A monitoring device includes a receiving unit, a processing unit, and an information providing unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a first photoplethysmogram signal acquired by irradiating a body of a subject with a first light having a first wavelength, and a heartbeat signal corresponding to a heartbeat of the subject. The processing unit is configured to calculate a fundamental frequency of heart rate corresponding to a heart rate of the subject based on the heartbeat signal, and estimate a fundamental frequency of pulse rate of the subject by comparing the fundamental frequency of heart rate with a frequency component of the first photoplethysmogram signal. The information providing unit is configured to provide information acquired based on the fundamental frequency of pulse rate.

Abstract: A novel medical imaging system that is based on radio-wave signals at microwave frequencies and has unique properties. The system can be used for various diagnostic applications such as breast cancer detection, brain stroke detection, and assessment of internal bleeding (trauma emergencies).

Abstract: A method and apparatus of determining the condition of a bulk tissue sample, by: positioning a bulk tissue sample between a pair of induction coils (or antennae); passing a spectrum of alternating current (or voltage) through a first of the induction coils (or antennae); measuring spectrum of alternating current (or voltage) produced in the second of the induction coils (or antennae); and comparing the phase shift between the spectrum of alternating currents (or voltages) in the first and second induction coils (or antennae), thereby determining the condition of the bulk tissue sample.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses and computer readable media for measuring sub-epidermal moisture in patients to determine deep tissue injury for clinical intervention. The present disclosure also provides methods for detecting and predicting deep tissue injury. The present disclosure further provides methods for determining appropriate clinical intervention including preventative measures and treatments of deep tissue injury.

Abstract: Pliability of a tube is ensured while preventing deformation of the tube, occurrence of air leakage, and the like. An endoscope includes an insertion portion and a tube arranged inside the insertion portion. The insertion portion includes a bending section that is bendable based on an operation, a distal tip connected to a distal tip of the bending section, and a flexible tube portion that is bendable by external force independent of the operation. The tube includes an inner layer and an outer layer formed outside the inner layer. The inner layer is formed from polytetrafluoroethylene having solid structure. The outer layer is positioned at an end portion on a side of the distal tip and includes a first portion formed from polytetrafluoroethylene having solid structure and a second portion formed from polytetrafluoroethylene having porous structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for navigating an instrument relative to a patient that can be near a field distorting feature. A localizer can generate an electromagnetic field that is sensed by a tracking device to determine a location of the tracking device with the sensed electromagnetic field. The system and related method can assist in determining whether a navigation field is distorted near a tracking device of the instrument.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved breath analyzer and breath test method to determine the presence or absence of disease in humans, including but not limited to, the bacterium H. Pylori in a subject's digestive tract.

Abstract: A universal portable breath content analyzer is proposed for analyzing the exhale breath components under constant pressure maintained in the sealed housing of the analyzer via the use of a pressure sensor connected to central processing unit that controls operation of the air evacuation valve and a probe admission air valve to maintain a constant pressure regime.

Abstract: The instrument has sensors for sensing oxygen and/or carbon dioxide content in exhaled air received in a receiving area in front of a mouth, an air flow rate sensor for sensing exhaled air flow rates in a flow rate sensing location and an air shield for shielding the receiving area and the flow rate sensing location from air flows from the environment. The air shield leaves a space between the air shield and the mouth of the person in open communication with the environment. The air flow rate sensor senses air flow speed in a location spaced from the exhaled air receiving area, rearward of a front end of the exhaled air receiving area and above a lower end of the exhaled air receiving area. In another embodiment a sensor for sensing ambient wind is provided.

Abstract: Quantification of symmetry and repeatability in limb motion for treating abnormal motion patterns. In the context of gait analysis, gait data may be acquired as signals from inertial sensors (e.g., gryoscopes). Each signal represents an angular velocity of a lower limb segment of a subject during ambulation. Each signal may be segmented into stride signals, and a gait metric may be calculated based on the stride signals. The gait metric may comprise a symmetry metric that represents a similarity of the stride signals across two signals acquired for at least one pair of contralateral limb segments. Additionally or alternatively, the gait metric may comprise a repeatability metric that represents a similarity of the stride signals within a signal. In other embodiments, other types of sensors may be used and/or motion data may be acquired and metrics calculated for other types of motions and/or for upper limb segments.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems, devices and methods for monitoring dimensional changes in medical devices attached to or implanted in the body, such as wound fillers. Disclosed embodiments may facilitate measuring the degree of wound closure by incorporating conductive elements into the wound filler. In some embodiments, the conductive elements may be conductive filler, a flexible conductive element, or an arrangement of discrete non-flexible conductive elements. The density of conductive material in an area or volume of the wound filler upon wound closure may be detected by a detection device that assesses the local dielectric constant of the wound filler, such as through use of a capacitive plate, or by a detection device that measures the resonant frequency of a conductive element.

Abstract: When a subject executes a specified behavior task, an action phase in which its execution efficiency becomes equal to or lower than a specified level is accurately identified from the relation with a transition of the subject's health condition which is obtained by habitual repetition of the behavior task on the basis of a detection result of their own active state.

Abstract: A method and assembly for monitoring physiological parameters of a subject is provided. The method includes measuring, with a physiological sensor, data that indicates a change in a value of a physiological parameter of a subject over a time period. The method further includes measuring, with a motion sensor, data that indicates a value of a motion of the subject over the time period. The method further includes determining, with a processor, whether the value of the motion of the subject over the time period is less than a motion threshold. The method includes determining, with the processor, whether the change in the value of the physiological parameter over the time period exceeds a change threshold. The method also includes performing an action based on the determination that the change in the value of the physiological parameter exceeds the change threshold.

Abstract: A physical activity monitoring device is provided that includes a muscle activity sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a computation unit. The acceleration sensor can be attached to a leg and can output a first monitoring signal corresponding to an activity of the leg. The muscle activity sensor can be attached to the leg and can output a second monitoring signal corresponding to an activity of a muscle and/or a tendon of the leg. The computation unit can detect the load condition of the body of a wearer or user that includes the body position of the wearer or user by using the first monitoring signal and the second monitoring signal.

Abstract: Establishing an analyte database using analyte data that has been obtained using non-invasive analyte sensors, and using the analyte database to analyze data obtained using a non-invasive analyte sensor. Once the analyte database is established, the analyte database can be updated with new analyte data, and the analyte database can be used to analyze the new analyte data to derive information from the new analyte data. For example, in the case of a human target, the new analyte data together with the analyte database can be used to predict an actual or possible abnormal medical pathology of the human target.

Abstract: Establishing an analyte database using analyte data that has been obtained using one or more non-invasive analyte sensors, and using the analyte database to analyze data obtained using a non-invasive analyte sensor. Once the analyte database is established, the analyte database can be updated with new analyte data, and the analyte database can be used to analyze the new analyte data to derive information from the new analyte data. For example, in the case of a human target, the new analyte data together with the analyte database can be used to predict an actual or possible abnormal medical pathology of the human target.

Abstract: A sensor, system, and method for detecting and correcting for an effect on an analyte indicator of an analyte sensor. The analyte indicator may be configured to exhibit a first detectable property that varies in accordance with an analyte concentration and an effect on (e.g., degradation of) the analyte indicator. The analyte sensor may also include an interferent indicator configured to exhibit a second detectable property (e.g., absorption) that varies in accordance the effect on the analyte indicator. The analyte sensor may generate (i) an analyte measurement based on the first detectable property exhibited by the analyte indicator and (ii) an interferent measurement based on the second detectable property exhibited by the interferent indicator. The analyte sensor may be part of a system that also includes a transceiver. The transceiver may use the analyte and interferent measurements to calculate an analyte level.

Abstract: A sensor for a body monitoring system having at least one substrate intended to come into contact with the skin and at least one microneedle, the microneedle being fixedly mounted on the substrate. The substrate has an open channel that surrounds the base of the microneedle, the microneedle having a central axis of symmetry, and the channel having a minimum height in the direction of the central axis that is greater than 20 ?m and having a minimum width that is greater than 200 ?m in a radial direction to the central axis. The channel forms a cavity in which the microneedle is housed.

Abstract: A wearable sensor includes: a base member that has a through hole serving as a flow path of liquid and a recess connecting with an end portion of the through hole on an outlet side; a water absorbing structure disposed on a surface of the base member on the outlet side to come into contact with the liquid flowing into the recess from an opening of the through hole on the outlet side; a laser diode that radiates light toward the liquid flowing into the recess from the opening of the through hole on the outlet side; and a photodiode that receives light from the laser diode transmitted through the liquid or light reflected by the liquid. An amount of perspiration of a wearer of the wearable sensor is calculated based on light receiving characteristics of the photodiode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-invasive active sensing system for determining a physiological parameter in a bodily fluid of subject. Further, the present invention relates to a non-invasive method for determining a physiological parameter in a bodily fluid of a subject.

Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatus for receiving sensor data from an analyte sensor of a sensor monitoring system, processing the received sensor data with time corresponding calibration data, outputting the processed sensor data, detecting one or more adverse conditions associated with the sensor monitoring system, disabling the output of the sensor data during the adverse condition time period, determining that the one or more detected adverse conditions is no longer present in the sensor monitoring system, retrieving the sensor data during the adverse condition time period, processing the retrieved sensor data during the adverse condition time period, and outputting the processed retrieved sensor data.

Abstract: A sensor cover according to embodiments of the disclosure is capable of being used with a non-invasive physiological sensor, such as a pulse oximetry sensor. Certain embodiments of the sensor cover reduce or eliminate false readings from the sensor when the sensor is not in use, for example, by blocking a light detecting component of a pulse oximeter sensor when the pulse oximeter sensor is active but not in use. Further, embodiments of the sensor cover can prevent damage to the sensor. Additionally, embodiments of the sensor cover prevent contamination of the sensor.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided that generate in vivo maps of oxygenation measurements of biological tissue. These may include surgical instruments and stand-alone imaging systems with incorporated oxygen sensing capability. Oxygenation maps can be determined via fluorescent or phosphorescent lifetime imaging of an injectable probe with an oxygen-dependent optical response. Probe configuration and methods and apparatus of injecting the probe into the tissue are provided. Methods and apparatus for temperature compensation of temperature-dependent lifetime measurements are provided to improve oxygenation measurement accuracy. Oxygen maps may be registered with visible light images to assist in assessing tissue viability or localize anomalies in the tissue.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure describe a diversion device that traps an initial flow of blood in a diversion chamber of the diversion device. The diversion device comprises a housing having an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit; a diversion chamber that comprises a flow path defined by a channel or series of channels that terminate in a diversion chamber valve; a collected sample valve; and bypass flow chamber positioned within the housing, wherein the collected sample valve is configured to permit subsequent flow of fluid to enter the bypass flow chamber, and the bypass flow chamber is configured to permit the subsequent flow of fluid to exit the diversion device. The diversion chamber valve allows air, but not blood, to flow through it.

Abstract: A blood picker including one or more needles, a storage device, and a fluid transmission control system is provided. The needle is adapted to be inserted into a blood vessel of a human for blood detection. The storage device is in communication with the needle and provided with a drawing tube in communication with an inner space of the storage device. The fluid transmission control system includes a fluid transmission device, a driving controller, and a power supply. The fluid transmission device is in communication with one end of the drawing tube. The power supply provides a power source for the driving controller to enable the fluid transmission device, so that after the fluid transmission device is enabled, the inner space of the storage device is controlled by the fluid transmission device to generate a pressure difference, thereby allowing the blood to be drawn and stored in the storage device.

Abstract: Measurement system which can be used at patients bedside to monitor the amount of blood drawn from the patient. The system uses disposable sensor and electronics to measure accurately and in real time the volume of the blood drawn from the patient using a paddlewheel sensor wherein the rotation of the paddle wheel is correlated with the volume of the blood that is drawn from the patient and collected.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for measuring pupillary responses to visible light stimuli. An exemplary system provides a display and a camera on the same side of a device; the display provides a visible light stimulus to illuminate a user's face and cause a pupillary reflex. A visible light or infrared camera thereafter receives image data of the pupillary light reflex. In some examples, an ambient light sensor and infrared measurement systems allow for performing pupillary light reflex assessments in low lighting conditions.

Abstract: An inattentive state determination device includes: a drowsiness predictor that derives drowsiness prediction data for predicting an occurrence of drowsiness in a person; a drowsiness and inattentiveness deriver that derives a degree of drowsiness and inattentiveness of the person; and an inattentiveness determiner that determines whether the person is in an inattentive state, based on the drowsiness prediction data and a current degree of drowsiness and inattentiveness.

Abstract: An electrode configured to adhere to a patient's skin to conduct electrical potentials therefrom includes a substrate, a skin adhesive configured to adhere the electrode to a patient's skin, and a conductor plate mounted on the substrate. A conductive gel is configured to contact the patient's skin and to conduct electrical potentials from the patient's skin to the conductor plate when the electrode is adhered to the patient's skin. A removable separator is positioned between the conductive gel and the conductor plate, wherein the removable separator is configured to be removed prior to operating the electrode to conduct electrical potentials.

Abstract: A patch includes a pad with a back surface for attaching to a patient's body and with a front surface that is on an opposite side of the back surface. The patch includes a shoe coupled to the front surface and defining an internal cavity shaped to receive a monitor. The shoe includes or defines a sensory feedback feature configured to engage with the monitor. An electrical connector is positioned within the internal cavity and is configured to mechanically and electrically couple to the monitor.

Abstract: The invention encompasses systems and methods allowing for minimally invasive insertion and functional optimization of implantable electrode arrays designed for placement within the subgaleal space to record brain electrical activity. The implantable arrays comprise a support structure capable of being implanted in the subgaleal space and comprising at least one reference element; at least one ground element; and one or more recording elements; and wherein said array is capable of detecting and/or transmitting a subgaleal electrical signal.

Abstract: An ambulatory cardiac device for improving a signal to noise profile of an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal of a patient is provided. The ambulatory cardiac device includes a plurality of active ECG electrodes disposed in a plurality of locations about a patient. Each active electrode can include an ECG electrode substrate configured to be in physical contact with skin of the patient, a local biasing substrate proximate to the ECG electrode substrate and configured to be in physical contact with the skin of the patient, and local biasing circuitry configured to provide a local biasing signal into a body of the patient via the local biasing substrate.

Abstract: Described herein are devices, systems, and methods for sensing, generating, and time aligning one or more of the 12 leads of a standard ECG. A set of electrodes may be used to perform an electrocardiogram (ECG) of a user to generate a set of limb leads including a first lead I. A Wilson's Central Terminal (WCT) value may be determined using a subset of the set of limb leads. In response to an electrode of the set of electrodes contacting the user's chest, a precordial lead may be generated based on electric potentials sensed by the electrode while contacting the user's chest and the WCT value. As the precordial lead is generated, a corresponding second lead I is simultaneously generated. The corresponding second lead I is used to time align the set of limb leads and the precordial lead.