Abstract: A handle assembly for a medical instrument, such as an otoscope, and the full assembly of the medical instrument. The handle assembly has a primary housing with a first end and an opposite open second end. The primary housing defines a central cavity. A standardized connector is formed at the first end. A detachable housing extension is attached to the opposite end. The housing extension defines an internal compartment that is accessible when detached. An otoscope head is provided that is sized to fit within the internal compartment. The otoscope head has a base, a neck, and a speculum support. The speculum support has a large open end, an opposite small open end, and a funnel shaped peripheral wall that extends there between. A slot is formed in the peripheral wall to enable secondary instruments to be manipulated within the speculum support.

Abstract: A cannula system and method for accessing a blood mass in the brain. The system comprises a cannula with a camera mounted on the proximal end of the cannula with a view into the cannula lumen and the surgical field below the lumen. A prism, reflector or other suitable optical element is oriented between the camera and the lumen of the cannula to afford the camera a view into the cannula while minimizing obstruction of the lumen. The system may also include an obturator with a small diameter shaft and a large diameter tip which is optically transmissive, so that a surgeon inserting or manipulating the assembly can easily see that the obturator tip is near brain tissue (which is white) or blood (which is red).

Abstract: A multi-focal, multi-camera endoscope having a tip section including a first optical assembly for generating a first image of a body cavity; a second optical assembly for generating a second image of a body cavity; at least one illuminator associated with each of the first optical assembly and second optical assembly; and a processing system configured to: zoom the first optical assembly and thereby generate a zoomed first image in place of the first image; and automatically cause a physical display to eliminate a display of the second image and to only display said zoomed first image. To eliminate the display of the second image, the processing system reduces a power supply to the second optical assembly, reduces an illumination intensity of an illuminator associated with the second optical assembly or causes the physical display to power off, darken, or blacken.

Abstract: There is provided herein an integrated manifold for the tip of a multiple viewing elements endoscope which combines the functionalities of the front holder, side holder/cage and fluid channeling components into a single part. The manifold includes square slots that are equipped with tracks. Square shaped lens assemblies having protrusions are used in the endoscope tip, such that the protrusions allow the optical assemblies to slide into the tracks of the square slots. This ensures gapless placement of viewing elements with no deviation in their position and field of view.

Abstract: In some embodiments, devices, systems, and methods for advancing and positioning tethered capsule microendoscopes are provided. In some embodiments, a device for capsule endomicroscopy is provided, comprising: a tether having a proximal end and distal end; an optical fiber disposed within the tether; a tube enclosing at least a portion of the tether, the tube having a proximal end and a distal end, a diameter of the tube being larger than the diameter of the tether; a housing coupled to the distal end of the tether and the distal end of the tube; and an optical element disposed within the housing, the optical element being optically coupled to the distal end of the optical fiber and configured to direct light received from the optical fiber toward a periphery of the housing.

Abstract: A medical visualization system includes a video processing apparatus and one or more medical visualization devices. The medical visualization devices preferably include endoscopes and/or laryngoscopes. The video processing apparatus is operable to receive image data from the one or more medical visualization devices. The video processing apparatus includes a housing, a processing unit adapted to receive the image data from the one or more medical visualization devices and cause a display to display a live representation of the image data, and memory. The processing unit is connected to the memory and adapted to read and write data from and to the memory.

Abstract: An image pickup unit includes: an image pickup optical system including an optical axis; an image pickup device; a first electric substrate on which the image pickup device is mounted; a second electric substrate formed integrally with the first electric substrate and configured to surround peripheries of the image pickup optical system and the image pickup device and extend in a direction along the optical axis, the second electric substrate including a housing space for housing the image pickup optical system and the image pickup device, a part of the second electric substrate being formed in an arc shape when viewed in a cross section in a vertical direction with respect to the optical axis; and a conductive circuit connecting the first and second electric substrates, and provided from a first surface exposed outside of the second electric substrate to a second surface in the housing space.

Abstract: An imaging unit includes: an illumination unit that includes an illumination optical system; a first holding frame configured to hold the illumination unit; an imaging-unit main body that includes an imager, and an observation optical system configured to form the subject image on the imager; and a second holding frame configured to hold the imaging-unit main body. A first abutting portion configured to abut on the second holding frame in a radial direction of the first holding frame is arranged on an outer surface of the first holding frame.

Abstract: An endoscope reprocessor includes: a cleaning tank in which an endoscope is placed; an endoscope connecting unit configured to be connected to a channel of the endoscope; a top cover configured to cover an upper part of the cleaning tank; a first ejection unit configured to eject a cleaning solution toward an inner surface of the top cover; a first pump connected to the first ejection unit; and a control unit provided with a processor configured to feed a liquid to the channel of the endoscope by controlling the first pump, in which the processor acquires a type of the endoscope, controls the first pump during cleaning according to the type of the endoscope, and causes the cleaning solution to be delivered from the first ejection unit.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for mitigating leakage from connectors and tubing of an endoscope system when the connectors and or tubing are disconnected from fluid ports of the endoscope system. A tubing assembly for connecting a fluid line to an endoscope and a fluid source may include an elongate tube having a lumen, a connector coupled to an end of the elongate tube and having a port in fluid communication with the lumen, and a fluid control component configured to selective adjust fluid flow through the lumen and the port. The fluid control component may be located in one or more of a cover for the fluid source, the tubing, the connector, and/or other components in fluid communication with the lumen. The fluid control component may be a valve. The valve may be manually actuated from a closed position to an opened position.

Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus includes an objective lens, a first illumination optical system arranged approximately coaxially with an optical axis of the objective lens and configured to be capable of irradiating first illumination light onto an eye to be examined through the objective lens, a second illumination optical system arranged so as to be eccentric to the optical axis of the objective lens and configured to be capable of irradiating second illumination light onto the eye to be examined through the objective lens, a left-eye observation optical system configured to be capable of guiding returning light from the eye to be examined, where the first illumination light or the second illumination light has entered through the objective lens, to a left-eye eyepiece or a left-eye imaging element, and a right-eye observation optical system configured to be capable of guiding returning light from the eye to be examined, where the first illumination light or the second illumination light has entered through the obj

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for generating a toroidal source of illumination is disclosed. The device comprises a translucent disc with a concentric hole. A planar coil of side emitting optic fiber is disposed on one surface of the disc. The coil is energized with an LED at one end of the coil. The light emitted by the side of the coil is randomly scattered by the disc producing a toroidal source of light at the other surface of the disc. This source is used with instruments for assessing the dryness of the human eye. Further embodiments describe adaptations for measuring tear breakup time and the height of the tear meniscus in the human eye.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring the visual field of a person by means of a device, comprising the following steps: displaying a visually detectable test spot on a surface display of the device, which surface display is viewed by the person by means of an eye of the person, wherein a spatial position of the head of the person remains unchanged with respect to the surface display; moving the test spot on the surface display by means of the device along a path during a measurement pass and activating an interaction means of the device by the person if the displayed test spot stops being visible or becomes visible again to the person at a current position during the movement of the test spot along the path, wherein, by activating the interaction means, the device is prompted to store the particular current position and any associated information from which it can be derived whether the test spot has stopped being visible or has become visible again for the person at the current position; and displ

Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a handheld vision tester for vision self-testing by a user. The handheld vision tester comprises a touchscreen display, a control, and an interface port. The touchscreen display is configured to present different shapes, either statically or dynamically, to the user for the vision self-testing. One of the different shapes may be a modulated version of another similar shape displayed at the same time and includes a modulated edge. The control is configured to allow a user to trigger operations of the tester and allow the user to select one of the different shapes. The handheld vision tester is configured to determine results of the vision self-testing from the user selections and store the results in the handheld vision tester. The interface port is configured to transmit the stored results to a healthcare provider who uses the results to enhance treatment routines.

Abstract: The present disclosure envisages a system for facilitating a color-blind person to accurately distinguish between certain shades of color in a surrounding. The system comprises an eye frame configured to obtain a plurality of information corresponding to each object present in the surrounding and a handheld device configured to cooperate with said eye frame through a communication network to receive the plurality of information corresponding to each object. The handheld device is configured to process the plurality of information for facilitating a color-blind person to accurately distinguish between certain shades of color in the surrounding.

Abstract: A device and method for early detection of eye disease including a corneal topography device including a camera, such as a rotating Scheimpflug camera, configured to measure the elevation of a patient's two anterior corneas sequentially or simultaneously; a computer processor; and non-transitory computer readable media including computer readable instructions, which, when executed by the computer processor, causes the device to measure and store elevation data at a plurality of points on the patient's anterior corneal surfaces; organize the elevation data for each cornea into a two-dimensional matrix where the center of the cornea is in the center of the data frame, rotate the data for a first eye 180 degrees around the Y axis relative to a second eye, subtract data on each corresponding corneal point, and generate an elevation difference matrix showing the degree of symmetry or asymmetry between the patient's left and right eye corneal topography.

Abstract: This application discloses systems for the measurement of the shape of the eye and evaluation of a contact lens fit. The measurements of the eye shape can be beneficial for designing specialty contact lenses or for selecting an appropriate contact lens for a specific patient. After the measurement of the shape of the eye is performed, the disclosed systems and methods can be used to analyze the shape, quantify various parameters, and create a simplified graphical representation of the measured eye.

Abstract: A method for performing a pupillary stimulus threshold test on at least one eye of a test subject, the method comprising: delivering at least one visual stimulus to the at least one eye of the test subject, wherein the least one visual stimulus comprises a flash of light having an intensity and a duration; obtaining at least one pupillary response from the at least one eye of the test subject, wherein the at least one pupillary response corresponds to whether or not the test subject's pupil contracted in response to the at least one visual stimulus; and determining the lowest intensity of light that causes the test subject's pupil to contract based on the at least one pupillary response from the test subject.

Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a novel angle-closure detection method for risk assessment of primary angle closure (PAC) or primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) to inform treatment decisions. According to certain embodiments, a plurality of cross-sectional images of the anterior segment of an eye centered at the pupil with preferably even radial separations are obtained from optical coherence tomography imaging. After identifying the position of scleral spur from the cross-sectional image captured at each angle-location, the anterior chamber angles are analyzed. Each angle-location of the eye is classified as (i) closed angle, (ii) narrow angle, or (iii) open angle. The extents of narrow angles and closed angles among all angle-locations across the 360° radial space are computed. Based on the extents of narrow angles and closed angles, a regression model is applied to compute the risk of PAC/PACG development.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for measuring lesion features of hypertensive retinopathy. In some examples, the method includes: acquiring a fundus image (s110); identifying an optic disc region of the fundus image and dividing the fundus image into at least three regions including a first region (c1), a second region (c2), and a third region (c3) on the basis of the optic disc region (b) (s120); performing artery and vein segmentation on the fundus image by a deep learning-based arteriovenous segmentation model to obtain the arteriovenous segmentation result (s130), the arteriovenous vessel annotation results including an artery annotation result (e1), a vein annotation result (e2), and a small vessel annotation result (e3); and measuring lesion features in the fundus image on the basis of the three regions (c1, c2, c3) and the arteriovenous segmentation result (s140).

Abstract: An ophthalmic microscope includes an observation system configured to observe an eye to be examined, the observation system including an objective lens and a pair of observation optical paths, an imaging system capable of stereoscopically imaging respective observation lights of the eye to be examined from the observation optical paths, and a mode switching unit capable of selectively switching among a first mode for acquiring a first image obtained by stereoscopically imaging the observation lights from both the observation optical paths using the imaging system, a second mode for acquiring only a second image obtained by imaging the observation light from one of the observation optical paths using the imaging system, and a third mode for acquiring only a third image obtained by imaging the observation light from the other of the observation optical paths using the imaging system.

Abstract: An eye-imaging apparatus including red, green, and blue light sources, one or more optical lenses, a light guide cable to transmit light from the light source, a one-chip color image sensor including a shutter, the color image sensor being operable to measure red, green, and blue light in the imaging path and transmit measured colored light in respective red, green, and blue channels. The red, green, and blue light sources are sequentially flashed in synchronization with the operation of the image sensor and the color image sensor captures red, green, and blue images in synchronization with the flashed color. The color image sensor transmits the colored images on respective color channels one at a time.

Abstract: A method to monitor a wearable device, the method including providing a processing system located remotely from the wearable device having a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, including; obtaining baseline biosensor samples of a user of the wearable device to establish expected biosensor outputs; obtaining continuous biosensor output samples at predetermined intervals; storing acquired baseline and continuous sensor outputs; comparing at predetermined intervals the continuous biosensor outputs to the baseline biosensor outputs; determining changes in the continuous biosensor outputs to the baseline biosensor outputs; and outputting information using machine learning associated with the changes in the continuous biosensor outputs to the baseline biosensor outputs.

Abstract: A charger to charge a wearable device while in use, the charger configured to transfer energy to the wearable device by one of wirelessly or direct connection through complementary pogo pads. The charger may have an LED strip to indicate power level; magnets to attach to the wrist band during charging; a plastic polycarbonate enclosure; a battery in the power pack having a capacity of >400 mAh. Where the charger uses a direct electrical connection using pogo pads, the pogo pads may be configured to be received by enlarged pogo pads on the wearable device whereby contact is maintained as a user moves and flexes the band or to adjust to the user's variation in wrist size. A power band magnet is placed close to the pogo pads and configured to be adjacent to a metal pad or complimentary magnet on a wearable device.

Abstract: A mechanical measuring device includes a body case, a probe 10 extending from the body case and abutting against a predetermined portion of a biological soft tissue, a load measuring means 12 which is integrally connected to the probe 10 and which measures a load applied to the biological soft tissue by the probe 10, a moving means 14 for moving the probe 10 at a constant speed, and a distance measuring means 20 for measuring a moving distance by the moving means 14, and in a measuring operation of the biological soft tissue such as muscle and cartilage, the load applied to the biological soft tissue and the moving distance of the probe 10 are simultaneously measured in a state where the probe 10 is moved at a constant speed, thereby realizing inspection and diagnose of a mechanical state of the biological soft tissue.

Abstract: A hyperspectral imaging system can include a first hyperspectral imaging camera that is configured to provide first hyperspectral image data of an object in a first field of view. A second hyperspectral imaging camera can be separated from the first hyperspectral imaging camera, where the second hyperspectral imaging camera is configured to provide second hyperspectral image data of the object in a second field of view. A processor circuit can be operatively coupled to the first and second hyperspectral imaging cameras, where the processor circuit configured to combine the first and second hyperspectral image data to generate a hypercube of data for the object comprising spectral data included in the first and second hyperspectral image data.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing defining an internal volume, a front opening, and a rear opening. The electronic device can include a display component disposed at the front opening and a rear cover disposed at the rear opening. A logic board can be disposed in the internal volume. The device can also include a thin film thermopile including a cold junction bonded to the logic board and a hot junction bonded to the rear cover.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, devices, mechanisms, and methods are used to locate an ABTT terminus and then to measure the temperature of the ABTT terminus.

Abstract: A system comprising: a first module comprising a first sensor, capable of performing biometric sensing at a first location on a patient; and a second module comprising a second sensor, capable of performing biometric sensing at a second location on the patient. The first module comprises a transmitter for transmitting first sensor data, the first sensor data comprising sensing information obtained by the first sensor.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining pulse arrival time utilizing sensors coupled to mobile electronic devices are described. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a sensor configured to provide electrocardiogram (ECG) data; an optical sensor configured to provide optical data; and a controller configured to access each of the ECG data and the optical data, the controller configured to: isolate and normalize R-wave information from the ECG data, isolate information associated with the cardiac rhythm from the isolated and normalized R-wave information to provide pulse waves, determine temporal characteristics of the pulse waves, convert and normalize the optical data in a wavelet time-frequency plane, and calculate pulse arrival time utilizing each of the temporal characteristics of the pulse waves and the converted and normalized optical data.

Abstract: A device may determine end-of-phase information for a plurality of wavelength channels of photoplethysmography (PPG) data. The device may calculate a set of baseline correction points for each wavelength channel of the plurality of wavelength channels. The set of baseline correction points may be calculated based on end-of-phase information for a wavelength channel of the plurality of wavelength channels and PPG data associated with the wavelength channel. The device may perform a baseline correction for each wavelength channel of the plurality of wavelength channels. A baseline correction may be performed for the wavelength channel based on the set of baseline correction points associated with the wavelength channel and the PPG data associated with the wavelength channel. The device may generate a baseline corrected heartbeat profile using a principal component analysis of a result of baseline correcting each wavelength channel of the plurality of wavelength channels.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to systems and methods that employ a novel wall shear stress (WSS) estimation method for 4D flow MRI. In certain embodiments, the invention provides systems and methods for determining Wall Shear Stress (WSS) with 4D flow Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), that involve receiving 4D MRI flow data; calculating a velocity gradient (and optionally calculating the pressure field) from the 4D MRI flow data; correcting the velocity gradient (such as by using a spatial gradient of the pressure field to correct the velocity gradient), thereby producing a corrected velocity gradient; and determining a WSS from the corrected velocity gradient.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines, with respect to each of the pixels included in a magnetic resonance image, a shift amount from the position of the pixel to a position where ringing artifacts will be reduced and performs a ringing correction to correct the ringing artifacts occurring in the magnetic resonance image on the basis of the determined shift amounts. The processing circuitry estimates, with respect to each of the pixels, a local amplitude of ringing artifacts, and performs the ringing correction on the magnetic resonance image while determining the shift amount of each of the pixels so as to be approximately continuous with the shift amounts of adjacently positioned pixels, sequentially in descending order starting with pixels having a higher local amplitude on the basis of the estimated local amplitudes of ringing artifacts.

Abstract: A drug delivery device having an axis, the drug delivery device comprising a carrier and an insert, the carrier comprising a first body part having a first recess, a first attachment part attached to the first body part and having a first distal end, a second body part having a second recess an actuator mechanism configured to rotate at least one of the first body part or the second body part with respect to one another about the axis, and an insert configured to be inserted and fixed in the second recess, the insert comprising a second attachment part and an insert body with an insert recess, the second attachment part having a second distal end.

Abstract: Methods and devices to capture and analyze aerosolized particles in exhaled air including protein biomarkers and their truncated proteoforms characteristic of tuberculosis to enable rapid detection of diseases. Methods and systems to selectively capture aerosolized particles using a packed bed column. The captured particles are eluted using one or more solvents and analyzed using devices including MALDI-TOFMS.

Abstract: An aerosol quantity estimation system includes a detector that detects a voice and a controller that estimates a number of aerosol particles released to a space where an utterer who has emitted the voice detected by the detector exists from a certain speech sound included in the voice on a basis of a correlation between the certain speech sound and a number of aerosol particles released from the utterer when the utterer utters the certain speech sound. An aerosol quantity estimation method includes detecting a voice and estimating a number of aerosol particles released to a space where an utterer who has emitted the detected voice exists from a certain speech sound included in the voice on a basis of a correlation between the certain speech sound and a number of aerosol particles released from the utterer when the utterer utters the certain speech sound.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes imaging systems configured to generate adaptive scanning protocols based on anatomical features and conditions identified during a prenatal scan of an object. Systems may include an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire echo signals responsive to ultrasound pulses transmitted toward a target region. Processors coupled with the transducer can generate an image frame from the echoes and provide the image frame to a first neural network. The first neural network may be configured to identify an anatomical feature in the image frame. An indication of the anatomical feature may be provided a second neural network. The second neural network may then determine an anatomical measurement to be obtained based, in part, on the feature identified. The processors may be further configured to cause an indicator of the anatomical measurement to be obtained to be displayed on a user interface.

Abstract: A system for measuring cardiac parameters uses a movements sensor to generate a seismocardiographic signal and a cardiac parameters calculation unit. The cardiac parameters calculation unit provides for generating an envelope signal correlated to the seismocardiographic signal; identifies, in the envelope signal, signal segments having a repetitive pattern; identifies, among the signal segments, pairs of successive peaks such that a first peak of each pair of successive peaks is a systolic peak and a second peak of each pair of successive peaks is a diastolic peak; and calculates a systolic period and a diastolic period for each pair of successive peaks.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus and method includes a monitor, a sensor comprising a wireless connection with the monitor, and an adapter comprising the wireless connection with the monitor and a wired or wireless connection with a remote monitoring station. The monitor is designed to wirelessly pair with the sensor and/or the adapter when being only positioned by a user in a closed proximity to the sensor and/or the adapter or in a direct contact with the sensor and/or the adapter and without an additional action by the user and/or a wired connection between the monitor and the sensor and/or the adapter. A pairing alignment mark may be provided on each of the monitor, sensor and adapter.

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 measurement device including an insertion port into which a sensor is inserted and plural terminals that contacts the sensor, wherein the terminals slide on a contact surface of the sensor at which a measurement target component is measured, a first electrode group located on a rear end side and a second electrode group located on a farther distal end side are provided on the contact surface, the plural terminals receive normal forces from the contact surface and include a first terminal group that contacts the first electrode group on a side closer to the insertion port than a side on which a second terminal group contacts the second electrode group, and a sum of normal forces that the first terminal group receives from the contact surface is smaller than a sum of normal forces that the second terminal group receives from the contact surface.

Abstract: The present teachings include analyzing oxygen saturation levels sensed during a hemodialysis treatment for a patient to determine whether the patient has a medical condition based on hypoxemia, apnea, or the like experienced during the treatment. To this end, the present teachings may include the use of a machine-learning algorithm trained to identify a presence of a high-frequency intermittent pattern that would be formed in a plot of the oxygen saturation levels, e.g., to determine a severity of respiratory instability experienced. The present teaching may also or instead include a time-series analysis including at least one of: (i) calculating recurrence-based quantification, such as, but not limited to, recurrence rate, determinism, and laminarity; (ii) calculating the optimal recurrence threshold based on maximum variations of the system's determinism and degree of predictability; and (iii) calculating complexity-based measures such as permutation entropy.

Abstract: A non-invasive analyte sensor includes a first antenna set and a second antenna set. The first antenna set includes a first antenna and a second antenna, and the second antenna set includes a third antenna (and optionally a fourth antenna). The first antenna set and the second antenna set are spaced apart from one another by a first distance with no antennas between the first antenna set and the second antenna set, the first antenna and the second antenna are spaced apart from one another by a second distance, and the first distance is greater than the second distance. In addition, the first antenna has an upper surface that faces in a first direction and the third antenna has an upper surface that faces in a second direction, and the first direction diverges away from the second direction.

Abstract: Devices and methods for measuring a concentration of a target analyte in a biological fluid in vivo are provided herein. In some examples, a device includes an indwelling sensor and sensor electronics. The sensor may include a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; an ionophore disposed on the substrate to selectively transport the target ion to or within the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the substrate. The sensor electronics is configured to generate a signal corresponding to an electromotive force which is at least partially based on a potential difference that is generated between the first electrode and the second electrode responsive to the ionophore transporting the target ion to the first electrode.

Abstract: Systems and methods of predicting a neuropsychological state of a user, including: monitoring the user, by at least one camera coupled to a processor, wherein the processor is to determine user characteristics based on input from the at least one camera, correcting, by the processor, at least one of the determined user characteristics, wherein the correction is applied to at least one of movement data and lighting data, applying a machine learning (ML) algorithm to predict a neuropsychological state of the user, wherein the ML algorithm is trained on cognitive reactions and of the user, and adjusting output of the user's media based on the predicted neuropsychological state of the user.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and systems for determining an emotional fitness metrics for users. A physiological parameter of the user is measured during a group activity using at least one biosensor to acquire a measured signal. The measured signal of the user is compared to a measured signal for the physiological parameter of one or more additional users as measured when the one or more additional users perform the group activity. An emotional connectivity may be calculated based on a synchronicity of the measured signal of the user with the measured signal of the one or more additional users, as well as a cognitive appraisal metric, a resilience metric and an emotional fitness metric. Connectivity values for user pairings for a group activity can be computed based a synchronicity in a time-series correlation for the physiological parameters for permutations of the user pairings for the group activity.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses systems and methods for measuring the bladder volume of a patient. An ultrasound transducer array may be used to transmit electrical pulses and receive the backscattered pulses that can be analyzed to develop a representation of the patients bladder. The backscattered ultrasound signals may be amplified, converted, and processed by circuitry and computer software to develop an axial position of the anterior and posterior bladder walls. Bladder volume measurements derived from the patients bladder may then be wirelessly transmitted to a display device for assessment by a healthcare provider. The ultrasound transducer array portion of the device may be held in place between the patients peritoneum and pubis by an elastic strap or a belt to ensure proper positioning.

Abstract: A method of obtaining urination information and a device thereof are proposed. The method includes obtaining one or more first feature data by using first sound data, obtaining a urine volume determination value by using the one or more first feature data and a pre-trained urine volume determination model, obtaining a urine flow rate determination value by using the one or more first feature data and a pre-trained urine flow rate determination model, and obtaining urine flow rate information by reflecting a ratio of an estimated urine volume calculated based on the urine flow rate determination value and the urine volume determination value to the urine flow rate determination value.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting oscillations in neural signals are disclosed that provide for high precision and specificity in detecting neural oscillations in time and frequency domains. The disclosed systems and methods identify oscillations according to criteria including 1/f noise, number of cycles, and auto-correlation. The disclosed method detects periodic signals and filters out spurious oscillations associated with harmonic frequencies.

Abstract: An electrode connector adapted for attachment to a biomedical patient electrode by either pinch or snap connection includes a pair of pivotally connected members including a connector body and a jaw pivotally connected to said connector body, with the jaw defining a beveled lower surface that functions to urge the jaw open by engagement of the top surface of an ECG stud thereby allowing the connector to be attached by snap engagement. An electrically conducting plate is disposed at the bottom of the connector to maximize electrical contact with the electrode stud. The jaw member further includes a lip functioning to engage a lower portion of the head of the stud and urge the radially enlarged base of the stud into electrical contact with the bottom surface of said electrically conducting member. An ECG electrode connector in accordance with the present invention may further be fabricated of radiolucent materials.