Abstract: A laryngoscope enhancement system (LES) and an intubation system including an LES are provided. The LES includes a holder and a video stylet. The holder includes an adjustable mount to releasably secure an electronic device with a display, and an end cap configured to removably attach the holder to an upper end of a laryngoscope handle. The video stylet includes a connecter removably attachable to the electronic device, a flexible segment, a malleable segment and a video camera.

Abstract: There is provided a medical observation device that includes an imaging unit (200) that can image an environment inside an abdominal cavity of a living body, and the imaging unit includes a plurality of first pixels (302) that are aligned in a matrix, and an event detection unit (308) that detects that a luminance change amount of light incident on each of the plurality of first pixels exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system of detecting vasculature in optical coherence tomography (OCT) image data of a tissue of a subject, the OCT image data comprising OCT scan data and OCT angiography (OCTA) scan data, the system comprises segmenting the OCT scan data to locate a layer of interest in the tissue; generating an en face vascular network map from the OCTA scan data; projecting one or more vascular regions from the en face vascular network map onto the layer of interest in a cross-sectional image of the OCT scan data to define one or more regions of interest (ROIs), wherein respective ROIs are defined by the intersection between the vascular regions and the layer of interest; and identifying vascular objects in the one or more ROIs. In the preferred embodiment, the tissue is retina, vessels are removed from the layer of interest and the retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness is determined.

Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an objective measurement optical system that measures an objective refraction characteristic of a subject eye and a control portion that performs total control including control of the objective measurement optical system, wherein the control portion analyzes a characteristic amount of a ring image obtained by measuring the objective refraction characteristic of the subject eye to feedback to a subjective examination content of the subject eye according to an analysis result of the characteristic amount of the ring image.

Abstract: Gonioscope devices are disclosed herein that are configured to enable a medical professional to view structure inside the eye that is ordinarily hidden from normal view. The gonioscope can be an integrally molded single piece that includes both a handle and a gonioscopic optical element. The proximal surface can have a viewing area and a light diffusing area. A recess can provide access to a wound site on the eye while the gonioscope is used for viewing. The handle can be configured to encourage proper alignment of the gonioscope with the eye. The gonioscope can provide an optical fixation point for the subject to focus on to facilitate proper alignment of the eye. The gonioscope can have one or more retention elements configured to engage the tissue of the eye around the contact surface to stabilize the gonioscope. The gonioscope can couple to a lid speculum.

Abstract: An apparatus and system for monitoring and treating cataracts, the apparatus comprising: a monitoring light source configured to monitor cataracts by emitting monitoring light in the wavelength range of 350 to 410 nm to excite fluorescence light in the cataracts, a treating light source configured to treat cataracts by emitting treating light in the wavelength range of 400 to 570 nm to irradiate the cataracts, a wavelength selection system configured to monitor cataracts by selecting wavelengths of the excited fluorescence light in the cataracts and a dichroic beam splitter configured to reflect the monitoring light and the treating light towards the cataracts and the excited fluorescence light in the cataracts towards the wavelength selection system, wherein the monitoring light, the treating light and the excited fluorescence light are reflected by the dichroic beam splitter along a common optical axis and wherein the dichroic beam splitter is arranged at 45 degrees to the common optical axis to transmit wa

Abstract: A binocular scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) is used to track the fixational eye movement of each of the eyes of a subject. The binocular SLO may include right eye optics for imaging a portion of the retina of the right eye and left eye optics for imaging a portion of the retina of the left eye. Shifts in the imaged portion of the retina with respect to a reference image of the retina may be used to measure and track eye movement. The right eye optics and left eye optics may be separate imaging paths, each with its own bi-directional MEMS scanning mirror and Keplerian telescope. The use of the MEMS scanning mirrors minimizes the size and weight of the binocular SLO.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system generates image data for an image of the interior of an eye. The system includes a camera apparatus and patient interface. The camera apparatus includes a camera stem, sensor, processor, and communication interface. The camera stem has illuminators that emits light and an objective lens system that receives light. The sensor generates a signal in response to detecting light received by the objective lens system. The processor generates image data from the signal, and the communication interface outputs the image data. The patient interface includes a contact portion and a sleeve. The contact portion is shaped to conform to an anterior eye surface of the eye. The sleeve is shaped to receive the camera stem. The sleeve directs light from the illuminators towards the eye interior, and directs light reflected from the eye interior towards the camera apparatus.

Abstract: A processor signals a display to show a target. Optics is positioned in an optical path taken by the target, as shown by the display, from the display to the eye of a user. The optics is configured to change accommodation by the eye and has adjustable focal length that enables the user to see the target with changing acuity. The processor then obtains an indication that the eye of the user is focused on the target. In response, the processor signals an alignment mechanism to align a sensor in the device to the eye of the user. After signaling the alignment mechanism to align the sensor to the eye of the user, the processor obtains sensor data, produced by the sensor, which measures a property of the eye. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of diagnostic equipment in the ophthalmic field, and more precisely has as its object a multifunctional apparatus capable of performing measurements, examinations and even operations of various kinds on the eye of a patient.

Abstract: An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system comprises an interferometer configured to split incident light into a reference beam and a test beam, and to interfere the test beam reflected from the specimen with the reference beam reflected from a reference mirror to produce an interference pattern. The OCT system also comprises a spectrometer configured to analyze spectral components of the interference pattern at non-uniformly sampled wavenumbers. A computer-readable memory of the OCT system is configured to store a measurement model with elements connecting different depth values with different non-uniformly sampled wavenumbers and weighted with weights derived from a power spectral density (PSD) of the incident light for corresponding wavenumbers. The OCT system further comprises a processor configured to determine the profilometry measurements of the specimen as a maximum likelihood estimate of the specimen surface depth by back-projection of the measured intensities with the measurement model.

Abstract: An indwelling catheter surveillance system which can detect and distinguish a clean catheter system from one with bacterial colonization and from one with bacterial infection. This is done using a micro-spectroscopy system placed on the outside of an indwelling catheter's drainage tube with analysis being facilitated using machine learning algorithms. This system is based on the ability to leverage the analysis of bacteria and biomarkers in liquid bio samples at the patient's bedside, in real time to deliver a mobile, continuous, point of care, disposable and cost-effective solution. This represents a feasible and scalable system for resolving the problem of infections in indwelling catheter systems.

Abstract: The invention refers to a Raman spectroscopy probe, comprising an elongate body having a distal end and a proximal end, at least one Raman fibre within the elongate body for guiding light between the proximal end and the distal end, and an instrument lumen within the elongate body and extending between the distal end and the proximal end, wherein the instrument lumen is configured to receive an elongate instrument, wherein the at least one Raman fibre is arranged outside of the instrument lumen.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information includes: a sensor including one or more light sources configured to emit light to an object and a plurality of detectors configured to detect light reflected from the object; and a processor configured to transform a plurality of light quantities obtained from respective detectors of the plurality of detectors to a distance domain, to combine the plurality of transformed light quantities in the distance domain, to correct the combined light quantity based on a reference light quantity for correcting a deviation of a distance between the one or more light sources and the plurality of detectors, and to estimate bio-information based on a light quantity resulting from the correction.

Abstract: An intraoral device (100) for determining oral health characteristics is provided. The device includes a light source (106) configured to emit light in a plurality of wavelengths within or about the oral cavity and a matrix array multispectral sensor (102) configured to detect a plurality of spectral channels of a spectral image. Each of the plurality of spectral channels may allow transmission of a corresponding wavelength. The device may include a processor (1100) configured to identify the detected plurality of spectral channels of the spectral image relating to the oral cavity. Based on the detected plurality of spectral channels, the processor may cause the light source to adjust the light emitted within or about the oral cavity to modify a signal to noise ratio and/or an image calibration of a subsequent spectral image. The matrix array multispectral sensor may capture the subsequent spectral image relating the oral cavity in the adjusted emitted light.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for managing an esophagus of a subject during a medical procedure, such as cardiac tissue ablation or bronchial tissue ablation. Managing the esophagus may include displacing the esophagus, imaging the esophagus, and/or measuring temperature at one or more locations inside the esophagus. One example esophageal management system generally includes a tube configured for insertion through a mouth and into the esophagus of the subject. The tube generally includes a first port located at a proximal end of the tube and in fluid communication with a distal portion of the tube via a first path, a second port located at the proximal end of the tube, and a third port located between the proximal end of the tube and a distal end of the tube and in fluid communication with the second port via a second path.

Abstract: System (1) for predicting an at least partial rupture or the detachment of a vascular plaque which could lead to a stroke or for analysing the biomechanical properties of the wall of an internal jugular vein in order to predict a risk of thrombosis, comprising: a monitoring device (2) comprising a temperature sensor (5) configured to measure the temperature of the vascular plaque or the wall of the jugular vein, a vibration sensor (4) configured to measure mechanical waves passing through the vascular plaque and the underlying walls, a motion sensor (6) configured to measure the movements of the plaque or the wall of the jugular vein (6), an electrical sensor configured to measure a parameter related to the electrical impedance of the plaque, an acoustic wave sensor and a calculation unit (10) configured to analyse the data from the monitoring device (2) by artificial intelligence.

Abstract: An apparatus 100 for sensing a physiological parameter of a subject comprises a force sensor 102 configured to generate a first signal representing force displacement of an organ of the subject and a displacement sensor 104 associated with the force sensor 102. The displacement sensor 104 is configured to generate a second signal representing displacement velocity of the organ of the subject. A coupler 106 is arranged on one of the force sensor 102 and the displacement sensor 104, the coupler 106 being configured to mechanically couple the force sensor 102 and the displacement sensor 104 with the organ.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of noninvasively separating and measuring a lung ventilation component and a cardiac blood flow component, and more specifically, to an apparatus and a method for extracting shape-reference voltage waveforms associated with lung ventilation and cardiac blood flow through principal component analysis (PCA) and independent component analysis (ICA), respectively, from time series voltage data acquired from a subject, decomposing the lung ventilation component and the cardiac blood flow component for each voltage channel using the extracted shape-reference voltage waveforms, thereby noninvasively, simultaneously, and continuously measuring tidal volume and stroke volume, respectively, from the decomposed lung ventilation component and cardiac blood flow component.

Abstract: A head-mountable device can include a display, a facial interface attached to the display to contact a face of a user, and a sensor unit attached to the facial interface. The sensor unit can include a deformable pad that contacts a nasal region of the user, a channel defining an internal volume, and a pressure sensor in fluid communication with the deformable pad through the internal volume.

Abstract: System and method for monitoring vital signs of a subject, such as a sleeping patient. A health monitoring device includes a thermal camera such as an uncooled microbolometer array, to monitor breathing, pulse, core temperature, and other vital signs. An audio sensor, e.g., microphone, may be used for monitoring patient respiratory sounds and other sounds. Further information such as pulse rate, PRV, blood pressure, breathing rate and oxygenation level are derived from these signals. The health monitoring device utilizes acquired signals and higher order data in analyzing patient conditions and behaviors. Higher order data include visual data based upon thermal camera signals and audio data based upon audio sensor signals. A processor is configured to output a health determination relating to one or more health parameters of the patient by inputting one or both of the visual data and the audio data into one or more machine learning models.

Abstract: A wearable treatment device for monitoring physical activity and providing therapy to a subject includes a garment, cardiac sensing electrodes configured to detect cardiac information for the subject, at least one activity sensor configured to monitor at least one of motion or position for the subject, treatment electrodes configured to deliver treatment shocks to the subject, and a controller. The controller is configured to guide the subject through a physical activity, measure the subject's performance of the physical activity using the detected cardiac information for the subject and the monitored at least one of motion or position for the subject, monitor the detected cardiac information for the subject to identify whether the subject is experiencing a treatable arrhythmia, and determine a confidence level for an identified treatable arrhythmia using the monitored at least one of motion or position for the subject.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including a ventricular assist device that includes an impeller configured to be placed inside a left ventricle of a subject, and a frame configured to be disposed around the impeller. The frame is shaped such that, in a non-radially constrained configuration of the frame, the frame defines a cylindrical central portion, and a distal conical portion that is disposed distally with respect to the cylindrical central portion and that widens from a distal end of the frame to a distal end of the cylindrical central portion. The frame defines struts that define openings therebetween, and all openings that are defined at least partially within the distal conical portion of the frame extend into the cylindrical central portion of the frame. Other applications are also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for determining an indicator that is representative of a fluid responsiveness parameter. The indicator is determined based on a fitting of a functional prototype to data values (s0) determined from pulse signals measured over subsequent respiratory cycles. The fitting process is accelerated by a) reducing the number of data values before fitting, b) determining an initial fit parameter value for the functional prototype based on characteristics of the data values and/or a fit parameter value known from a previous fitting, and/or c) carrying out the fitting in several stages, wherein the number of data values used is increased from stage to stage and a fit parameter value determined in a previous stage is used as initial fit parameter value in a current stage. This allows for a faster determination of the fluid responsiveness parameter.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises: establishing, by a wireless wearable computer worn by a user, a wireless communication connection with a fitness machine; obtaining machine data from the fitness machine while the user is engaged in a workout session on the fitness machine; obtaining, from a heart rate sensor of the wireless device, heart rate data of the user; determining a calibrated maximal oxygen consumption of the user based on the heart rate data and the machine data; determining a heart rate caloric expenditure based on the heart rate data and the calibrated maximal oxygen consumption of the user; and providing information corresponding to the heart rate caloric expenditure for presentation.

Abstract: A heart rate monitor may include a strap and a heart rate monitoring pod releasably coupled to the strap. A securement element may be disposed in the strap to selectively secure the pod to the strap. The pod may be selectively removable from the securement element and include one or more charger contacts. The pod may include one or more LEDs and/or vibrating elements to provide a light animation feedback and/or a haptic feedback to a user. A charger may be provided to charge the pod. The charger and pod may have complementary shapes to align the pod on the charger. For example, placement of the pod on the charger may align the charger contacts of the pod with one or more charging elements (e.g., pins) disposed in the charger.

Abstract: A wearable device includes a first optical transmitter configured to transmit first optical signals. One or more first optical sensors are configured to detect the first optical signals. A second optical transmitter, in the form of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser, is configured to transmit laser light. One or more second optical sensors are configured to detect the laser light transmitted by the second optical transmitter. One or more processors, connected to the first optical transmitter, the first optical sensors, the second optical transmitter, and the second optical sensors, and are configured to determine a wearing status of the wearable device based on optical signals detected by the first optical sensors and the second optical sensors.

Abstract: A device that includes a microphone may be worn in or on an ear of a user. A microphone signal generated by the microphone may be processed to determine a heart activity of a user. An indication of a heart pathology may be detected by applying a predictive algorithm to at least the heart activity. Other aspects are described.

Abstract: The subject matter of the invention of the present application is non-invasive equipment for monitoring blood flows and/or respiratory cycles of a human or animal body, comprising at least one segment of conductive elastomer with variable resistance arranged so as to extend over the circumference of the body element and sensitive to the length of the circumference of said element, means for capturing said length by virtue of said variable resistance and supplying a signal representing said length, and means for processing said signal, comprising means for extracting parameters of the blood flows and/or respiratory cycles to be monitored.

Abstract: A system may include an expandable member, and a plurality of sensors disposed on an outer surface of the expandable member and circumferentially spaced apart from one another, wherein each of the plurality of sensors includes a first emitter configured to emit light of a first wavelength, and a detector configured to detect light, and a controller coupled to the plurality of sensors.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a system and method for evaluating the blood volume-flow waveform of a patient for the purpose of determining ventricular contractibility. Input data for this evaluation includes measurements of oxygen saturation levels (SpO2) in the waveform and a time duration for a respective cardiac cycle. Specifically, the oxygen saturation level SpO2 in a waveform is indicative of an arterial blood-flow volume “V”. The data processor of a computer is then used for calculating a maximum rate of change in the arterial blood-flow volume “V” per time dV/dt. In accordance with the present invention, the maximum dV/dt for a succession of cardiac cycles are then compared for a clinical evaluation of trends in a patient's ventricular contractibility.

Abstract: Apparatus for performing impedance measurements on a subject. The apparatus includes a first processing system for determining an impedance measurement procedure and determining instructions corresponding to the measurement procedure. A second processing system is provided for receiving the instructions, using the instructions to generate control signals, with the control signals being used to apply one or more signals to the subject. The second processing system then receives first data indicative of the one or more signals applied to the subject, second data indicative of one or more signals measured across the subject and performs at least preliminary processing of the first and second data to thereby allow impedance values to be determined.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for generating images of a portion of a subject including an organ receiving blood from multiple, different supplies. The method includes accessing MR data acquired from a subject having received a dose of a material configured to change MR contrast. The method also includes reconstructing the MR dataset into a first set of MR images using a first reconstruction process configured to weight the first set of MR images to the material configured to change the MR contrast and reconstructing the MR dataset into a second set of MR images using a second reconstruction process configured to weight the second set of MR images against the material configured to change the MR contrast. The method further includes displaying the first set of MR images and the second set of MR images to selectively display blood flow from each of the multiple, different supplies.

Abstract: In a method for masking one or more regions surrounding an anatomical region of interest for each of one or more MRI images obtained from MRI imaging data, the one or more regions surrounding the anatomical region of interest are masked based on control data determined for identifying the anatomical region of interest in the MRI imaging data. The MRI imaging data may be obtained during an MRI exam of a patient for a measurement volume including the anatomical region of interest. The anatomical region of interest may be ascertained before performing the MRI exam.

Abstract: A signal tracking system including: one fixation element to be secured to a rigid body part of the patient surrounding a target body part, the fixation element further including a mapping element, one tracker element to be secured to the fixation element to track, in real time, the internal tracker, and a control unit including a memory to store an internal referential and one image displaying the target body part and one fixation element. The control unit is designed to define, inside the internal referential, at least one 3D frame position attached to the at least one fixation element, and to precisely locate each point of the target body part, the control unit is further designed to precisely localize, in real time, the internal tracker inside the target body part.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method directed to a magnetizer. The magnetizer can include a housing and one or more magnets positioned in an interior of the housing. The housing can include a top face, a bottom face, and a plurality of side faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face. The top face can include a first opening configured to receive a needle, the first opening having a first cross-sectional area. One of the plurality of side faces can include a second opening having a second cross-sectional area. The second cross-sectional area can be at least one third of the first cross-sectional area.

Abstract: An acoustic sensor device including a proximal end connectable to a breathing circuit to receive breathing gases; a distal end connectable to the tracheal tube; a housing, between the proximal end and the distal end, defining a lumen through which the breathing gases flow; an acoustic generator within the housing and positioned to emit acoustic pulses into the lumen; an acoustic receiver within the housing and positioned distally from the acoustic generator; and a first gas property sensor within the housing and positioned proximally from the acoustic receiver, the first gas property comprising at least one of a flow sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, or a temperature sensor.

Abstract: Methods and systems for pulmonary function testing of a subject are provided. Aspects of the present invention include methods and systems configured to generate flow volume curves and compute lung function parameters of a subject and determine potential clinical interpretations of pulmonary function. In addition, the present invention offers advantages including (i) measuring lung function without initial calibration of spirometer information, (ii) the ability to use spirometer information to develop a machine learning based algorithm which will eventually measure lung function without needing spirometer information at all, (iii) computing metrics such as chest and waist width and sitting height of subject.

Abstract: A foot sensor and analysis device, which includes a pressure sensing layer arranged inside the insole and a sensing module installed inside the insole. The sensing module is electrically coupled with the pressure sensing layer for receiving and processing detected electronic signals, where sensing module includes an inductance coil to perform wireless charging to the battery. The pressure sensing layer and the sensing module are integrally formed inside the insole.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a wearable device to be worn around a pelvis of an object, comprising: a first compressive element configured to embrace the ASIS and PSIS anatomical structures of the object pelvis; a second compressive element configure to embrace the Ischial Tuberosities and Greater A Trochanter anatomical structures of the object pelvis; at least one sensor for sensing pelvic rotation asymmetry of the object in real time during stride motion; at least two actuators for applying a corrective pressure on at least one PSIS and/or Ischial Tuberosities in real time during said stride motion so as to balance a measured pelvis rotation asymmetry of the object the pelvis rotation; and a control unit configured and operable to receive data in real time from said at least two sensors during the stride motion, calculate the pelvis symmetry based on the data received, and activate at least one of said actuators to apply a corrective pressure upon recognition of a pelvis rotation asymmetry.

Abstract: A step width measurement device includes a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between both feet of a user by using propagation data related to transmission/reception times of ultrasonic waves transmitted/received by ultrasonic transmission/reception devices mounted on each of the both feet of the user, a height calculation unit that calculates a height of a sensor by using sensor data including a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity measured by sensors mounted on each of the both feet of the user, and a step width calculation unit that calculates a step width of the user by using the distance between the both feet measured at the same timing and the height of the sensor.

Abstract: A device (1) for determining sweat parameters of a user is provided, which device comprises a microfluidic structure (10) having a collection chamber (16) configured to collect sweat from a first skin area (i), and a sensor (12) configured to determine a sweat parameter from sweat from the first skin area (i). The device also comprises an evaporation control chamber (14), which is connected to the microfluidic structure (10), configured to utilize fluid collected at a second area (ii) to moisten the microfluidic structure (10). The moistening of the microfluidic structure (10) aims to increase the available sweat for the sensor to determine a sweat parameter, by increasing the humidity inside the microfluidic structure (10) and thus, decreasing the evaporation of sweat. A method for determining sweat parameters of a user is also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a wearable electronic device, such as a watch, that includes one or more optical sensors. In order to determine accuracy of measurements by the optical sensors, the device detects whether or not the optical sensors are in physical contact with the user's skin. The device detects a level of contact between the user's skin and the optical sensors based on electrostatic charge variation measurements, and generates a contact reliability index (CRI) based on the level of contact. Operation of the optical sensors are adjusted based on the CRI.

Abstract: Glucose monitoring devices and related systems and methods, the glucose monitoring devices including a sensor electronics unit having a housing and a printed circuit board disposed within the housing, a transcutaneous glucose sensor assembly, and a conductive sensor connector. The printed circuit board includes a first electrical contact, the transcutaneous glucose sensor assembly includes a distal portion having a working electrode and proximal portion having a working-electrode contact in electrical communication with the working electrode, and the conductive sensor connector electrically connects the working-electrode contact with the first electrical contact. Further, the conductive sensor connector extends through a hole in the proximal portion of the transcutaneous glucose sensor assembly and through a hole in the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A continuous (multi-)analyte sensor device is provided, comprising a (multi-)analyte sensor operably coupled to a signal transducer, the (multi-)analyte sensor comprising at least one membrane, the least one membrane comprising a least one first transducing element, and at least one of a mediator and/or a regenerative cofactor.

Abstract: A biological fluid collection device that receives a sample and provides flow-through blood stabilization technology and a precise sample dispensing function for point-of-care and near patient testing applications is disclosed. A biological fluid collection device of the present disclosure is able to effectuate distributed mixing of a sample stabilizer within a blood sample and dispense the stabilized sample in a controlled manner. In this manner, a biological fluid collection device of the present disclosure enables blood micro-sample management, e.g., passive mixing with a sample stabilizer and controlled dispensing, for point-of-care and near patient testing applications. Advantageously, a biological fluid collection device of the present disclosure includes an internal vacuum. In this manner, a biological fluid collection device of the present disclosure eliminates the need for additional vacuum creating components that must be connected to the biological fluid collection device during use.

Abstract: Personal diagnostic devices including diagnostic patches (bio-patches) and interactive medical bracelets (bio-bracelets) are provided with a skin/patch interface, at least one analysis layer, a signal processing layer, and a user output interface. Embodiments of the interactive diagnostic devices may include micro-fluidic circuits with reaction chambers, analysis chambers, mixing cambers, and various pre-disposed chemistries or reagents for performing a wide verity of tests by trans-dermal transport of blood or perspiration. Sample collection chambers for the fluidic circuit may include minimally invasive tubules that penetrate the skin surface to acquire blood samples from capillaries near the epidermis. Alternate implementations of the personal diagnostic device may be equipped with logic processing, input/output devices, acoustic microphones, cryogenic circuits, embedded processors, electrical control circuitry, and battery current sources or photovoltaic sources of electrical power.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method by which a device provides a service so as to enable cognitive function rehabilitation by using a virtual object model comprises the steps of: generating a virtual object model in a virtual space matched to correspond to a real space where a subject is located; generating a plurality of first preliminary stimuli for identifying egocentric neglect in the visual range of the subject on the basis of the virtual object model; obtaining and collecting first reaction information about whether the subject has recognized the first preliminary stimuli; determining an egocentric cognition range in which the subject can egocentrically recognize visual stimuli on the basis of the first reaction information; sequentially generating a plurality of second preliminary stimuli for identifying allocentric neglect in the egocentric cognition range on the basis of the virtual object model; obtaining and collecting second reaction information about whether the subject has recognized the secon

Abstract: A wearable computing device includes a housing having a wrist-side face configured to sit against a wrist of a user of the wearable computing device when being worn by the user, an electronic display arranged within the housing, a plurality of biometric sensor electrodes positioned on the wrist-side face so as to maintain skin contact with the user when being worn on the wrist by the user, and at least one driver communicatively coupled to the plurality of biometric sensor electrodes. Each of the plurality of biometric sensor electrodes continuously measures, at least, one or more parameters indicative of electrical impedance of the user at a location of the skin contact.

Abstract: A wearable device is configured to perform stress detection, emotion recognition and emotional management. The wearable device may perform a process that includes monitoring an emotional score of a user, the emotional score computed based on measured biological signals of the user. The device may detect an emotional event from the monitored emotional score. The device may transmit an alert signal to the user in response to the detected emotional event, in which an action plan associates the alert signal with a corresponding action to be performed by the user. The device may evaluate an effectiveness of the action plan by evaluating an impact of the action on the emotional score of the user. The device may determine a change to the action plan based on the evaluated effectiveness of the action plan. Finally, the device may incorporate the determined change into the action plan.