Abstract: Dispenser for dispensing sheet materials are provided. The dispenser includes a back frame assembly and a front cover assembly configured to form a housing. The back frame assembly includes one or more mounting tracks disposed on an internal surface of the back frame assembly. The back frame assembly includes one or more roll support members. The roll support members have a first end configured to support a roll of sheet material and a second end configured to engage the one or more mounting tracks to attach the one or more roll support members to the back frame assembly. The roll support members can be positioned at various locations in the one or more mounting tracks in order to accommodate rolls of sheet material having varying widths.

Abstract: In a suction head configured to be applied in a vacuum cleaner and to perform a cleaning action on a surface, and that includes a housing and two rotatable brushes in a substantially parallel arrangement in the housing, a surface of the housing facing the brushes having two adjacent concavely curved areas, wherein each of those areas covers a portion of a respective one of the brushes. Further, the surface is provided with an outlet opening that is in fluid communication with a coupling area of the suction head, and the outlet opening is at a position of an interface of the concavely curved areas and is dimensioned to cover only a portion of a length of the brushes.

Abstract: A method for cleaning a workspace, including: autonomously moving, with a mechanism of a robot, a cloth of a mopping assembly of the robot upwards and downwards relative to a work surface of the work space. The cloth is disengaged from the work surface when the cloth is moved upwards relative to the work surface such that the cloth is not in contact with the work surface. The cloth is engaged with the work surface when the cloth is moved downwards relative to the work surface such that the cloth is in contact with the work surface. The mechanism moves the cloth of the mopping assembly upwards and downwards relative to the work surface based on input provided by at least one sensor of the robot.

Abstract: A detection system for detecting a virus or the like. The detection system includes an autonomous collection device that is capable of moving on a floor surface and for collecting an object on the floor surface, and a station device for detecting an analyte from the object collected from the floor surface by the autonomous collection device. The autonomous collection device includes a moving part for moving on the floor surface, a primary electric blower for sucking the object on the floor surface, and a dust container for storing the sucked object. The station device includes a transfer pipe fluidically connected to the dust container of the autonomous collection device when the autonomous collection device is positioned in a home position, and a virus detection part for detecting the analyte from the object transferred from the dust container through the transfer pipe.

Abstract: A cleaning device may include a body unit movable along one plane, a first suction unit extending in a first direction and arranged under the body unit, and through which waste is suctionable, a second suction unit extending in the first direction and arranged under the body unit, and through which waste is suctionable, a partition unit extending in the first direction and arranged between the first suction unit and the second suction unit, a roller unit arranged in the first suction unit, extending in the first direction, and arranged to be rotatable around one axis extending in the first direction, a brush extending by a first length from an outer circumferential surface of the roller unit, and a driving unit generating power such that the roller unit rotates around the one axis.

Abstract: A filter bag configured for use in a vacuum cleaner is provided. The filter bag includes a first layer of filter material with a selected value of efficiency in removing airborne particulates, and a second layer that is impregnated with silver or a silver compound with antimicrobial properties.

Abstract: A cleaning system may include a vacuum cleaner and a docking station. The vacuum cleaner may include an air inlet, a suction motor having a suction motor inlet and a suction motor outlet, and a cleaner dust cup configured to transition between a collection position and an emptying position, the cleaner dust cup being upstream of the suction motor inlet when in the collection position and downstream of the suction motor outlet when in the emptying position. The docking station may include a base, a support extending from the base, a station dust cup removably coupled to the support, and a receptacle coupled to the support and configured to receive at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner, the cleaner dust cup being fluidly coupled to and upstream of the station dust cup when the vacuum cleaner is inserted in the receptacle.

Abstract: A wet-dry vacuum cleaner including a collecting bin and a power head removably coupled to the collecting bin. The power head includes a housing configured to support the power head on the collecting bin, an exhaust outlet, and a cyclonic separator positioned within the housing. The cyclonic separator includes a dirty air inlet, a chamber, and a clean air outlet. The power head further includes a suction motor assembly operable to create a working airflow path from the dirty air inlet to the exhaust outlet, and a filter disposed within a filter housing hanging downwardly from the suction motor assembly. The filter is positioned within the working airflow path adjacent the clean air outlet of the cyclonic separator.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vacuum cleaner. In the disclosed vacuum cleaner, a dust container includes a casing which has one open side and in which a suction port is formed in a circumferential surface of the casing, a filter unit which is provided in the casing, allows air introduced through the suction port to pass, and filters out foreign matter contained in the air, and an inlet guide member which is provided on an inner surface of the casing corresponding to one edge of the suction port so that the air introduced through the suction port generates a vortex to guide foreign matter having a predetermined size or larger among the foreign matter to fall to an inner bottom of the casing and to guide foreign matter attached to a surface of the filter unit to be detached.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing including an upright handle assembly and a base mounted to the upright handle assembly. The surface cleaning apparatus is further provided with a fluid delivery system comprising a fluid dispenser configured to dispense fluid and at least one fluid delivery channel forming a portion of a fluid delivery pathway. A method of removing debris and fluid from a floor surface using a surface cleaning apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus adapted for wet cleaning includes a heated fluid delivery system that dispenses heated liquid and steam vapor. The heated fluid delivery system can include a heated liquid outlet and a steam vapor outlet. The apparatus can further include a liquid delivery system, and/or a recovery system.

Abstract: A water tank is provided for communicating with a cleaning system on a base station body of a base station and outside of the base station. The water tank includes a clean water cavity configured to hold clean water, a clean water input channel configured to be communicated with the clean water cavity and an external water source outside the base station, a clean water output channel configured to be communicated with the clean water cavity and the cleaning system on the base station body, a sewage cavity configured to hold sewage, a sewage input channel configured to be communicated with the cleaning system on the base station body and the sewage cavity, and a sewage output channel configured to be communicated with the sewage cavity and outside of the base station.

Abstract: A dishwashing appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a sump, and a filter assembly. The tub may be positioned within the cabinet and define a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing. The sump may be positioned at a bottom portion of the tub along a vertical direction. The sump may include an internal wall defining a collection chamber. The filter assembly may be at least partially received within the collection chamber. The filter assembly may include a top cap extending above the collection chamber. The top cap may include a fixed indicium calibrated to a predetermined fill volume of the dishwashing appliance.

Abstract: A shoe care apparatus includes an inner cabinet, a suction port, a discharge port, a connection flow path, a blower and a moisture absorbent block. The moisture absorbent block includes an inner mesh, an outer mesh and a moisture absorbent. A first flow path, which is a portion of the connection flow path, is provided inside the inner mesh, and a second flow path, which is a portion of the connection flow path, is provided outside the outer mesh. Air inside the inner cabinet flows into the connection flow path through the suction port, flows to the second flow path from the first flow path while passing through the moisture absorbent block, is dehumidified by means of the moisture absorbent block, and then is circulated inside of the shoe care apparatus while being discharged into the inner cabinet again through the discharge port.

Abstract: A shoe care apparatus includes an inner cabinet, an inlet, an outlet, a connection passage, a heater, a blower, and a desiccant block. The air inside the inner cabinet flows into the connection passage through the inlet, and is discharged back into the inner cabinet through the outlet after being dehumidified by the desiccant block while circulating inside the shoe care apparatus. The heater is located in the inner space of the desiccant block to recycle the desiccant of the desiccant block.

Abstract: A surgical robotic system includes an image processing device configured to receive a stereoscopic video feed and output a depth map. The image processing device may process the stereoscopic video feed through two different depth mapping algorithms concurrently and to compare the output of each of the algorithms (i.e., two depth maps) to determine whether the output of one of the algorithms is accurate.

Abstract: A surgical image acquisition system includes multiple illumination sources, each source emitting light at a specified wavelength, a light sensor to receive light reflected from a tissue sample illuminated by each of the illumination sources, and a computing system. The computing system may receive data from the light sensor when the tissue sample is illuminated by the illumination sources, and calculate structural data related to one or more characteristics of a structure within the tissue. The structural data may be a surface characteristic such as a surface roughness or a structure composition such as a collagen and elastin composition. The computer system may further transmit the structural data to a smart surgical device. The smart devices may include a smart stapler, a smart RF sealing device, or a smart ultrasonic cutting device. The system may include a controller and computer enabled instructions to accomplish the above.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus, a method, a program, a diagnosis supporting apparatus, and an endoscope system are provided. The medical image processing apparatus includes one or more processor configured to acquire medical images including a first medical image and a second medical image preceding the first medical image in time-series, display the medical images in time-series, emphasize regions of interest included in the medical images at set emphasis degrees, determine whether a first region of interest included in the first medical image is identical with a second region of interest included in the second medical image, and set one of the emphasis degrees for a displayed region of interest corresponding to the first region of interest to a relatively larger value than another of the emphasis degrees which is set preceding the one of the emphasis degrees in time-series in a case where the determination is affirmative.

Abstract: An electrical device includes a memory storing a value indicative the remaining available rated capacity of one or more batteries. The stored value is changed in use to reflect reducing capacity. The initial stored value is chosen so that there is a very high (e.g. >99.9%) confidence that the one or more batteries will provide at least the capacity indicated by the initial stored value. This reduces the chance of failure during emergency procedures. The one or more batteries may be integral to the electrical device. An override facility is provided.

Abstract: A monitor device and a method of using the monitor device in a medical visualisation system including a visualisation device having an image sensor configured to generate image data indicative of a view, the monitor device configured to operate in a first interface orientation mode and a second interface orientation mode, wherein in the first interface orientation mode, a second portion is between a fourth housing side and a first portion, and wherein in the second interface orientation mode, the second portion is between a third housing side and the first portion.

Abstract: In an endoscope system, a processor is programmed to control the image sensor and/or illumination to underexpose or overexpose every other frame of the video image data. The image sensor generates image data at a frame rate. Successive pairs of frames of the image data are combined to recover dynamic range and detail in over-bright or over-dark portions of the image, and the combined frames have the full frame rate of the video as generated by the image sensor. A machine learning model processes the video to simultaneously upsample the image data to a resolution higher than that captured by the image sensor, to sharpen edges, and to enhance local contrast. A two-output PID control algorithm controls exposure intensity by controlling at least two of gain, exposure, and illumination to achieve image display at a setpoint intensity, maximum change per step of the PID control damped to prevent oscillation.

Abstract: An endoscopic device is provided and includes an insertion tube, an imaging assembly, a light guiding component and a light emitting component. The imaging assembly includes a lens set and an image sensor. The lens set is located adjacent to a distal end of the insertion tube. The image sensor is located inside the insertion tube and engaged with the lens set. The light guiding component is located adjacent to the distal end of the insertion tube and beside the lens set. The light guiding component includes an outer end adjacent to the distal end of the insertion tube and an inner end opposite to the outer end. A length of the light guiding component is greater than a length of the imaging assembly. The light emitting component is located inside the insertion tube and adjacent to the inner end of the light guiding component.

Abstract: An endoscope accessory, such as a coupler device, is provided that includes a main body with a visualization section for allowing viewing of tissue by the endoscope and a proximal end configured for attachment to a distal end portion of the endoscope. The device includes a passage within the main body having an open distal end and a proximal end aligned with the working channel of the endoscope. A locking element on the coupler device secures an angle of exit of an instrument passing through the passage.

Abstract: An introducer assembly introduces an elongate member into a tubular structure and may be configured into ready, introduced, and detached modes. The introducer assembly has a guide tube, a slide collar, and proximal and distal connector assemblies. The guide tube has a proximal body, and a distal portion, the distal portion being rotatably connected to the proximal body. The slide collar has a grip, a slide post, and a centered capture structure. The proximal connector assembly is detachably nested within the centered capture structure. The distal connector assembly is detachably nested within the distal portion and is connectable to the tubular structure. The introducer assembly may be converted from the ready mode to the introduced mode to the detached mode by manual manipulation to introduce and secure the elongate member within the connected tubular structure, and then detach the guide tube leaving the elongate member within the connected tubular structure.

Abstract: An endoscope bending operation mechanism comprises an up-down bending operation knob (a left-right bending operation knob), an up-down bending pulley (a left-right bending pulley) supported for rotation by a pulley case, the up-down bending pulley is configured to move by an operation force from the up-down bending operation knob, an up-down bending operation wire (a left-right bending operation wire) having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of which is connected to the up-down bending pulley (the left-right bending pulley) and the distal end of which is connected to a bending portion of an insertion section of an endoscope, a stopper member, a protruding portion, the stopper member and the protruding portion are movable relative to each other, an amount of relative rotation between the up-down bending pulley (the left-right bending pulley) and the pulley case is restricted by the protruding portion contacting the stopper member.

Abstract: A continuous flow endoscope device includes an elongated tubular member defining an interior, a first channel disposed within the interior of the elongated tubular member, a second channel disposed within the interior of the elongated tubular member, and an optics device disposed in a free space of the interior of the elongated tubular member. The second channel is configured to receive an instrument therein during a first portion of an operation. A lumen defined through the second channel is fluidly isolated from a lumen defined through the first channel. The free space of the interior of the elongated tubular member being a space within the interior of the elongated tubular member not occupied by either the first channel or the second channel.

Abstract: An endoscopic device has a handle including an adapter, a shaft connected to the handle, and one or more wires within the handle. The adapter defines one or more openings in a side or proximal end of the adapter. The shaft has a plurality of lumens extending from a proximal end of the shaft to a distal end of the shaft. A first lumen of the plurality of lumens is a working channel for receiving a medical instrument. Each of the one or more wires enter through the one or more openings in the adapter for guiding the one or more wires to a corresponding lumen other than the first lumen and to the distal end of the shaft.

Abstract: A system for image inpainting of in-vivo images includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor(s), cause the system to access an in-vivo image of a portion of a gastrointestinal tract where the in-vivo image includes image regions to be reconstructed, process the in-vivo image by a trained image inpainting deep learning model to provide a reconstructed in-vivo image, and provide the reconstructed in-vivo image to a device for viewing by a medical professional.

Abstract: An optical test apparatus can be adapted to enable users to self-orient for performing one or more optical tests, including, for example, an optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan. The test apparatus includes a housing, an optical device and an eyecup assembly. The optical device includes an eyepiece. A distal end portion of the eyecup assembly is coupled to the proximal end of the housing so an aperture of the eyecup assembly can align with the optical axis of the eyepiece. The eyecup assembly can be mechanically biased to provide a depth adjustment for at least the proximal end portion of the eyecup assembly relative to the eyepiece in a direction parallel to the optical axis of the eyepiece. The eyecup assembly can be configured as a single-eye design or a dual-eye design.

Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a first left eye measurement optical system for measurement of dimensional information in a front-back direction of a left eye, a second left eye measurement optical system for measurement of a corneal shape of the left eye, a third left eye measurement optical system for measurement of a refractive property of the left eye, a first right eye measurement optical system for measurement of dimensional information in a front-back direction of a right eye, a second right eye measurement optical system for measurement of a corneal shape of the right eye, a third right eye measurement optical system for measurement of a refractive property of the right eye, and a control unit to control the first, second and third left eye measurement optical systems and the first, second and third right eye measurement optical systems.

Abstract: Methods and systems for assessing and/or treating visual disorders, such as discorder in accommodative ability and/or vergence ability, of a person are provided. Assessment and training exercises can be performed utilizing a computerized system in communication with a head-mountable display (HMD), such as a virtual or augmented reality display, which can display visual targets at various vergence and accommodative demands. Lenses, such as inverted bifocal lenses, may be used in combination with the HMD to mimic natural accommodative demand during viewing or to enable assessment and treatment of accommodation disorders. Corrective factors can be calculated and utilized for generation of visual targets to account for lens characteristics and/or interpupillary distance mismatch.

Abstract: Detecting position information related to a face, and more particularly to an eyeball in a face, using a detection and ranging system, such as a Radio Detection And Ranging (“RADAR”) system, or a Light Detection And Ranging (“LIDAR”) system. The position information may include a location of the eyeball, translational motion information related to the eyeball (e.g., displacement, velocity, acceleration, jerk, etc.), rotational motion information related to the eyeball (e.g., rotational displacement, rotational velocity, rotational acceleration, etc.) as the eyeball rotates within its socket.

Abstract: Described herein is the use of a visible near infrared (VNIR) hyperspectral imaging system as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for early detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Also described herein is the use of a VNIR hyperspectral imaging system in high throughput screening of potential therapeutics against AD.

Abstract: A system for obtaining optical coherence tomography of the optical system of a person, comprising: an eyepiece customized for alignment and positioning to contact a person's eye socket and having a lens pocket for receiving a refractive lens customized for the person's eye refraction characteristics; a condensing system for receiving light from the eyepiece; a scanning module optically connected to the condensing system and having a mirror tiltable in two directions for obtaining optical scanning data from the person's optical system; and a spectrometer and camera module optically connected to the scanning module for obtaining and storing the optical scanning data, wherein the eyepiece, condensing system and scanning module are arranged to provide an optical path for delivering a light beam to the person's eye, and receive reflected light to be directed to the scanning module.

Abstract: An electrocardiographic (ECG) device and fabrication methods of the ECG device are provided for sensing cardiac activities in a test subject. The ECG device includes a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of bridges connecting adjacent electrodes of the plurality of electrodes. The electrodes each has a structure including a first layer and a third layer disposed above the third layer, a second layer of liquid metal disposed between the first and third layers, and a fourth layer of conductive material disposed on the third layer, and the second layer of liquid metal is electrically connected with the fourth layer of conductive material. Each electrode may include a metal film connecting the second layer of liquid metal with the fourth layer of conductive material. The first and third layers are formed with stretchable material, making the ECG device skin-adherent, highly stretchable, and conformal.

Abstract: A portable device for detecting a large vessel occlusion in a patient's brain by transmitting a signal into both sides of the brain and receiving the reflections of the transmitted signals to capture a single reflection data point of the characteristics of the blood vessels and brain tissue on both sides of the brain. Using the captured single reflection data point values to perform a comparative analysis between the right and left side of the brain, and based on this analysis, assessing whether the patient is experiencing a large vessel occlusion. If so, the device generates an alert.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a medical system (100, 300, 700) comprising a magnetic resonance imaging system (102) configured to acquire lines of k-space (144) data from a thoracic region (122) of a subject (118). Execution of machine executable instructions (140) causes a computational system (132) to: repeatedly (200) acquire the lines of k-space data by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with the pulse sequence commands; repeatedly (202) assemble motion resolved k-space data (146) from the lines of k-space data using at least one cardiac phase and one respiratory phase of the subject as the k-space data is acquired; retrieve (204) at least a portion (148) of the motion resolved k-space data during acquisition of the k-space data; and construct (206) a preliminary three-dimensional cardiac image (150) using at least a portion of the motion resolved k-space data before acquisition of the lines of k-space data is finished.

Abstract: An image diagnosis catheter includes: an outer tube; a first support tube disposed on the radially inner side of the outer tube; a drive shaft disposed on the radially inner side of the first support tube; an inner tube disposed on the radially inner side of the outer tube and radially outer side of the first support tube; and a second support tube disposed on the radially inner side of the inner tube and radially outer side of the drive shaft, being axially movable with the drive shaft and the inner tube and relative to the outer tube and the first support tube.

Abstract: An image capturing and processing device configured to measure a fluorescence signal in a tissue of a body part, to which a fluorescent agent has been added, and to image a surface of the body part. The device including a light source, two or more image sensors configured to capture fluorescent images and visible light images of the body part. The two or more image sensors are configured in that a viewing direction and/or a perspective of the fluorescence images and the visible light images are linked via a known relationship. A processor applies a stitching algorithm on the visible light images and similarly on the fluorescence images to generate a large visible light image and a large fluorescence image.

Abstract: An image capturing and processing device configured to measure a fluorescence signal in a tissue of a limb, to which a fluorescent agent has been added, and of determining a 3D representation of at least a section of the limb. The device including a light source, a fluorescence imaging sensor and processing configured to receive data on a topology of the surface of at least the section of the limb and to determine a 3D representation of at least the section of the limb from the data. The processor is further configured to output the fluorescence image and a visualization of the 3D representation.

Abstract: An image capturing and processing device to measure a fluorescence signal in tissue and image a surface of a body part. The device includes a fluorescence image sensor to capture a fluorescence image . The fluorescence image sensor captures time sequence of fluorescence images A peak frequency map unit determines a peak frequency map for an area of interest in the fluorescence images by analyzing the time sequence of fluorescence images. The analyzing includes: determining a time-dependent intensity curve, identifying peaks in the time-dependent intensity curve and determining one or more of a frequency of the identified peaks and a maximum high of the identified peaks, generating a graphic representation of one or more of the determined frequency and maximum high and including the same in the peak frequency map. The peak frequency map together with one or more of the visible light image and the fluorescence image are outputted.

Abstract: A device and systems are disclosed for characterization of an object at an intravascular location based on detection of reflected light, wherein a detected reflected light intensity is measured at each wavelength or wavelength range of a set. At least one ratio is determined between the detected reflected light intensities, including at least two discrete wavelengths or wavelength ranges. Based on the at least one ratio, a type and/or composition of the object at the intravascular location can be determined. This provides a simple analytic system when compared to a full spectroscopic analysis.

Abstract: A method of delivering a substance to a target location of a subject using an insertion apparatus having a base structure with at least one lumen extending along a length thereof, a cladding layer circumferentially surrounding the base structure and an optically-transmissive coating circumferentially surrounding an exterior of the base layer or an exterior of the cladding layer. The method includes inserting the insertion apparatus into the subject to access the target location, transmitting to tissue adjacent the insertion apparatus, a first optical radiation using the optically-transmissive coating or the cladding layer, receiving, from the tissue, at a processor, data characterizing a second optical radiation via the other of the optically-transmissive coating or the cladding layer based on the first optical radiation and determining whether a tip of the base structure is at the target location, and, if so, releasing a substance into or near the target location.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for acquiring a photoacoustic image and an ultrasonic image, which simultaneously acquires an optoacoustic image signal and an ultrasonic signal by integrally supporting a laser probe that outputs laser power to a object, a first ultrasonic probe that receives a first ultrasonic input from the object by the laser output, and a second ultrasonic probe that outputs an ultrasonic output to the object and receives a second ultrasonic input emitted from the object by the ultrasonic output, and moving together the laser probe, the first ultrasonic probe, and the second ultrasonic probe, the device comprising: an upper support block that supports the laser probe and the second ultrasonic probe on the upper surface thereof; and a lower support block that is coupled to a lower surface of the upper support block and supports the first ultrasonic probe on the side surface thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for inputting a combined photoacoustic/ultrasonic image, which generates 3D image information for a object by performing 2D scanning on the object by a first linear motion of a photoacoustic probe and an ultrasonic probe, and a second linear motion perpendicular to the first linear motion, the apparatus comprising: a transfer unit that move the photoacoustic probe and the ultrasonic probe with respect to the object in the first and/or second direction; a photoacoustic unit that outputs a laser to the object, receives a first ultrasound from the object by the laser, and generates a photoacoustic image signal; an ultrasonic unit that outputs an ultrasound to the object, receives a second ultrasound from the object by the ultrasound, and generates an ultrasonic image signal; and a main controller that combines photoacoustic image and ultrasonic image to generate a combined photoacoustic/ultrasonic image.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for monitoring for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in a subject are disclosed. The disclosed system includes a laser speckle flow index sensor to monitor peripheral perfusion of the subject, and a multispectral Hb sensor to monitor intravascular hemoglobin concentration of the subject. The LSFI (laser speckle flow index) sensor uses laser speckle imaging of peripheral skin and muscle tissues to monitor peripheral perfusion.

Abstract: A system and method for promoting and safeguarding the wellbeing of patients in relation to a fluid injection may obtain patient data; determine, based on the patient data, an initial risk prediction for a patient for a fluid injection to be administered to the patient, the initial risk prediction including a probability that the patient experiences at least one adverse event in response to the fluid injection; provide, to a user device, before the fluid injection is administered to the patient, the initial risk prediction; determine, after the fluid injection is started, sensor data associated with the patient; determine, based on the sensor data determined after the fluid injection is started, a current risk prediction including a probability that the patient experiences the at least one adverse event in response to the fluid injection; and provide, to the user device, the current risk prediction.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for cardiac monitoring. A method may include comparing, using a machine learning (ML) algorithm, an activity level of a user with one or more heart rate parameters of the user to determine whether a discordance is present between the activity level and the one or more heart rate parameters. In response to detecting that a discordance is present, performing an electrocardiogram (ECG) of the user to obtain ECG data of the user. An ML algorithm may be trained to detect an arrythmia using a historical set of training data including the activity level, the one or more heart rate parameters and previously recorded heart rate parameters, and a historical set of ECG data including the ECG data and previously recorded ECG data.

Abstract: A method for providing autoregulation function information is provided. The method includes: a) continuously sensing a tissue region with a tissue oximeter during a period of time, the sensing producing first signals representative of at least one tissue oxygenation parameter; b) continuously measuring a blood pressure level during the period of time using a blood pressure sensing device, the measuring producing second signals representative of the blood pressure level of the subject; c) evaluating the at least one tissue oxygenation parameter using the first signals and the blood pressure level using the second signals, relative to one another; d) producing a recent profile of autoregulation data using the first and second signals from a recent portion of the period of time; e) producing a historical profile of autoregulation data using the first and second signals from a historical portion of the period of time.

Abstract: A bio-optical physio-logging device designed for attaching to an animal and capturing real-time physiological data of the animal. The bio-optical physio-logging device includes a hardware architecture platform configured to capture physiological signals including the movement, position, and temperature of an animal. The bio-optical physio-logging device is further operable to generate real-time alerts and recommendations based on the animal physiological data.