Abstract: Provided herein is a blood collection system including a syringe assembly and a container. The syringe assembly includes a syringe having a chamber and a fluid connector component, and a plunger assembly including an adapter member, a receiving cavity, and a fluid access component. The adapter member includes a stopper slidable within the barrel, and a channel extending between the stopper and an opening of the receiving cavity, with the fluid access component positioned over the opening and extending into the receiving cavity. A cannula is secured within the fluid connector component and extends proximally through the stopper to fluidly connect the fluid connector component with the channel. A scrubbing cap is secured to the fluid connector component that includes a housing defining a cavity within which a scrubbing insert is positioned. The container is positionable within the receiving cavity and may be engaged with the fluid access component.

Abstract: Provided herein is a system including a pre-filled syringe with a barrel defining a chamber containing a solution therein and a fluid connector component at the distal end of the barrel. A plunger assembly including a plunger and a stopper is movable within the barrel, with the plunger including a channel extending along a length thereof. An access device is positioned at the proximal end of the plunger and includes a receiving cavity and a fluid access component, the receiving cavity having an opening aligned with the channel and the fluid access component positioned over the opening and extending into the receiving cavity. A cannula is positioned within the barrel and extends through the stopper, the cannula placing the fluid connector component in fluid communication with the channel. A closure assembly is secured to the fluid connector component and includes a seal member configured to seal off a lumen thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a puncture needle that receives lower puncture resistance than conventional techniques. A puncture needle in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes a needle body (10) that includes a main portion (12) and a distal portion (11) tapering from the main portion (12) and that is rotatable about a central axis (1) of the needle body (10), the needle body (10) including needle parts (15) separated by a boundary along the central axis, each of the needle parts (15) being independently translatable along the central axis (1).

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for assessing and reducing mental strain of a user when the user operates an information handling system comprising. Sensors of the information handling system's display capture light that is reflected from an eye of the user. The captured light is converted to voltage values over time. The voltage values are correlated to eye movement or blinking. If the eye movement or blinking meets or exceeds a threshold value, corrective action is taken to reduce mental strain of the user.

Abstract: To provide an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium that can detect a worry and notify a user of a message. An information processing system includes a control unit that performs control to estimate at least one of a worry cause of the user and a degree of worry of the user, and present a message to the user when at least one of the worry cause and the degree of worry satisfies a specific condition.

Abstract: An information processing method that is executed by one or more computers includes: acquiring first biological information of a first user and second biological information of a second user; determining, on the basis of the first biological information, whether the first user is in a state of stress; (i) in a case where it is determined that the first user is not in the state of stress, outputting first degree-of-empathy information that is information generated on the basis of the first biological information and the second biological information and that indicates a degree of empathy between the first user and the second user; and (ii) in a case where it is determined that the first user is in the state of stress, outputting second degree-of-empathy information that indicates a degree of empathy that is higher than the degree of empathy indicated by the first degree-of-empathy information.

Abstract: A method for measuring a neural response to a stimulus. Measurement circuitry is settled prior to a stimulus, by connecting a sense electrode to the measurement circuitry to allow the measurement circuitry to settle towards a bio-electrically defined steady state. Charge is recovered on stimulus electrodes by short circuiting the stimulus electrodes to each other. An electrical stimulus is then applied from the stimulus electrodes to neural tissue, while keeping the sense electrode disconnected from the measurement circuitry. After the stimulus, a delay is imposed during which the stimulus electrodes are open circuited and the sense electrode is disconnected from the measurement circuitry and from the stimulus electrodes. After the delay, a neural response signal present at the sense electrode is measured by connecting the sense electrode to the measurement circuitry.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode patch. The electrode patch includes a substrate and a plurality of electrodes mounted on the substrate. The electrodes are configured to collect electrocardiogram (ECG) measurements from a subject. The substrate includes a central portion that includes a concave side that is shaped and dimensioned such that upon alignment of the concave side under a breast of the subject, the plurality of electrodes are accurately positioned for collecting ECG measurements from the subject.

Abstract: An electrode assembly structured for use in detecting electrodermal activity (EDA) includes a substrate, at least two separate electrodes affixed to the substrate, and a separate electrically-conductive coating covering each electrode. Each coating includes a base portion and a plurality of unit cells extending from the base portion. The unit cells combine to form a microstructure on an outer surface of the coating. Dimensions and spatial arrangements of the unit cells can be controlled to provide controlled variations along a contour defined by the microstructures, so that the contour conforms to ridges in the skin surfaces of multiple users. This increases electrical conductivity between the skin surfaces and the conductive coating, thereby enhancing electrical contact between the user and the electrodes covered by the coating.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for capacitively capturing electrical biosignals from a biosignal source in a medical care screening or monitoring environment. The system comprises: a sheet; two capacitive electrodes supported by the sheet: a printed circuit board, PCB, supported by the sheet; two stretchable contacts respectively arranged between each capacitive electrode and the PCB, wherein each stretchable contact is configured to stretch to permit relative movement between its respective capacitive electrode and the PCB while maintaining electrical contact between the PCB and its respective capacitive electrode.

Abstract: A neural interface circuit for bidirectional signal transmission includes at least one electrode configured to collect a neural signal and receive an excitation signal. The neural interface circuit can transmit signals bidirectionally. On the one hand, neural signals can be collected through electrodes, and on the other hand, excitation signals can be received through electrodes. The excitation signals can achieve the purpose of researching or intervening treatment.

Abstract: Some embodiments include processing data via an executable file on a monitor to reduce the dimensionality of the data being transmitted over the wireless network. The output of the executable file also encrypts the data before being transmitted wireless to a remote server. The remote server receives the transmitted data and makes likelihood inferences based on the recorded data.

Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for processing an ECG recording to assess a condition of a mammal. Assessing the condition of the mammal can include screening for atrial fibrillation, and screening for atrial fibrillation can include obtaining a first neural network input, the first neural network input representing an electrocardiogram (ECG) recording of the mammal, and processing the first neural network input with a neural network to generate an atrial fibrillation prediction for the mammal.

Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying one or more P-waves in real-time are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a plurality of signals from an ECG lead configured to be connected with a patient; determine a noise level of the plurality of signals during a pre-determined time interval; identify a plurality of QRS-complex candidates from the received plurality of signals; extract one or more features from each QRS-complex candidate based on the determined noise level of the plurality of signals; cluster, based on the extracted one or more features from each QRS-complex candidate, the plurality of QRS-complex candidates; and identify one or more P-waves from the clustered plurality of QRS-complex candidates. Based on the identified one or more P-waves, a heart block event can be detected.

Abstract: Provided herein are a multifunctional electric wave generator for simulation of brain wave and a control method. The multifunctional electric wave generator for simulation of brain wave includes a base, a protective box fixedly mounted on the top of the base, a support plate located inside the protective box, an electric wave generator body placed on the support plate, consisting of a housing, a signal receiver, a frequency controller, a power amplifier, a waveform converter, an output device, and a digital signal processor; the signal receiver, frequency controller, power amplifier, waveform converter, output device, and digital signal processor are all assembled inside the housing and are interconnected electrically, and a storage mechanism disposed on the protective box for storing the electric wave generator body.

Abstract: The continuous monitoring of electroencephalogram (EEG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) is crucial for detecting the degree of inflammation in a patient in a hospital setting, especially in the intensive care unit. In particular, the heart rate variability is known to correlate with the degree of inflammation. When the inflammation accelerates, this can lead to septic shock of the patient and subsequently multi-organ failure. Therefore, there is a need for a device that monitors the degree of sepsis of the patient. The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for monitoring the EEG and the ECG, and a method combining information from the EEG and the ECG which together with features extracted from the EEG and the ECG are the inputs to a prediction model such as an adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system the output of which is an index of sepsis.

Abstract: The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for neuromodulation that include applying energy (e.g., ultrasound energy) into the tissue to cause a change in a glucose transporter pathway molecule and/or an incretin pathway molecule. In one embodiment, the neuromodulation is performed as a treatment of a metabolic disorder.

Abstract: An oral care system with coaching features. The oral care system may include indicator units to indicate to a user when plaque is present on the oral surfaces and to indicate to a user when it is time to move to a different area of the oral cavity for cleaning. The oral care system may include a feature whereby a user can silence the indicator function so as not to be alerted of the detection of plaque or other oral maladies during a cleaning session. The oral care system may include a light ring which surrounds a button on the handle to inform a user about the amount of time elapsed during a cleaning session.

Abstract: A sleep monitoring apparatus includes a plurality of sensor modules, a transceiver, and a processor operatively coupled with the plurality of sensor modules and the transceiver. The processor is configured to receive, from the plurality of sensor modules, raw sensor data for each of the plurality of sensor modules related to a sleep session of a user of the sleep monitoring apparatus, and perform raw data fusion of the raw sensor data. The raw data fusion generates a fused raw data signal. The processor is further configured to, based on the fused raw data signal, perform feature extraction for the plurality of sensor module; based on the feature extraction, perform feature fusion for the plurality of sensor modules; based on the feature fusion, perform decision fusion for the plurality of sensor modules; and determine a sleep stage of the user based on the decision fusion.

Abstract: A processor and method for detecting pain and non-pain arousal responsive to physical stimuli applied to oral surfaces of a subject. A biological signal such as skin conductance, or another physiological parameter, can be used as a proxy measure for acute pain and/or non-pain arousal. The instances of mechanical engagement with the oral surfaces can be detected or tracked. Differential detection of pain vs non-pain arousal is achieved based on assessing signal synchronization or correlation between the biological signal and the oral contact events.

Abstract: A portable smart device, comprising a sensor coupled to the device, the sensor configured to sense a physiological parameter of a user, and a processor configured to perform a breath training session to determine breathing loop gain in an awake state by instructing the user to breathe in a specified manner, receive physiological data from the sensor, the physiological data representing the sensed physiological parameter of the user, and determine a value of the loop gain based on the physiological data from the sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed are a diabetes sensor, a method for manufacturing the diabetes sensor, and a closed-loop control system. The diabetes sensor includes a substrate, a microneedle array arranged on one side of the substrate, and a plurality of electrodes covering the microneedle array and the substrate, wherein the microneedle array includes a plurality of microneedles; and the plurality of electrodes includes an electrochemical sensor and a reverse iontophoresis device; the electrochemical sensor being configured to detect glucose molecules in interstitial fluid and generate an electrical signal; and the reverse iontophoresis device being configured to generate a reverse iontophoresis effect to attract glucose molecules in a deep skin layer to an upper part of dermis where needle tips of the microneedles are located.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for assessing the severity of an anorectal disorder, such as hemorrhoids. Also provided herein are systems, including exemplar computer-readable storage media and electronic devices, for performing such methods. Such methods and systems provide effective measures and instruments useful for evaluating treatment effectiveness for patients with anorectal disorders.

Abstract: Hip replacement prosthesis are provided, comprising a femoral stem, a femoral head coupled to the femoral stem, and an acetabular assembly coupled to the femoral head, and a plurality of sensors coupled to at least of the femoral stem, femoral head, and acetabular assembly.

Abstract: The disclosed physiological feedback systems and methods assist with assessing, monitoring and/or treating a patient experiencing a cardiac arrest event. The systems and methods receive multiple inputs and are continuous and/or iterative during a treatment session to provide physiological state trends of the patient. An index of the physiological state of the patient can be derived and confounders, and/or their effects, can be identified, and/or removed, from the index. Additionally, the systems and methods can assist with determining ischemic injury in a patient based on cerebral tissue oxygenation and/or other physiological data.

Abstract: A method for identifying urological health information. The method includes storing user-defined inputs provided by a user, monitoring a fluid volume of urine processed by the user, storing parameters regarding the fluid volume of urine, utilizing a machine learning algorithm to provide processed data based on the user-defined inputs and stored parameters, and providing feedback based on the processed data.

Abstract: A blood vessel location device may include a housing. A blood vessel location device may include a light emitting diode (LED) strip coupled to the housing and including a linear array of LEDs, the LED strip moveable between a use position and a storage position relative to the housing. A blood vessel location device may include a control system positioned within the housing and configured to control the LEDs.

Abstract: A physiological monitoring system can use physiological wearable monitors to collect and/or detect various parameters, such as cough, wheeze, heart rate, skin temperature, activity, respiration rate, skin impedance, electro-cardiogram data, blood pressure, galvanic skin response, and the like. A monitoring and alerting system can be used to measure auscultation data signals, especially those associated with a respiration, cardiovascular, digestive, organ or joint component. Signs and symptoms, as well as supporting physiological functions, are tracked against the user's baseline and alerts the user when there is a worsening trend. The system is self-contained in a wearable that detects and logs the signals, analyzes them and generates alerts. The wearable may be attached to the body in various manners, such as with adhesives, clothing, clips, belts, chains, necklaces, ear pieces, clothing circuits or the like.

Abstract: A device is disclosed that includes a device body configured to couple to dentition. The device may include a sensor configured to couple to the device body to be positioned to be adjacent to soft tissue or hard tissue in an oral cavity when the device body couples to the dentition.

Abstract: An auto-powered biosensor capable detecting a target molecule, and a method of powering the same, wherein the biosensor is fabricated with a microfluidics layer, a multimodal sensing layer comprising a biofuel cell and an electrode, and a logic circuit that may include a processor and non-transitory memory with computer executable instructions embedded thereon.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a catheter including an insertion tube and a first position sensor, a pusher including a second position sensor, and an expandable assembly including flexible strips disposed circumferentially around a distal portion of the pusher, with first ends of the strips connected to the distal end of the insertion tube and second ends of the strips connected to the distal portion of the pusher, the flexible strips bowing radially outward when the pusher is retracted, processing circuitry to receive a respective position signal from the first and second position sensors, compute location and orientation coordinates for the position sensors subject to a constraint that the position sensors are coaxial and have a same orientation, compute a distance between the computed location coordinates of the position sensors, and find position coordinates of the flexible strips responsively to at least the computed distance.

Abstract: A display device including: display pixels arranged in a display area of a display panel; light sensing pixels arranged in the display area; a display scan driver configured to drive the display pixels to emit light; a light sensing scan driver configured to drive the light sensing pixels to sense light; and a main driving circuit configured to measure a user's biometric information using light sensing signals received from the light sensing pixels, wherein the main driving circuit displays a preset application program screen during a biometric information measurement period to guide the user's pulse wave signal detection process, and measures the biometric information using pulse wave signals determined to have high accuracy among pulse wave signals detected during the biometric information measurement period.

Abstract: A system for an automated analysis of patient-respiratory data including a processor of a respiratory analysis server node configured to host a machine learning (ML) module and connected to at least one patient-entity node over a network and a memory on which are stored machine-readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: acquire target patient's physiological data from at least one sensor connected to the patient; monitor audio data received from a sensor array, the audio data comprising respiratory sounds originating from the target patient and respiratory sounds originating from persons located in the vicinity of the sensor array; process the audio data to differentiate between the respiratory sounds originating from the target patient and the respiratory sounds originating from the persons located in the vicinity of the sensor array based on at least one property comprising a signal frequency; generate cleaned marked-up audio data based on the processed audio data; pa

Abstract: A patient monitoring system can have a display screen or potion thereof with graphic user interface for displaying indications of a patient's oxygen state. The indications can include the patient's SpO2, dissolved oxygen index, and/or an increasing or decreasing trend of dissolved oxygen index. The displays of oxygen state indications can be compact, and/or able to provide direct visual information to a user of various aspects of the patient's oxygen state. The display elements can be used to represent any other physiological parameters.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining a flow rate for a given vessel includes obtaining, via a processor, dynamic three-dimensional (3D) images of a subject utilizing nuclear medicine imaging. The method also includes obtaining, via the processor, injection parameters for a radiotracer bolus injected into the subject via an automated injector. The method further includes generating, via the processor, time activity curves (TACs) for the radiotracer bolus from the 3D images. The method even further includes estimating, via the processor, the flow rate for the given vessel based on a morphology of the one or more TACs and the injection parameters.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a sensor design in a computed tomography (CT) detector of a medical imaging system. In one embodiment, a detector array may include a post-patient collimator assembly arranged between a detector array and an x-ray source, the collimator assembly having a plurality of collimator plates aligned substantially parallel with a radial direction of an imaging system, a plurality of imaging sensors located in the detector array, and a plurality of non-imaging sensors located in the detector array. In another embodiment, a method may include correcting an imaging sensor signal based on a signal output from a non-imaging sensor.

Abstract: A mobile imaging system or mini C-arm with an increased range of motion is disclosed. The mini C-arm including a mobile base, a C-arm assembly, and an arm assembly for coupling the C-arm assembly and the mobile base. The arm assembly being coupled to the mobile base via a first joint assembly that enables the arm assembly to move relative to the mobile base about first and second axes of rotation. Thus, in use, the first joint assembly enables two degrees of motion—a first vertical pivoting or rotational movement and a second horizontal pivoting or rotational movement. The first joint assembly being coupled to the base via a horizontal axis of rotation that is located at a vertically fixed position so that the horizontal axis of rotation is positioned at a fixed height or distance from the base, and hence a fixed height or distance from the floor.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for analyzing image data of a subject and/or operating and moving an imaging system to obtain image data. The image data can be collected with an imaging system in a selected manner and/or motion. An automatic system and method may define or identify positions for image data acquisition.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for breast positioning assistance during mammography and image guided interventional procedures. In one example, a sensor detection system is utilized to evaluate one or more of a patient position, a breast position, and breast anatomy to determine if the patient and breast are adjusted to desired positions preferred for a desired view and imaging procedure prior to acquiring x-ray images, with real-time feedback provided to guide the user to position the breast and/or the patient based on the evaluation. The evaluation is performed by an artificial intelligence (AI) model stored on the x-ray mammography system that is trained using sensor data obtained from imaging procedures performed using the x-ray mammography system and fashioned into training datasets by a training module located on the x-ray mammography system.

Abstract: Described herein is a computer implemented method for dynamic angiographic imaging comprising: obtaining image data comprising a plurality of corresponding images capturing at least a portion of both an increase phase and a decline phase of a contrast agent in a blood vessel of interest; generating at least one time-enhancement curve of the contrast agent based on the image data; determining a blood flow characteristic in the blood vessel of interest based on the time-enhancement curve. Systems for implementing the method and computer readable media incorporating the method are also described.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to methods and systems for imaging. The method may include obtaining current information of a target subject. The current information may include information relating to current radiation attenuation of the target object. The method may also include obtaining reference information of the target subject. The reference information may include information relating to historical radiation attenuation of the target object. The method may also include determining at least one current parameter of the target subject based on the current information and the reference information. The method may also include obtaining a target image of the target subject based on the at least one current parameter.

Abstract: A method of operating an image apparatus and the imaging apparatus. The method operable to acquire image data of an object with a detector in a selected orientation. The method further operable to acquire image data at an effective detector larger than a physical detector. The image apparatus configured carry out the method.

Abstract: A mechanism for controlling the operation of a CT scanner during a scanning procedure. A radiation outputting system is configured to output radiation during an imaging phase of the scanning procedure. The subject support (patient table) of the CT scanner is controlled to move linearly, e.g. according to some predetermined linear pattern, during this imaging phase. The linear movement of the subject support includes at least one acceleration and/or deceleration phase. At least a beam width of radiation output by the CT scanner is controlled throughout the imaging phase responsive to the speed of the subject support.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for analyzing image data of a subject and/or operating and moving an imaging system to obtain image data. The image data can be collected with an imaging system in a selected manner and/or motion. An automatic system and method may define or identify positions for image data acquisition.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for analyzing image data of a subject and/or operating and moving an imaging system to obtain image data. The image data can be collected with an imaging system in a selected manner and/or motion. An automatic system and method may define or identify positions for image data acquisition.

Abstract: A slip ring system comprises a slip ring component including a number of sliding contact tracks, the sliding contact tracks being arranged coaxially around an axis of rotation, the slip ring component being C-shaped and forming a curved shape with an opening with an opening angle greater than 20° with respect to the axis of rotation; and a contact component including a plurality of brush elements which are arranged at different positions in accordance with a rotation around an arrangement angle around the axis of rotation in such a manner that they can make electrically conductive contact therewith, the arrangement angle of the brush elements relative to each other is greater than the opening angle of the opening.

Abstract: A sensing method and a sensing device are provided. The sensing method includes the following steps: installing the sensing device on a X-ray source device; obtaining a first distance parameter between a X-ray sensing panel and a distance sensor by the distance sensor of the sensing device; obtaining a second distance parameter between a shooting subject and the distance sensor by the distance sensor of the sensing device; and calculating a thickness parameter of the shooting object according to the first distance parameter and the second distance parameter by a microcontroller unit of the sensing device.

Abstract: Tubular medical articles have an interior surface and an exterior surface. At least a portion of the exterior surface of the tube is a printed surface, with a transparent vapor-deposited coating of a barrier polymer covering the exterior surface of the tube. The tube is a polymer composition containing one or more extractable components. The transparent vapor-deposited coating of a barrier polymer is derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer. The printed surface is visible through the barrier polymer layer. The vapor-deposited polymer coating barrier reduces the extraction of extractable component(s) from the tube as well as protecting the printed surface.

Abstract: An echogenic needle may have at least one V-shaped spiral groove formed at its distal portion adjacent to its patient end. The walls of the groove are orthogonal to each other. The groove is titled at a given angle from a neutral position toward the proximal end of the needle so that when the needle is inserted into the patient at an insertion angle under ultrasound imaging, the ultrasound wave emitted from the ultrasound transducer is reflected in a substantially reverse direction back to the transducer by at least one wall of the spiral groove. A pair of crisscrossing grooves may be spirally wound about the distal portion of the needle with each groove being tilted to the given angle to enhance echogeneity. The echogeneity of the needle may also be enhanced by increasing the pitch density of each groove while maintaining the crisscrossing groves at their neutral position.

Abstract: A catheter includes a shaft part having a first shaft and a second shaft. The first shaft is a cylindrical member having a guide wire lumen into which a guide wire is inserted. The second shaft is a cylindrical member having an imaging lumen into which an imaging device for acquiring an image of an interior of a living body lumen is inserted, and is disposed alongside the first shaft. In a first region from a first position at a distal end portion of the shaft part to a second position further on a proximal end side than the first position, the second shaft is not joined to the first shaft. In a second region that is continuous with the first region and that is further on the proximal end side than the first region, the second shaft is joined to the first shaft.