Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire driving data regarding driving of a vehicle in which a medical examination can be performed, determine a driving condition of the vehicle based on the acquired driving data, and adjust implementation timing of at least one examination item included in the medical examination according to the determined driving condition.

Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring a user's balance and stability in various situations are described. An example system includes a sporting surface and a plurality of top electrodes configured to support a user. Each top electrode is disposed beneath the sporting surface. The system also includes at least one bottom electrode and at least one force-sensing sheet between the top electrodes and the bottom electrode(s) to form a plurality of force sensors. Each force sensor provides an electrical signal proportional to an applied force from the user. The system includes read out circuitry configured to obtain sensor data from the force sensors. The system additionally includes a controller having a memory. The memory is configured to store the sensor data and program instructions executable by the controller to perform operations. The operations include determining, based on the sensor data, a balance metric corresponding to the user.

Abstract: A mattress includes one or more sensors. The sensor(s) may be positioned on a sleep surface of the mattress; for example, at locations where an individual's thorax and/or legs would be positioned when the individual assumes a sleeping position on the sleep surface. The sensor(s) may be positioned adjacent to an edge of the mattress, on the sleep surface or on the edge. A processor may be associated with the sensor(s) of the mattress. The processor may process signals received from the sensor(s) to provide information about the mattress, an individual on the mattress, and/or an environment in which the mattress is located.

Abstract: A method is provided, the method including receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form. A system including a processor is provided, a software adapted to be executed on said processor, said software comprising instructions for receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes sensor devices that can be readily integrated with prosthetic devices to provide sensing of force and torque applied to the prosthetic device during use. The sensor device includes an adaptor section that readily connects to standard prosthetic components and a base section. The base section has a deflectable portion and a fixed portion. Cantilevers in the deflectable portion house magnets and corresponding Hall effect sensors are housed in the fixed portion. When axial and/or torsional forces are applied, the cantilevers deflect relative to the fixed section and the Hall effect sensors provide a corresponding output that correlates to the axial and/or torsional forces applied.

Abstract: A method of and system for providing accessibility for digital ink is carried out by detecting digital ink input on a user interface (UI) screen, the digital ink input being received via a writing instrument used by a user within a given time period; capturing an image of the digital ink input; examining the image of the digital ink input to detect tremors in the user; assigning a level to the tremors based on discontinuities or irregularities in the digital ink input within the given time period; determining based on the level that the digital ink input requires correction; and applying a correction to the digital ink input to correct the digital ink input.

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

Abstract: A wearable haptic system is disclosed herein. The wearable haptic system includes two wearable wrist bands and two wearable anklets. Each of the wrist bands includes eight haptic motors, and each of the anklets includes eight haptic motors. The haptic motors are configured to receive Bluetooth signals and are to be actuated to move upon receipt of Bluetooth signals.

Abstract: A wearable dental apparatus for capturing dental properties of a patient includes a support structure. The support structure is configured to be worn on the dentition of the patient. The wearable dental apparatus includes at least one sensor. The sensor is coupled to the support structure. The sensor is configured to capture a series of measurement of a dental property of the patient. The measurements are associated with one or more locations on the dentition of the patient. A dental map is generated based on at least some of the measurements and is displayed. The dentition of a patient is restored by selecting a restoration material based on the measurements.

Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for detecting, monitoring, and responding to abnormalities in a subject's breathing or heartbeat. One or more sensing devices may collect breathing or heartbeat related data, which may be filtered and converted to a frequency signal. The frequency signal may be monitored for irregularity or stoppage, and a processing module may determine whether the irregularity or stoppage is caused by an actual stoppage or irregularity in breathing or heartbeat. If breathing or heartbeat is determined to have stopped, a corrective action may be performed.

Abstract: A system and method operable to monitor hydration and drink activity using one or more body-worn sensors and contextual information to more accurately detect drinking motions made by the user. The system and method can use an application encoded on a non-transitory computer-readable medium to receive disparate data from the one or more sensors to determine if the user has made a drinking motion. The analysis can be further refined using contextual information and a variable threshold to more accurately identify drinking motions.

Abstract: A system and method for installing devices on a user can include an indicator set comprising a marker to place markings on the user, and a set of adhesive pads to be placed on the user. A knee pivot anchor can be attached to the user. A template having a proximal portion can be pivotally mounted to the knee pivot anchor. A distal portion of the template can be positioned at different locations on the user. The template also can have an aperture. A set of pods can be interchangeably located in the aperture of the template. Each pod can be secured to respective locations on the user. The template and the knee pivot anchor can be removed from the user with the pods remaining in place on the user to support a goniometer.

Abstract: A method includes receiving location data of a monitoring device when carried by a user and receiving motion data of the monitoring device. The motion data is associated with a time of occurrence and the location data. The method includes processing the received motion data to identify a group of the motion data having a substantially common characteristic and processing the location data for the group of the motion data. The group of motion data by way of processing the location data provides an activity identifier. The motion data includes metric data that identifies characteristics of the motion data. The method includes transferring the activity identifier and the characteristics of the motion data to a screen of a device for display. The activity identifier being a graphical user interface that receives an input for rendering more or less of the characteristics of the motion data.

Abstract: A patient compliance system is provided that includes a patient monitoring material for determining movement activity associated with a joint of the patient. The patient monitoring material includes at least one sensor for sensing the movement activity and a transmitter. The system also includes a device having a receiver and a processor. The transmitter transmits the movement activity to the receiver, and the processor determines parameters associated with compliance with a rehabilitation/physical therapy program based on the movement activity. A method for monitoring movement activity of a patient is also provided. The method includes sensing movement activity associated with a joint of the patient via at least one sensor embedded within or attached to a patient monitoring material that surrounds the joint; transmitting the movement activity to a device; and determining parameters associated with compliance with a rehabilitation/physical therapy program based on the movement activity via a processor.

Abstract: A tremor suppression device includes a garment wearable on an anatomical region and including electrodes contacting the anatomical region when the garment is worn on the anatomical region, and an electronic controller configured to: detect electromyography (EMG) signals as a function of anatomical location and time using the electrodes; identify tremors as a function of anatomical location and time based on the EMG signals; and apply neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) at one or more anatomical locations as a function of time using the electrodes to suppress the identified tremors.

Abstract: A portable device (1) for quantifying movements of pronation and/or supination of a person, and intended to be used when the person has the elbow on a horizontal support, comprising: a solid armature (2) with: means for attaching (4), configured to secure one hand of the person in the device (1); a central pivot element (5) intended to be in contact with the horizontal support, during the angular oscillations of the hand, between two opposed identical “first block angles” relative to a vertical position called “neutral position”, the “first block angles” defining a “small amplitude”, first means for blocking (8) the movement of pronation and the movement of supination of the elbow, at the two “first block angles”; second means for blocking (9) the movement of pronation and the movement of supination, at two identical opposed “second block angles” relative to the neutral position, between the solid armature (2) relative to the horizontal support, the “second block angles” defining a “large amplitude” greater t

Abstract: A processor identifies keypoints on a hand in a two-dimensional image that is captured by a camera. A three-dimensional pose of the hand is determined using locations of the keypoints to access lookup tables (LUTs) that represent potential poses of the hand as a function of the locations of the keypoints. In some embodiments, the keypoints include locations of tips of fingers and a thumb, joints that connect phalanxes of the fingers and the thumb, palm knuckles that represent a point of attachment of the fingers and the thumb to a palm, and a wrist location that indicates a point of attachment of the hand to a forearm. Some embodiments of the LUTs represent 2D coordinates of the fingers and the thumb in corresponding finger pose planes as a function of the locations of the tips of the fingers or thumb relative to the corresponding palm knuckles.

Abstract: A terminal device comprising circuitry configured to detect a value of a parameter which is variable in response to a variation in vertical position of the terminal device; receive, from infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network, a reference value of the parameter, a reference value of a vertical position at which the reference value of the parameter is associated, and a valid duration information of the reference value of the parameter, the reference value of the parameter being defined relative to a first reference vertical position; and determine a value of the vertical position of the terminal device defined relative to the first reference vertical position.

Abstract: A server includes units for: relaying video data transmitted from a user terminal where the video data is generated to a user terminal where the video data is reproduced; upon reception of a first signal indicative that a first item has been used by a reproducing user while the video data is reproduced, changing a first indicator of a first team associated with the first item in a first direction; upon reception of a second signal indicative that a second item has been used by the reproducing user while the video data is reproduced, changing a second indicator of a second team associated with the second item in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and determining a winner and a loser upon satisfaction of a predetermined condition by at least one of the first indicator of the first team or the second indicator of the second team.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a frailty diagnosis apparatus. The frailty diagnosis apparatus includes a physical performance meter and a processor for determining a frailty index of a target person based on physical performance of the target person obtained by the physical performance meter. The physical performance meter includes at least one among a gait speed meter for measuring a gait speed of the target person, a body balance meter for measuring a body balance maintenance time of the target person, and a muscle strength meter for measuring a muscle exercise time.

Abstract: A system for detecting and/or monitoring at least one of pneumothorax, hemopneumothorax, or hemothorax using one or more light sources and one or more light detectors. The system includes one or more light sources adapted to be placed on skin of a living subject. The one or more light detectors are adapted to be placed on the skin of the living subject. A processing subsystem is coupled to the one or more light sources and the one or more light detectors detects and/or monitors the presence of at least one of pneumothorax, hemopneumothorax, or hemothorax in the living subject.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a processing unit which acquires body motion information of a user during a movement action by the user, and determines terrain while the user is moving based on the body motion information acquired.

Abstract: An example of a posture monitoring and correction system monitors user's posture and induces corrective action. The system includes a wearable monitoring group that acquires posture data with a group of sensors. A processing module is in signal communication with the wearable monitoring group to receive the posture data and compute a risk of injury parameter. Correction elements induce a corrective action in the user's body upon the risk of injury indicator parameter exceeding a threshold level.

Abstract: In one aspect, a multi modal body sensor monitoring and recording system includes a personal status monitor (PSM) that communicates user bio-sensor data to an SCP. The PSM includes a controller comprising a sensing face, an intermediary circuit, and a mounting face. The controller provides a sensor array of specified biosensors. The controller is mountable with an ECG patch. The PSM includes an ECG patch coupled with the controller. The controller is removably mounted via comprising a sensor patch comprising a flat piece of material with an array of sensors arranged on a sensing face of the sensor patch of the sensor patch that is designed with a receptacle to which the controller device is connected into the ECG patch. The ECG patch obtains an ECG data of the user that is passed to the controller. The controller electronically communicates the ECG data and the specified biosensor data to the PHI server.

Abstract: Various arrangements for monitoring for contactless human interactions and health using a single radar transmission modulation mode are provided. Radar chirps may be output by a radar sensor operating in a burst mode. The burst mode radar data stream may be monitored for a contactless human interaction performed by an active user. The burst mode radar data stream may be converted to a virtual continuous mode radar data stream. Health monitoring of an inactive user may be performed using the virtual continuous mode radar data stream.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for optimizing a protective helmet or other item of protective clothing with one or more enhanced principal impact zones and/or impact elements that incorporate protective features that can be particularized to a specific player-position and/or the individual behavior of a specific player or wearer.

Abstract: An arthroplasty trial assembly for a human shoulder can include a first implant securable to a first bone and a second implant securable to a second bone. The second implant can include a body, a stem, an articulation component, and a sensor. The stem can extend from the body, and the stem can be insertable into the second bone. The articulation component can be coupled to the body opposite the stem, and the articulation component can be articulable with the first implant. The sensor can be connected to the articulation component and can be configured to monitor a condition of the second implant and can produce a sensor signal as a function of the condition that is indicative of stability of the shoulder.

Abstract: A multi-modal robot that is configured to operate with a bipedal locomotion that may be augmented with aerial locomotion. Many embodiments of a robot may incorporate a robot with a main body portion that houses the various control systems and mechanical controls of the robot. The body of the robot can have a number of different propellers connected to an upper portion of the body and configured to generate lift and/or stability for the body of the robot. Additionally, many embodiments have at least two leg elements connected to a bottom portion of the body by way of a servo mechanism. The legs are configured to provide support for the body of the robot as well as generate a walking locomotion through the movement of the legs.

Abstract: A health monitor system is provided. The health monitor system is a non-contact, adherence-independent home health monitoring system that longitudinally quantifies dynamic forces across diverse amplitudes and time scales to measure weight, respirations, and ballistocardiograms each night, as people sleep in the comfort of their home beds. Weights and respiratory signals are demixed even when users share the bed with a partner or pet. The incorporated technology is scalably manufacturable and thus inexpensive compared to implantable medical devices intended for the same purpose.

Abstract: Systems and/or methods may include an edge-computing distributed neural processor to effectively reduce the data traffic and physical wiring congestion. A local and global networking architecture may reduce traffic among multi-chips in edge computing. A mixed-signal feature extraction approach with assistance of neural network distortion recovery is also described to reduce the silicon area. High precision in signal features classification with a low bit processing circuitry may be achieved by compensating with a recursive stochastic rounding routine, and provide on-chip learning to re-classify the sensor signals.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire load information based on a load applied to a load measurement device from a sole of a user and a feature amount extracting unit configured to extract a feature amount indicating a walking environment from time series data in at least one walking cycle included in the load information.

Abstract: Provided is a device comprising a sensor to detect deviation of muscle position in a user. The device includes a first housing portion having at least one sensor and at least one signaling mechanism to alert a user and a second housing portion rotatably coupled to the first housing portion. The second housing portion has an attachment element to maintain the device on the user. The sensitivity of the device can be configured to respond to incorrect muscle position and the sensitivity of the device can be calibrated through rotating the first housing portion with respect to the second housing portion.

Abstract: One or more embodiments described herein relate to predicting, using adaptive artificial intelligence techniques, typical and aberrant physiological reactions of a patient to psychiatric counseling. Treatment plans can be determined and calculated based on previously-gathered demographic and/or biometric data, and/or modifications to treatment plans can be determined and/or implemented based on emergent recognition of reaction types, such as reclassifying reactions that would previously have been deemed typical as aberrant (or vice versa).

Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed for aspects of audiovisual content selection based on collecting and processing physiological data. In an example, a system comprises: a sensor device with at one physiological sensor to capture physiological data from a human subject; an output device with a display device to output video and a speaker to output audio to the human subject; and a computing device with at least one processor to control an output of digital audiovisual data to a human subject via the output device, based on data processing operations including a comparison of an observed pattern of autonomic nervous system activity to a target pattern of autonomic nervous system activity.

Abstract: A multimodal wearable band uses mechanical vibrations to stimulate sensory neurons in the wrist or ankle to reduce the severity of tremors, rigidity, involuntary muscle contractions, and bradykinesia caused by neurological movement disorders and to free users from freezing induced by movement disorders. The device uses sensors to provide output used by a processing unit to determine a stimulation pattern for the user and to determine when stimulation is necessary, and then uses one or more transducers to correspondingly stimulate the user's neurological pathways to lessen the severity of the user's symptoms. The device can also be adapted to integrate with third party devices.

Abstract: A tracking device comprises a flexible belt body configured to loop around a portion of a pallet, e.g., around a center stringer of a pallet. The flexible belt body has a first portion and a second portion configured to be connected. The tracking device further comprises a first region having one or more sensitive electronic components and a second region having one or more durable electronic components and/or electronic components that benefit from exposure during transportation. The tracking device is positioned on the portion of the pallet such that the first region is oriented towards an interior of the pallet and the second region is oriented towards an exterior of the pallet.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining a force Ftip applied to a tip of an electrical impedance spectroscopy probe includes a load cell, accelerometer, and a processing means. The probe tip has a substantially planar distal end for contacting human or animal tissue. The load cell measures the force Floadcell applied axially along a longitudinal axis when the probe tip is in contact with human or animal tissue. The accelerometer measures a gravity vector Aaxial. The apparatus includes a means for compensating for the mass of the probe tip using the measured force and the gravity vector to produce a calibrated measurement force F applied to the probe tip.

Abstract: An electrocardiography monitor is provided. A sealed housing includes one end wider than an opposite end of the sealed housing. Electronic circuitry is provided within the sealed housing. The electronic circuitry includes an electrographic front end circuit to sense electrocardiographic signals and a micro-controller interfaced to the electrocardiographic front end circuit to sample the electrocardiographic signals. A buzzer within the housing outputs feedback to a wearer of the sealed housing.

Abstract: A gait analysis system is disclosed. Some implementations of the gait analysis system include instrumented footwear including mobile sensors, a processor, a computer-readable data storage device storing program instructions. The program instructions can control the system to perform operations, including, determining gait information of a user performing a test routine, using the instrumented footwear. The operations can also include determining gait parameters based on the gait information. The operations can also include determining gait symmetry of the user based on the gait parameters. The operations can also include determining a gait signature of the user based on the gait parameters. The operations can also include determining a treatment effect based on the gait signature.

Abstract: A system for processing biological data is provided and includes a monitoring device configured to receive biological data responsive to a living being. The system also includes an interface device communicated with the monitoring device to receive the biological data. Furthermore, the system includes a data transfer device, configured to receive the biological data from the interface device and communicate the biological data to a processing device for processing. Additionally, a method for processing biological information is provided, wherein the method includes receiving biological information from a monitoring device responsive to a first party and responsive to an exercise regime and processing the biological information to generate resultant information responsive to at least one physical characteristic of the first party.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system (100) for providing targeted cue delivery to regulate a gait of a user comprising a first cue delivery device (131) configured to provide somatosensory stimulation to a first leg of the user, a second cue delivery device (132) configured to provide somatosensory stimulation to a second leg of the user, one or more inertial sensors (121, 122) configured to output movement data indicative of the gait of the user, and a controller (110) configured to receive the movement data from the one or more inertial sensors (121, 122), determine a cue pattern for each of the first and second cue delivery devices (131, 132) independence on the movement data, and output a respective control signal (135, 136) to control each of the first and second cue delivery devices (135, 136) to provide stimulation according to the cue pattern.

Abstract: A surgical system according to one or more embodiments may include: manipulators respectively supporting an endoscope and first and second surgical instruments; a remote control apparatus including a display device, a first operation handle for right hand to operate the first surgical instrument, and a second operation handle for left hand to operate the second surgical instrument; and a control apparatus. The control apparatus may display, on the display device, a graphical user interface, overlapped with the image captured by the endoscope, the graphical user interface including a first area that displays information on the first surgical instrument to be operated by the first operation handle, a second area that displays information on the second surgical instrument to be operated by the second operation handle, and a third area that displays information on the endoscope, which are arranged side by side in order from right to left.

Abstract: A method of adjusting mental state includes acquiring video data of a first individual, identifying a first set of features based on image, audio, and text data extracted from the video data, predicting a baseline mental state for the first individual based on the first set of features, identifying a target mental state, and simulating a predicted path from the baseline mental state to the target mental state. The predicted path is simulated using a multidimensional mental state model, a plurality of actions, and a computer-implemented machine learning model. The predicted path comprises one or more actions of the plurality of actions and corresponding changes to at least one of first and second dimensions of the multidimensional mental state model. The one or more actions of the predicted path are output to a second individual and are performable to adjust the baseline mental state of the first individual.

Abstract: A system and method that acquire (i) at least a reference image including one of a preoperative image of a surgical site with skeletal and articulating bones and a contralateral image on an opposite side of the patient from the surgical site and (ii) at least an intraoperative image of the site after an implant has been affixed to the articulating bone. The system generates at least one reference landmark point on at least one anatomical feature on the articulating bone in the reference image and at least one intraoperative landmark point on that anatomical feature in the intraoperative image. The reference and intraoperative images are compared and differences between the orientation of the articulating bone in the two images are utilized to analyze at least one of offset and length differential.

Abstract: A system and method for vestibular and/or balance rehabilitation by monitoring and measuring head motion data of a user having vestibular impairment. The system as includes a user device, a head tracking device, and a remote server device. The user device receives therapeutical configuration data prescribed by a therapist using the remote server device. A visual and auditory and/or haptic stimuli is generated in the user interface according to the received therapeutic configuration data during a training session or initial assessment session. Head motion data from the head tracking device during the training session is received along with user inputted data pertaining to symptoms of the user. The remote server device receives and processes the head motion and positional data, the user inputted symptoms data and communicates a set of updated therapeutic configuration data to the user device based on the processed data for use in a next training session.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for an electrical sensing, pacing, and ablation device comprising a bendable and stretchable balloon catheter and a bendable and stretchable first layer connected to or embedded in said balloon catheter, where the first layer has an electrode array with a plurality of electrodes. The is also a bendable and stretchable second layer connected to or embedded in the balloon catheter, and the second layer has a pressure sensor array with a plurality of pressure sensors.

Abstract: In one aspect, the disclosure relates to a smart pseudo-palate for use in a Smart Electropalatograph (EPG) for Linguistic and Medical Applications (SELMA) system. In one aspect, the pseudo-palate is constructed from a thin, flexible polymer membrane and having an embedded electrode array. The pseudo-palate is configured to detect tongue contacts during speech while causing minimal disturbance or interference with speech motion. The disclosed pseudo-palate in the SELMA system is integrated with a microcontroller, wireless electronic module, and external readout app. The disclosure, in another aspect, relates to integration of the pseudo-palate with a smart sports/health mouth guard containing a series of sensors for monitoring head impacts, body temperature, and heart rate.

Abstract: The present invention is a rehabilitation system for performing rehabilitation of higher brain dysfunction, and includes: an image processing apparatus that executes an app for presenting a patient a problem for rehab based on an image using virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed reality and stores the patient's problem solution record as rehab record information; a practitioner-side terminal that receives the rehab record information from the image processing apparatus; a server that saves the rehab record information transmitted from the practitioner-side terminal; and a doctor-side terminal that receives the rehab record information from the server and displays the state of rehabilitation performed for the patient on the basis of the rehab record information.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides alert implants that comprise a medical device and an implantable reporting processor (IRP), where one example of such a medical device includes a component for a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) such as a tibial extension, a femoral component for hip replacements, a breast implant, a distal rod for arm or leg breakage repair, a scoliosis rod, a dynamic hip screw, a spinal interbody spacer, and tooling and methods that may be used to form the alert implant, and uses of such alert implants in the health maintenance of patients who receive the implant.

Abstract: Methods and systems for sensing a physiological characteristic of a subject. At least one receiver antenna can be provided in proximity to a portion of the subject's body to obtain at least one receiver signal resulting from at least one transmitter signal that has propagated to the receiver antenna and has been reflected, diffracted, scattered, or transmitted by or through the portion of the subject's body. One or more coherent signal pairs can be formed. Then, amplitude and phase information of a plurality of frequency components for each signal pair can be determined. A set of comparison values can be determined for each signal pair by comparing respective frequency component phases and respective frequency component amplitudes of the signals. Physiological characteristics of the subject can then be determined from these comparison values.