427results about "Temperature sensors" patented technology

A wearable device configured to secure to skin of a user and noninvasively measure body temperature of the user can include first and second pairs of temperature sensors configured to generate one or more signals responsive to detected thermal energy, a thermally conductive element positioned at least partially between the second pair of temperature sensors, and one or more hardware processors configured to receive the one or more signals generated by each of said first and second pairs of temperature sensors and determine one or more body temperature values of the user based on at least comparisons between different ones of the first and second pairs of temperature sensors. In some implementations, the wearable device includes thermally conductive probes for transmitting thermal energy toward ones of the first and second pairs of temperature sensors and a substrate positioned between the probes and the skin.

The invention relates to a sensor head device for a heart support system, wherein the sensor head device has at least one sensor carrying element, wherein the sensor carrying element has at least one sensor cavity for accommodating at least one sensor and / or at least one signal transmitter cavity for accommodating at least one signal transmitter.

Embodiments herein relate to an optical chemical sensor system that is wearable and includes a microneedle array. In one embodiment, the invention includes a chemical sensing device having a set of microneedles and sensor elements. The sensor element may include a first low refractive index gel layer, a second low refractive index gel layer, and a chromogenic ionophore sensing film disposed between the first low refractive index gel layer and the second low refractive index gel layer. In one embodiment, a retardation layer may be disposed between the sensor element and a set of microneedles. An optical emitter may be configured to emit light into the sensor element. An optical detector may be configured to receive light from the sensor element. Other embodiments are also included herein.

A system, apparatus and method directed to determining a temperature within a patient body, including an optical fiber with one or more core fibers. The system can include a console having non-transitory computer-readable medium storing logic that, when executed, causes operations of providing an incident light signal to the optical fiber, receiving a reflected light signal of the incident light, processing the reflected light signal to determine a temperature within the patient body near a measurement region. The method may include determining a location of a distal tip of the optical fiber within the patient body at least based on the temperature.

A medical system is disclosed that includes a medical device having an optical fiber, and an interchangeable connection component configured to provide a fiber optic connection between the medical device and capital equipment. The connection component is configured to facilitate cleaning and / or polishing of fiber optic interfaces include therewith. The connection component is also configured for replacement by a medical technician while the capital equipment is operational. The capital equipment may include one or more of an optical interrogator, a patch cable, a medical probe, an ultrasound machine, a display, a magnet sensor, or an electro-cardiogram (ECG) machine. The medical device may include an elongate member configured for insertion within the patient body, where the optical fiber core extends along a length of the elongate member.

Embodiments include a method of diagnosing gastroparesis or suspected gastroparesis, the method comprising: obtaining data representing a time series of readings from gas sensing apparatus housed within a ingestible capsule device orally ingested by a subjected; processing the readings to detect one or more gastroparesis indicator spikes in the CO2 concentration with respect to time; based on the detected one or more gastroparesis indicator spikes in the CO2 concentration with respect to time, diagnosing gastroparesis or suspected gastroparesis.

The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for measuring skin conductance of a writing instrument's user, comprising: - applying a DC voltage to user's fingers contacting the writing instrument during a writing session with the writing instrument; - measuring a current generated by reverse iontophoresis following applying the DC voltage; - calculating an average skin conductance over a specific timeframe from the measured current; - storing calculated average skin conductance data as historical data; - comparing the average skin conductance to historical data from the same user or to reference data from a group of users; and - providing an indication to the user in case that the skin conductance has decreased and / or the calculation results.

A system for monitoring a subject in a physical space, the system including: a plurality of sensors for detecting movements of the subject in the physical space; a data processing system configured to: receive from the sensors signals representing detected movements of the subject in the physical space, process the received signals to determine corresponding movements of the subject in the physical space, and select an action from a plurality of predefined actions, based on the detected movement; and one or more output devices for outputting a prompt based on the selected predefined action for the subject.

A method of monitoring a subject with an opto-physiological sensor system is described herein. The method comprises obtaining a model of the optical properties of at least one body tissue type to be monitored, wherein the model of the optical properties comprises a definition of static (DC) and dynamic (AC) components of transmitted optical power and a definition of a source-detector separation related to a normalised path length for an illumination source of the opto-physiological sensor: obtaining an indication of at least one physiological property of the subject from a wearable device worn by the subject: obtaining an indication of at least one physical variable from the wearable device worn by the subject; determining, using the opto-physiological model, how the at least one physical variable affects the at least one physiological property; and determining a corrected value for the physiological property based on the determination of how the at least one physical variable affects the at least one physiological property.

Systems are described for measuring, recording, transmitting, accessing, and using an array of physical and physiological measurements that quantify states of complex adaptive systems, such as biological systems, more particularly the state is reflected in a metric designated health capacity. These measurements may be used, for example, for the pre-symptomatic detection and interception of disease states in a biological system. In one aspect, the system comprises a wearable device configured to measure, substantially simultaneously, an array of water-associated metrics, preferably at multiple loci on the biological system and as a function of time. The systems may further comprise using a scalable technology platform to identify, from the array of data across multiple systems, preferably compared to a training data set, utilizing machine readable instructions, to determine and / or predict health states, including the health capacity, of the biological system and to generate recommendations, including modification or nutrition, sleep, physical or mental inputs for the improvement of health for the biological system.

Systems are described for measuring, recording, transmitting, accessing, and using an array of physical and physiological measurements that quantify states of complex adaptive systems, such as biological systems, more particularly the state is reflected in a metric designated health capacity. These measurements may be used, for example, for the pre-symptomatic detection and interception of disease states in a biological system. In one aspect, the system comprises a wearable device configured to measure, substantially simultaneously, an array of water-associated metrics, preferably at multiple loci on the biological system and as a function of time. The systems may further comprise using a scalable technology platform to identify, from the array of data across multiple systems, preferably compared to a training data set, utilizing machine readable instructions, to determine and / or predict health states, including the health capacity, of the biological system and to generate recommendations, including modification or nutrition, sleep, physical or mental inputs for the improvement of health for the biological system.

An infant monitoring device is disclosed having a band or sock configured to wrap around the foot or other portion of an infant. The sock houses a removable sensing module configured to couple to the sock and measure health parameters of the infant. The sensing module is removably couplable with a base station that charges the sensing module. The sensing module transmits and receives information from the base station. Both the base station and the sensing module can transmit and receive information from a remote location.

A temperature sensing apparatus having an electrode with an associated redox-active polymer. The electrode is connected to circuitry which applies an interrogating electrical potential waveform. The circuitry measures an electrical current resulting from application of the electrical potential waveform. The measured electrical current is processed to determine the temperature of a solution contacting the electrode. The apparatus may further comprise an analyte sensing redox-active polymer for sensing the amount of an analyte in the solution.

An electrolysis apparatus for removing hair of a subject, the electrolysis apparatus including: a. an electrolysis device configured for delivering electrical impulses to a hair follicle of a hair of the subject, and b. a skin cooling device adapted to cool the skin of the subject.

An implantable cardiovascular pressure sensing system can be used to measure blood pressure accurately and safely without any patient intervention. It can include a pressure sensor that makes blood pressure measurements, circuitry for processing and storing the blood pressure measurements, and an antenna for transmitting the processed measurements to an external device (i.e., a device not implanted in the patient). The circuitry can average blood pressure measurements and / or remove artefacts caused by patient motion that is sensed with an accelerometer integrated into implantable cardiovascular pressure sensing system. A multilayer ceramic / polymer coating forms a hermetic seal around the components, preventing leakage or contamination. The implantable cardiovascular pressure sensing system is very versatile: it can be implanted in a blood vessel, next to a blood vessel, in an aneurysm sac, or integrated with another medical implant, such as an Amplatzer septal occluder, and implanted into or next to another vascular structure.

An electronic stethoscope assembly comprises a plurality of patches and a controller. The plurality of patches include at least one sensor configured to measure physiological signals upon placement in contact with the patient and a transceiver configured to transmit physiological signal data. The controller is in communication with at least one of the plurality of patches to receive a set of physiological signal data therefrom for processing and analyzing of the set of physiological signal data so that the set of physiological signal data can be continuously collected and monitored to identify pathologies present in the set of physiological signal data.

An apparatus includes: a mouthpiece configured for placement inside a mouth of a user; a processing module; and a tube having a first end coupled to the mouthpiece, and a second end coupled to the processing module; wherein the processing module comprises a sensor configured to detect a characteristic due to a biting force applied to the mouthpiece by the user. A mouthpiece includes: a body comprising one or more portions defining a space for accommodating one or more teeth of a user; and a first cavity at least partly in the body, wherein a volume inside the first cavity is variable in response to a compression applied to the body. An apparatus includes: a housing; and a sensor contained in the housing, the sensor configured to detect a characteristic due to a biting force applied to a mouthpiece by a user.

An injection molded type biometric monitoring ear tag for attaching to an ear of an animal to be monitored, comprising a male tag and a female tag. The male tag is disposed on a first side of the ear and includes a base and a protrusion extending from the base. The female tag is disposed on a second side of the ear and includes a fixing bracket, a heat-conducting element, an electronic component, and an injection molded shell. The heat-conducting element is fixed to the fixing bracket and closely abuts the ear. The electronic component is fixed to the fixing bracket and coupled to the heat-conducting element to sense an ear temperature value. The injection molded shell encapsulates the fixed fixing bracket, the heat-conducting element, and the electronic component, so that the heat-conducting element is exposed from the injection molded shell. Therefore, it forms a plug-in fixing channel, thereby fixing the male tag and the female tag relative to each other.

According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method (200) of determining a concentration of glucose in blood of a subject, the method comprising: acquiring (202) first measurement data indicative of a response resulting from an interaction of an electromagnetic (EM) signal with blood of the subject in a body part of the subject; acquiring (204) second measurement data indicative of at least one parameter associated with the subject; and inferring (206) a concentration of glucose in the blood of the subject from the first measurement data and the second measurement data using a predictive model, the predictive model having been trained to infer a concentration of glucose in the blood of the subject from the first measurement data and the second measurement data.

Disclosed is a minimally-invasive sensing device for measuring or estimating respiratory biomarkers. The device contacts a target body fluid detects for at least one target analyte and outputs a signal representative of a concentration of the analyte, from which biomarker information is determined. The present disclosure also relates to methods and systems using measurements or estimations of respiratory biomarkers to assess patient respiratory state, and / or assist in providing respiratory therapy to a patient.

The present application relates to devices for monitoring pregnancy or labor. In one embodiment, the device includes an electromyography (EMG) sensor having two or more EMG electrodes that monitor fetal or maternal activity during pregnancy or labor, and one or more position sensors that monitor the relative positioning of the two or more EMG electrodes during fetal or maternal activity. In one embodiment, the device includes a monitoring apparatus that is placed on a body and has a plurality of sensors integrated into the monitoring apparatus, the plurality of sensors including at least a first sensor configured to detect a first type of signal from the body indicative of a first type of fetal or maternal activity during pregnancy or labor, and a second sensor configured to detect a second type of signal from the body different from the first type of signal also indicative of the first type of fetal or maternal activity during pregnancy or labor.

An oocyte retrieval tubing system comprising a manifold for receiving a supply of heated air and an outer tubing for accommodating an internal transfer tube that extends between a collection container and an oocyte retrieval needle in use, the outer tubing comprising first and second separate insulating tubes connected to each other via a manifold, the first and second insulating tubes each configured to be adjustable in length, whereby adjusting their working lengths relative to each other regulates the flow of heated air within the outer tubing received through the manifold disposed therebetween to maintain a stable and uniform temperature distribution within the outer tubing for oocyte retrieval.

A patient interface comprises one or more electronic components for monitoring, diagnosing and / or treating a patient, the one or more electronic components being provided in, or on, one or more of a plenum chamber, a seal-forming structure and a positioning and stabilising structure of the patient interface; wherein the patient interface comprises and / or is communicable with a power system for powering the one or more electronic components.

A device may include a lighting system and audio system integrated with a housing, a user interface for receiving user commands, a monitoring sensor system for monitoring a sleep state. The monitoring sensor system may have an operating area including a user sleep area. A controller may be configured to receive sleep data from the monitoring sensor system, and execute a sleep assistance function that performs a sleep assist output function based on the received sleep data.

The invention relates to a medical system (15) comprising a medical instrument (16), preferably an electromedical instrument (17) or electrosurgical instrument (18). At least one magnetic field sensor (30), which is preferably in the form of a quantum magnetometer or an NVCD sensor, is provided on a tool part (19) of the instrument. Each magnetic field sensor (30) is designed to detect a magnetic field (38) emanating from the electromedical instrument (17) and / or from a biological tissue (20) and to provide a corresponding sensor signal (S), preferably an optical sensor signal (Sopt), which can be evaluated by means of an evaluation device (35). The evaluation device (35) determines at least one operating parameter (EP). The at least one operating parameter (EP) describes the biological tissue (20) and / or the effect generated by the medical instrument (16) or the tool part (19) on the biological tissue (20). For example, an operating parameter (EP) can describe the tissue type, a temporal and / or local change in the tissue, or the current temperature (T) or a local and / or temporal change in the temperature (T) of the biological tissue (20). Such operating parameters (EP) can be monitored very dynamically by measuring the magnetic field.

The present disclosure relates to an intelligent internet of things (IoT) monitoring system, and in particular to techniques (e.g., systems, methods, computer program products storing code or instructions executable by one or more processors) for the implementation of an IoT solution to manage urinary incontinence. Some aspects are directed to the concept of a management platform that allows for end users such as health care providers, caretakers, or medical personnel to manage and monitor one or more subjects through one or more client devices using a network of sensors and IoT devices. Other aspects are directed the concept of a data analysis system configured to train and deploy one or more prediction models for analysis and tracking metrics of health or wellbeing for the one or more subjects.

Self-calibrating adaptive optical systems, devices, and methods for biological analyte measurements are provided in accordance with various embodiments. Some embodiments include a method that includes emitting light from a laser. The light from the laser is filtered utilizing one or more short pass filters. The filtered light from the laser is focused onto an object. Light scatters from the object. The scattered light from the object is filtered utilizing a long pass filter. The scattered light from the object is collected into a spectrometer aperture. The scattered light from the object passes through a spectrometer to spatially separate the spectral components of the scattered light into a scattered spectra; the scattered spectra is filtered and detected on one or more optical sensors to form a detected spectra. The detected spectra is digitized to deliver a Raman spectra to a processor for analysis.