Active auscultation may be used to determine organ (e.g., lung or heart) characteristics of users. An acoustic or piezo-electric signal (e.g., a pulse, a tone, and/or a broadband pulse) may be projected into an animal (typically human) body or thorax. The signal interacts with the body, or lungs, and in some cases may induce resonance within the body/lungs. A resultant signal may be emitted from the body which may be analyzed to determine, for example, a lung's resonant frequency or frequencies and/or how the sound is otherwise absorbed, reflected, or modified by the body. This information may be indicative of lung characteristics such as lung capacity, a volume of air trapped in the lungs, and/or the presence of COPD.

An ostomy bag can include one or more sensors for measuring one or more metrics. An ostomy wafer can also include one or more sensors for measuring one or more metrics. The sensors can be temperature sensors and/or capacitive sensors, for example, and the metrics can include bag fill, leakage, skin irritation, and phase of stoma output, among others.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a medical device for assessing, and predicting and operating the user's health by capturing the user's vital signs in real time. The medical device comprises a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of sensors positioned on various finger sheaths, wrist portions, and hand portions. The various finger sheaths, the wrist portions, and the hand portions are configured to allow the plurality of electrodes to detect a plurality of electrical potentials on different surfaces of a user's body parts and the plurality of sensors to collect vital signs on different surfaces of a user's body parts. at least one processing device configured to contact with the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of sensors, the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of sensors configured to transmit the detected plurality of electrical potentials and the plurality of vital signs from the different surfaces of the user's body parts to the processing device. The processing device configured to store the plurality of electrical potentials and the plurality of vital signs and process the detected plurality of electrical potentials and the plurality of vital signs to assess a user's health and an end user device configured to receive the plurality of processed electrical potentials and the plurality of vital signs form the processing device through a network.

The equipment for the destruction of viruses by means of complementary radiation consists of a technology focused on weakening the fatty layer covering certain viruses, to cause the indirect destruction of them. This technology utilizes intense, modulated light radiation, the principal emitters thereof being 460-nanometers LEDs which, with the technology of the invention, emit secondary radiation in a band ranging from 400 to 460 nanometers, in order to achieve the weakening and destruction of the fatty layer that covers viruses such as SARS-CoV-2. This light radiation is complemented with ultrasound pulses that complete the destructive effect of the interior of the virus. For this purpose, technology involving emission by means of stratified quantum excitation is employed, which uses monochromatic light-emitting diodes to achieve very-high-intensity polychromatic emissions highly controllable regarding tissue penetration.

A wearable system configured to collect thermal measurements related to respiration. The system includes a frame configured to be worn on a user's head, and at least one non-contact thermal camera (e.g., thermopile or microbolometer based sensor). The thermal camera is small and lightweight, physically coupled to the frame, located close to the user's face, does not occlude any of the user's mouth and nostrils, and is configured to take thermal measurements of: a portion of the right side of the user's upper lip, a portion of the left side of the user's upper lip, and a portion of the user's mouth. The thermal measurements are forwarded to a computer that calculates breathing related parameters, such as breathing rate, an extent to which the breathing was done through the mouth, an extent to which the breathing was done through the nostrils, and ratio between exhaling and inhaling durations.

The present invention relates to a method for screening cardiac conditions of a patient, the method comprising the following steps: calculating (S1) a cardiac risk value based on therapy sensor data by means of a first level of a multi-level procedure, wherein the therapy sensor data is provided from a first data source as sensor data during a therapy of the patient; and refining (S2) the calculated cardiac risk value based on survey data and/or device data by means of a second level of a multi-level procedure to provide a refined cardiac risk value, wherein the survey data and/or the device data is provided from a second data source by incremental data gathering.

Systems, kits and methods are provided, which analyze the large intestine content and utilize acoustic signals detected during delivery of water into the large intestine and drained large intestine contents to derive large intestine characteristics such as microbiotal analysis. Systems may include a water delivery unit including a water supply and a nozzle connected thereto, configured to introduce water controllably into a patient's large intestine, and an analysis unit that provides information about the drained contents using optical examination or biological assays. The information may be related to acoustic analysis of signals from acoustic sensors that are attachable to a patient's abdomen. A variety of sensor configurations, positioning options, analysis strategies and large intestine characteristics are presented.

Systems, kits and methods are provided, which analyze the large intestine content and utilize acoustic signals detected during delivery of water into the large intestine and drained large intestine contents to derive large intestine characteristics such as microbiotal analysis. Systems may include a water delivery unit including a water supply and a nozzle connected thereto, configured to introduce water controllably into a patient's large intestine, and an analysis unit that provides information about the drained contents using optical examination or biological assays. The information may be related to acoustic analysis of signals from acoustic sensors that are attachable to a patient's abdomen. A variety of sensor configurations, positioning options, analysis strategies and large intestine characteristics are presented.

Apparatus and methods for applying a barrier to a medical scope are provided. An apparatus may comprise a source of film and a housing. The housing may comprise a chamber configured to support therein the source of film, and an opening provided through a wall of the housing to permit a portion of the film to extend out of the chamber when the film is dispensed. The housing may comprise a recess located such that the extended portion of the film is permitted to hang freely in proximity to the recess. The recess may be sized to receive a distal portion of the medical scope. The recess may be adapted to allow the extended portion of the film to be applied to the distal portion of the medical scope when the distal portion is placed into the recess with the portion of the film located therebetween.

Disclosed are medical devices with an acceleration sensor configured to generate acceleration data, a processor, and a memory. The memory, which may be a non-transitory computer readable medium, contains computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform the following: obtain the acceleration data from a first range of time and a second range of time different from the first range, generate heart sound data based on the acceleration data, and determine that the medical device has flipped in orientation during the second range of time by comparing the heart sound data obtained during the first range of time with the heart sound data obtained during the second range of time.