Computer-implemented methods of enabling an on-the-fly generation of at least one user-defined montage from EEG electrodes positioned in a patient's brain, on the patient's brain and/or on the patient's scalp. The methods includes generating a graphical interface to display a view of the patient's brain and/or scalp overlaid with the EEG electrodes, each of which is uniquely identified with reference to its position in the patient's brain, on the patient's brain and/or on the patient's scalp, displaying a tool within the graphical interface for selecting at least one electrode from the displayed EEG electrodes, indicating a reference electrode corresponding to the selected electrode, accessing EEG signals corresponding to the electrode and the reference electrode, and generating another graphical interface to display an EEG trace indicative of a comparison of EEG signals of the electrode and the reference electrode.

A system is provided for deployment of a sensor in a blood vessel comprising: an expandable sensor; at least one anchor element attached to the sensor; an expandable element configured within the sensor such that, in use, expansion of the expandable element causes the sensor to radially expand to fix the at least one anchor element in a wall of the blood vessel.

Implantable device for measuring the glucose concentration of a body fluid when implanted, the implantable device comprising a glucose measurement unit, the glucose measurement unit comprising a first light source configured to emit light towards a light transmissive part of a housing of the device and a first optical sensor configured to detect light returned through the light transmissive part from the first light source, and output a first electrical signal based on the detected light; and a wireless communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with an external wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication module is configured to wirelessly transmit a signal based on the first electrical signal to the external wireless communication device.

A sensor, system, and method for detecting and correcting for changes to an analyte indicator of an analyte sensor. The analyte indicator may be configured to exhibit a first detectable property that varies in accordance with an analyte concentration and an extent to which the analyte indicator has degraded. The analyte sensor may also include a degradation indicator configured to exhibit a second detectable property that varies in accordance with an extent to which the degradation indicator has degraded. The analyte sensor may generate (i) an analyte measurement based on the first detectable property exhibited by the analyte indicator and (ii) a degradation measurement based on the second detectable property exhibited by the degradation indicator. The analyte sensor may be part of a system that also includes a transceiver. The transceiver may use the analyte and degradation measurements to calculate an analyte level.

Systems and methods to monitor and track the treatment of bones using a bone correction system are provided. The method includes implanting growth modulating implants of a bone correction system in two or more bones of a patient. Each growth modulating implant includes an implant body having at least one sensor device embedded in the implant body. The method includes receiving sensor data from the sensor devices and determining an operational status of the growth modulating implants, based on the received sensor data. The method includes determining, by the processor, a longitudinal growth or growth rate between the two or more bones, based on the received sensor data and causing a display device to selectively display a graphical user interface (GUI) representative of at least one of the longitudinal growth and the growth rate of the patient.

Disclosed is an implant and method of making an implant. The implant having a housing that defines a cavity. The housing includes a sensor comprising a base attached to a diaphragm wherein said base may be positioned within said cavity. The sensor may be a capacitive pressure sensor. The diaphragm may be connected to the housing to hermetically seal said housing. The sensor may include electrical contacts positioned on the diaphragm. The attachment between the base and the diaphragm may define a capacitive gap and at least one discontinuity configured to enhance at least one performance parameter of said implant.

A system comprises an implantable medical device configured to generate temperature data and impedance data associated with temperature and impedance of a patient proximate to the implantable medical device. The system further comprises processing circuitry configured to determine whether a first one or more infection criteria are satisfied by temperature data and impedance data generated by the implantable medical device during a first time interval, wherein the first one or more infection criteria include at least one criterion indicative of decreased impedance, determine whether a second one or more infection criteria are satisfied by the temperature data and impedance data generated by the implantable medical device during a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval, wherein the second one or more infection criteria include at least one criterion indicative of increased impedance, and output, based on satisfaction of the first and second infection criteria, an indication of infection.

Example medical devices, including example stents and stent systems, are disclosed. An example stent includes an expandable tubular scaffold having a proximal end and a distal end, a first wire coupled to the tubular scaffold, wherein the first wire is shaped into a first coil. The example stent also includes a sensor electrically coupled to the first wire, wherein the sensor is inductively powered by a magnetic field passing through the first wire.

Assemblies are provided for positioning within a lumen comprising a stent graft; and a sensor positioned on the stent graft. Within certain aspects the sensors are wireless sensors, and include for example one or more fluid pressure sensors, contact sensors, position sensors, pulse pressure sensors, blood volume sensors, blood flow sensors, chemistry sensors (e.g., for blood and/or other fluids), metabolic sensors (e.g., for blood and/or other fluids), mechanical stress sensors and/or temperature sensors.

An implantable medical device (IMD), includes a processor for controlling the IMD; circuitry for providing therapeutic or diagnostic medical operations for a patient; wireless communication circuitry for conducting wireless communications; a non-rechargeable battery; and device power control circuitry. The device power control circuitry includes at least one capacitor; charging control circuitry for switching between charging the at least one capacitor using the non-rechargeable battery and discharging the at least one capacitor to provide power for device operations. The IMD is configured to maintain a count related to a number of times of discharge of the at least one capacitor to provide an end-of-life estimation for the non-rechargeable battery.