Assessing decongestive therapy delivered to a heart failure patient involves use of an implantable sensor configured to sense a physiologic parameter indicative of the patient's diuresis status and a processor coupled to the implantable sensor. The sensor may comprise a thoracic fluid sensor, a heart sounds sensor, a cardiac chamber or arterial pressure sensor, a respiration sensor, or a blood chemistry sensor, for example. The processor is configured to determine if a target level of patient diuresis has been achieved based on a relationship between the sensed physiologic parameter and a threshold developed for the patient, and to produce an output in response to determining that the target level of patient diuresis has been achieved. The processor may be disposed in an implantable housing, in a patient-external housing, or in a network server system.

Embodiments pertaining to techniques of real-time glucose monitoring in tears are provided. In some examples, a device may include a plug and a sensor. The plug may be adapted for placement in a lacrimal punctum of an eyelid of a subject. The sensor may be associated with a head of the plug and may be in contact with the tears. The sensor may be adapted for measurement of a concentration of an analyte in the tears.

Disclosed is a method of correcting distortion of a psychological test using a user's biometric data. By using the method of correcting distortion of a psychological test, it is possible to correct a score of a user who makes response distortion and provide a better selection that meets the objective of the psychological test. Also, it is also possible to train an item with a response instinctually distorted by the user through an analysis of result data of the psychological test training program, thus decreasing the response distortion of the user.

The invention relates to a device for accessing an area with restricted access or an area to which access is controlled, comprising a support, a sensor and access control stage, the support comprising a portion to be discarded and a portion to be retained, the sensor being borne by the portion to be discarded and being configured to measure at least one parameter of a subject's health, and to deliver a detection signal representative of the measurement of each health parameter, the access control stage being borne by the portion to be retained and being configured to store access information dependent on the detection signal delivered by the sensor, the portion to be retained being able to be mechanically separated from the portion to be discarded so as to form an access key allowing, depending on the access information, access or otherwise to the area with restricted access or to the area to which access is controlled.

The disclosure relates to a device for accessing an area with restricted access or an area to which access is controlled, comprising a support, a sensor and access control stage, the support comprising a portion to be discarded and a portion to be retained, the sensor being borne by the portion to be discarded and being configured to measure at least one parameter of a subject's health, and to deliver a detection signal representative of the measurement of each health parameter, the access control stage being borne by the portion to be retained and being configured to store access information dependent on the detection signal delivered by the sensor, the portion to be retained being able to be mechanically separated from the portion to be discarded so as to form an access key allowing, depending on the access information, access or otherwise to the area with restricted access or to the area to which access is controlled.

To objectively grasp a stress state of a user and to prevent a mental disorder of the user, biogas information is acquired via a network that represents a concentration of dimethyl adipate of a user acquired by a sensor that detects dimethyl adipate discharged from a skin surface of the user. From a memory, information representing an upper limit of a normal range of the concentration of dimethyl adipate per unit period of time is obtained. A stress time period is determined during which a concentration of the dimethyl adipate of the user is more than the upper limit of the normal range, based on the acquired biological gas information; and time period information indicating the determined stress time period is outputted to an information terminal of the user, to display the stress time period indicated by the time period information on a display of the information terminal.

Tools and techniques for the rapid, continuous, invasive and/or noninvasive measurement, estimation, and/or prediction of a patient's intracranial pressure. In an aspect, some tools and techniques can predict the onset of conditions such as herniation and/or can recommend (and, in some cases, administer) a therapeutic treatment for the patient's condition. In another aspect, some techniques employ high speed software technology that enables active, long term learning from extremely large, continually changing datasets. In some cases, this technology utilizes feature extraction, state-of-the-art machine learning and/or statistical methods to autonomously build and apply relevant models in real-time.

An ophthalmic apparatus according to an embodiment example includes a moving image acquisition unit, an image processor, and an evaluation processor. The moving image acquisition unit acquires a moving image of a subject's eyelid. The image processor identifies a meibomian gland area from at least one frame of the moving image. The evaluation processor generates evaluation information relating to a predetermined disease based on the meibomian gland area.