An instrument (1) for use in measuring blood flow in the femoral head after a femoral neck fracture comprises a sleeve (2) and a rod (3) which is displaceably mounted in the sleeve. The sleeve (2) is configured for insertion into a bore (4) in the femoral neck (5) and femoral head (6) and provided with at least one aperture (8) at a front portion (2a) thereof. The aperture (8) in the front portion (2a) of the sleeve (2) is intended for location in the femoral head (6) distally of the fracture (7) after the sleeve has been inserted into said bore (4). The rod (3) is configured for closing the aperture (8) in the sleeve (2) during insertion of the sleeve into the bore (4) in the femoral neck (5) and femoral head (6) and for exposing said aperture after said insertion. Thereby, blood leaking into the bore (4) at the front portion (2a) of the sleeve (2) can be collected by the sleeve through the aperture (8) therein for subsequent measuring of the volume of the collected blood.

It is disclosed an apparatus for restoring voluntary control of locomotion in a subject suffering from a neuromotor impairment comprising a multidirectional trunk support system and a device for epidural electrical stimulation. The robotic interface is capable of evaluating, enabling and training motor pattern generation and balance across a variety of natural walking behaviors in subjects with neuromotor impairments. Optionally, pharmacological cocktails can be administered to enhance rehabilitation results. It is also disclosed a method for the evaluation, enablement and training of a subject suffering from neuromotor impairments by combining robotically assisted evaluation tools with sophisticated neurobiomechanical and statistical analyzes. A method for the rehabilitation (by this term also comprising restoring voluntary control of locomotion) of a subject suffering from a neuromotor impairment in particular partial or total paralysis of limbs, is also disclosed.

It is disclosed an apparatus for restoring voluntary control of locomotion in a subject suffering from a neuromotor impairment comprising a multidirectional trunk support system and a device for epidural electrical stimulation. The robotic interface is capable of evaluating, enabling and training motor pattern generation and balance across a variety of natural walking behaviors in subjects with neuromotor impairments. Optionally, pharmacological cocktails can be administered to enhance rehabilitation results. It is also disclosed a method for the evaluation, enablement and training of a subject suffering from neuromotor impairments by combining robotically assisted evaluation tools with sophisticated neurobiomechanical and statistical analyzes. A method for the rehabilitation (by this term also comprising restoring voluntary control of locomotion) of a subject suffering from a neuromotor impairment in particular partial or total paralysis of limbs, is also disclosed.

A method for diagnosing a condition of a subject includes imaging an abdominal area of the subject to obtain one or more images of the abdominal area. Separation between rectus abdominis muscles in the abdominal area is located from the one or more images. Distance of the separation between the rectus abdominis muscles is quantified. The results of the quantified distance and one or more images are outputted on one or more display units.

Methods and apparatus for mitigating neuromuscular signal artifacts are described. The method comprises detecting in real-time, by at least one computer processor, one or more artifacts in a plurality of neuromuscular signals recorded by a plurality of neuromuscular sensors, determining, based at least in part, on the detected one or more artifacts, a plurality of derived neuromuscular signals to mitigate the one or more artifacts, and providing, as input to one or more trained statistical models, the plurality of derived neuromuscular signals.

Stands for measuring proprioception comprising a hand layer comprising one or more vertically offset portions configured to ensure proper placement of a patient's hand in a predetermined position, a top cover coupled to the hand layer, wherein the top cover is designed to obscure the patient's view of the patient's hand, and a support element coupled to the hand layer and configured to support the hand layer at a predetermined angle are disclosed. Methods for measuring proprioception are also disclosed.

This disclosure is directed to method and system for automatic, distributed, computer-aided, and intelligent data collection/analytics, health monitoring, health condition identification, and patient preventive/remedial health advocacy. The system integrates (1) distributed patient health data collection devices, (2) centralized or distributed data servers running various intelligent and predictive data analytics engines for health screening, assessment, patient health condition identification, and patient preventive/remedial health advocacy, 3) specifically designed data structures including quantized health indicator vectors, patient health condition identification matrices and patient health condition vectors, (4) portal servers configured to interface with (5) distributed physician terminal devices and (6) distributed patient terminal devices for delivering health condition identification, health interventions and patient preventive/remedial health advocacy, and for monitoring and tracking patient activities. The various intelligent and predictive engines are configured to learn and extract hidden features and correlations from a large amount of data obtained from the distributed data collection devices.

Patient mobility assessments may be improved using an augmented reality patient assessment module. To reduce subjectivity of a mobility assessment, a depth camera may be used to determine precise patient motion, generate a skeletal model of the patient, and determine range of motion for various patient joints. An augmented reality head-mounted display may include a transparent display screen, and may be used to display the skeletal model overlaid on the patient while the patient is being viewed through the transparent display screen. A medical practitioner may guide the patient through a series of musculoskeletal evaluation activities, which may be used to generate the skeletal model of the patient and determine range of motion for various patient joints. The skeletal model and range of motion information may be used to generate a predicted postoperative skeletal model, which may indicate an improved range of motion based on a surgical procedure.

A wearable device operably worn by a user for monitoring musculoskeletal loading on structure inside the body of the user includes a plurality of sensors, each sensor operably worn by the user at a predetermined location and configured to detect information about a biomechanical activity of musculoskeletal tissues, a limb segment orientation, and/or a loading magnitude or location thereon; and a processing unit in communication with the plurality of sensors and configured to process the detected information by the plurality of sensors to estimate the musculoskeletal loading, and communicate the estimated musculoskeletal loading to the user and/or a party of interest.

A system for delivering physical therapy to a user includes an active video gaming system that has a motion detector capable of detecting the physical motions of a user. The system includes parameters related to movement restrictions that a user may have and the system creates a gaming environment based on the parameters.