A61B5/6801

Activity monitoring device with assessment of exercise intensity

Aspects relate to a portable device that may be used to identify a critical intensity and an anaerobic work capacity of an individual. The device may utilize muscle oxygen sensor data, speed data, or power data. The device may utilize data from multiple exercise sessions, or may utilize data from a single exercise session. The device may additionally estimate a critical intensity from a previous race time input from a user.

MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

A data processing system comprising a processing device configured to collect sets of sensed data representing motion characteristics of a user's gait at a first time and at a second time subsequent to the first time, to process each set of sensed data to form a respective information set dependent on the user's gait at the first and second times, and to compare the first information set with one of (i) the second information set and (ii) a predetermined reference data set in accordance with a predetermined algorithm to identify a condition or change in condition of the user.

Wearable sensing device

A wearable sensing device includes a connector socket provided with contact pads connectable to sensing electrodes for sensing biological electrical signals. A supply module is provided with a battery, which is housed in a first casing configured for reversible coupling with the connector socket. A control module is housed in a second casing distinct from the first casing and configured for coupling with the supply module and with the connector socket. The control module is equipped with a processing unit configured to process biological electrical signals detectable through the contact pads. Mechanical-connection members couple the supply module to the connector socket. Electrical-connection members distinct from the mechanical-connection members are configured to connect the battery and the contact pads to the control module.

Wearable Device, Perspiration Analysis Device, and Perspiration Analysis Method
20230094123 · 2023-03-30 ·

A wearable device includes a base material including a first surface, a first flow path being formed in the base material, including one end that opens into the first surface, and extending along a direction toward a second surface opposite to the first surface of the base material, a second flow path being formed in the base material and including one end connected to another end of the first flow path and another end that opens into the second surface, a water absorbing structure that is provided on the second surface and absorbs sweat transported from the first flow path through the second flow path and secreted from skin of the living body, and a sensor that is disposed on the base material, detects an electrical signal deriving from a predetermined component included in the sweat flowing from the first flow path to the second flow path.

Assessment of labeled probes in a subject
11484278 · 2022-11-01 · ·

Wearable apparatus and method of using same for tracking a labeled probe in a subject are disclosed.

HEART RATE AND BLOOD OXYGEN MONITORING DEVICE

The heart rate and blood oxygen monitoring device of the present invention utilizes two ambient light calibration DACs, which can quickly calibrate noise signals generated by ambient light. The heart rate and blood oxygen monitoring device can provide more accurate heart rate and blood oxygen values for optical measurement methods.

Method of determining a stress time period of a person

To objectively grasp a stress state of a user and to prevent a mental disorder of the user, the following steps are performed: acquiring, via a network, biogas information at multiple timings and time information corresponding to each of the multiple timings, wherein the biogas information represents a concentration of tetradecane of a user acquired by a sensor that detects tetradecane discharged from a skin surface of the user; obtaining reference information representing an upper limit of a normal range of the concentration of tetradecane per unit period of time, using a memory storing the reference information representing the upper limit of the normal range; determining a stress time period during which a concentration of the tetradecane of the user is more than the upper limit of the normal range, based on the acquired biological gas information; and outputting time period information indicating the determined stress time period 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.

Systems and Methods for Non-invasive Blood Pressure Measurement
20220346724 · 2022-11-03 ·

Systems and methods for non-invasive blood pressure measurement are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system comprises a wearable member configured to generate first and second signals (e.g., PPG signals), and a blood pressure calculation system. The blood pressure calculation system includes a wave selection module configured to identify subsets of waves of the signals, a feature extraction module configured to generate sets of feature vectors form the subsets of waves, and a blood pressure processing module configured to calculate an arterial blood pressure value based on the sets of feature vectors and an empirical blood pressure calculation model, the empirical blood pressure calculation model configured to receive the sets of feature vectors as input values. The blood pressure calculation system further includes a communication module configured to provide a message including or being based on the arterial blood pressure value.

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
20220346683 · 2022-11-03 ·

To provide an information processing system and an information processing method that are capable of evaluating a specific space in association with feelings of users. The information processing system includes: an accumulation unit configured to accumulate variation in feelings of a user caused by going in and out of a specific space; and a control unit configured to calculate an evaluation value of the specific space on a basis of the variation in the feelings of the user.

Opioid overdose treatment assembly
11484672 · 2022-11-01 ·

A opioid overdose treatment assembly for treating an opioid overdose includes a housing that can be worn on a user. An inhaler is coupled to the housing and the inhaler contains an aerosolized medication for treating an opioid overdose. The inhaler is actuatable to release a pre-determined amount of the aerosolized medication for inhalation by the user when the user is suffering from an opioid overdose. A communicator is coupled to the housing and the communicator is in wireless communication with a communication network. In this way the communicator can be placed in communication with emergency responders.