Systems and methods for monitoring patients with respiratory diseases are described. A system may include a sensor circuit to sense a respiration signal and at least one hemodynamic signal. The system may detect a specified respiratory phase from the respiration signal, and generate from the hemodynamic signal one or more signal metrics that are correlative to at least one of a systolic blood pressure, a blood volume, or a cardiac dimension. The system may detect a restrictive or obstructive respiratory condition when the hemodynamic signal metric indicates hemodynamic deterioration during a specified respiratory phase. The system may additionally classify the detected restrictive or obstructive respiratory condition into one of two or more categories, and deliver a therapy based on the detection or the classification.

An autonomous control system according to an embodiment includes a memory; and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry configured to detect surrounding information of an object. The processing circuitry configured to identify identification information indicating the object from the surrounding information. The processing circuitry configured to determine an increase and decrease in stress information of a user. The processing circuitry configured to learn correction information for correcting an operation of the object, to an operation of reducing the stress of the user. The processing circuitry configured to determine a type of control relative to the object, and determine control information for specifying the operation of the object by the determined type of control, from the identification information and the correction information. The processing circuitry configured to control the object by the control information.

A medical sensor system (1) for determining a feature in a human or animal body includes magnetic measurement nanoparticles (10) configured to form reversible chemical bonds with a binding substance, and experience a change in their magnetic relaxation behavior dependent on the formation of such bonds. The sensor system (i) further includes magnetic reference nanoparticles (20) having lesser (and preferably no) binding affinity to the binding substance.

The invention relates to an apparatus for charging a remote feedable circuit bioelectronic implanted in a patient or in a laboratory animal, said apparatus comprising a composable container configured to define a closed environment suitable to receive a patient or a laboratory animal, said container comprising a plurality of composable walls made of a nonmagnetic material and connected to each other so as to define said closed environment, said container comprising at least one first winding whose axis is arranged in a first direction (Z) and at least one second winding whose axis is arranged in a second direction (Y) perpendicular to said first direction (Z). The apparatus further comprises a system for powering and driving the windings of the composable container, said system comprising a switching power driver for each winding, a plurality of phase locked loop circuits respectively connected to each switching power driver and connected to a programmable logic circuit of the powering and driving system, said programmable logic circuit being configured to perform a phase comparison, the programmable logic circuit being in turn connected to a microprocessor of the powering and driving system, said microprocessor being configured to provide driving signals to the windings for generating inside the container a rotating magnetic field.

A device (10) to be inserted in a woman's vagina to aid in measuring muscles operatively associated with the woman's vagina. The device (10) includes a motion detector (24) that is a gyroscope and that detects angular movement about at least one axis, and preferably detects angular movement about three mutually perpendicular axes. Preferably the motion detector (24) is a combination of a gyroscope and accelerometer.

The present invention provides a catheter for use in delivering and/or recovering materials to and/or from a tissue site in the body, the catheter comprising one or more macroporous regions adapted to selectively deliver molecules and/or recover cells from the tissue site, based on one or more physical-chemical-biological characteristics. The macroporous region can be provided in the form of a helical hollow wires, and can be adapted to both recover cells from the tissue site (e.g., bacterial or other cells present in interstitial fluid) and optionally to permit the infusion of medicament to the site, under corresponding conditions.

An implantable medical device comprises a communication module that comprises at least one of a receiver module and a transmitter module. The receiver module is configured to both receive from an antenna and demodulate an RF telemetry signal, and receive from a plurality of electrodes and demodulate a tissue conduction communication (TCC) signal. The transmitter module is configured to modulate and transmit both an RF telemetry signal via the antenna and a TCC signal via the plurality of electrodes. The RF telemetry signal and the TCC signal are both within a predetermined band for RF telemetry communication. In some examples, the IMD comprises a switching module configured to selectively couple one of the plurality of electrodes and the antenna to the receiver module or transmitter module.

A biosensor is proposed for insertion into the subcutaneous tissue of a user wherein the biosensor includes at least one flexible substrate (2) and at least one electrode (5) on at least one surface (9) of the substrate and at least one contacting element (3). The contacting element is connected to the electrode. The substrate has at least one kink (4), at which the substrate is at least partly kinked such that the surface is subdivided into at least two interconnected outer surfaces (9a, 9b, 9c).

A heart monitoring system for a person includes one or more wireless nodes; and wearable appliance in communication with the one or more wireless nodes, the appliance monitoring vital signs.

A cable connector, including a housing having a base and a lip, which surrounds the base and defines an aperture configured to receive a mating plug. The cable connector also includes a plurality of electrical contacts enclosed by the housing and configured to convey electrical signals, the electrical contacts having respective first proximal and first distal ends, the first proximal ends being implanted in the base so that the first distal ends are recessed within the aperture at a first distance from the base. The cable connector additionally includes one or more optical fiber terminals containing end portions of respective optical fibers configured to convey optical signals and having respective second proximal and second distal ends, the second proximal ends being implanted in the base so that the second distal ends are recessed within the aperture at a second distance from the base, which is greater than the first distance.