The invention relates to an apparatus (2, 3), comprising a mating unit (20-1, 20-2) for releasably attaching the apparatus (2) to a medical device (1) or for releasably receiving at least a part of the medical device (1). The apparatus (2, 3) further comprises one or more optical sensors (25, 26) and/or one or more acoustical sensors (27) for determining information related to a condition and/or use of the medical device (1). The invention further relates to a system comprising such an apparatus (2, 3) and such a medical device (1), to a method (500, 600, 700) and a computer program (61) for determining information related to a condition and/or use of such a medical device (1), and to a computer-readable medium (60) storing such a computer program (61).

A system is provided for detecting lung abnormalities in a subject. The system comprises a first sensor, for sensing a first acoustic signal generated by, or applied to, the subject and an arrangement of one or more second sensors for detecting a plurality of second acoustic signals from the lungs of the subject, wherein the second acoustic signals comprise attenuated versions of the first acoustic signal after passing through the lungs of the subject. The system further comprises a processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine a respective signal attenuation between the first acoustic signal and at least a subset of the plurality of second acoustic signals and process the signal attenuations thereby to detect a lung abnormality.

A wheeze detection device that allows suppressing a noise and improving detection accuracy of wheezing. The device includes a first microphone configured by a MEMS microphone, a space-forming member (a first housing, an O-ring, a flexible circuit board, and a second housing) forming an accommodation space that accommodates the first microphone, and a housing cover that forms a pressure receiving unit that closes the accommodation space and receives a pressure from a body surface. The space-forming member has a hole portion connected to an atmosphere. The accommodation space is connected to the atmosphere via the hole portion. The hole portion includes branch portions to between a groove and a terminal and two branched hole portions branched at each branch portion from a side of the groove. One branched hole portion among the two branched hole portions is connected to the terminal. The other branched hole portion is closed.

A wheeze detection device that allows suppressing a noise and improving detection accuracy of wheezing. The device includes a first microphone configured by a MEMS microphone, a space-forming member (a first housing, an O-ring, a flexible circuit board, and a second housing) forming an accommodation space that accommodates the first microphone, and a housing cover that forms a pressure receiving unit that closes the accommodation space and receives a pressure from a body surface. The space-forming member has a hole portion connected to an atmosphere. The accommodation space is connected to the atmosphere via the hole portion. The hole portion includes branch portions to between a groove and a terminal and two branched hole portions branched at each branch portion from a side of the groove. One branched hole portion among the two branched hole portions is connected to the terminal. The other branched hole portion is closed.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to transcutaneous sound sensors. In at least one embodiment, a transcutaneous sound sensor system comprises a mounting unit and a sound sensor. The mounting unit detachably connects to an electronics unit and mounts to skin on a body. The sound sensor senses sounds originating from inside the body. The sound sensor comprises an in-vivo portion and an ex-vivo portion. The in-vivo portion is configured to be inserted through and placed beneath the skin of the body. In addition, the in-vivo portion has a sound-sensing element configured to produce an electrical signal in response to a mechanical stress or strain on the sound-sensing element. The ex-vivo portion is configured to operably connect to the electronics unit when the electronics unit is connected to the mounting unit.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to transcutaneous sound sensors. In at least one embodiment, a transcutaneous sound sensor system comprises a mounting unit and a sound sensor. The mounting unit detachably connects to an electronics unit and mounts to skin on a body. The sound sensor senses sounds originating from inside the body. The sound sensor comprises an in-vivo portion and an ex-vivo portion. The in-vivo portion is configured to be inserted through and placed beneath the skin of the body. In addition, the in-vivo portion has a sound-sensing element configured to produce an electrical signal in response to a mechanical stress or strain on the sound-sensing element. The ex-vivo portion is configured to operably connect to the electronics unit when the electronics unit is connected to the mounting unit.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to determining an optimal location on the body of a person where heart sounds may be optimally heard. The optimal location may be determined at a time prior to the attempted auscultation and ECG data corresponding to the optimal location may be stored in a memory of an auscultation device. Subsequently, when a e.g., physician wishes to listen to the heart sounds of the person, the physician may place the auscultation device at a first location on the patient. The auscultation device may periodically perform an ECG at a current location and use the ECG data at the current location and the ECG data at the optimal location to determine and provide guidance to the physician regarding a direction in which the auscultation device should be moved in order to reach the optimal location.

A virtual agent instructs a responding person to perform specific verbal exercises. Audio and image inputs from the responding person's performance of the exercises are used to identify speech, video, cognitive, and/or respiratory biomarkers, which are then used to evaluate speech motor function and/or neurological health. Contemplated exercises include test aspects of oral motor proficiency, sustained phonation, diadochokinesis, reading speech, spontaneous speech, spirometry, picture description, and emotion elicitation. Metrics from evaluation of the responding person's performance are advantageously produced automatically, and are presented in spreadsheet format.

An audio system adapted to provide an auditory stimulation for inducing neural oscillations in a user during sleep.

The present invention discloses a smart noise reduction device including a control device; an audio waveform pattern recognizer coupled to the control device for identifying an audio mixed signal including a regularity signal and a non-regularity signal; an audio waveform pattern database coupled to the control device, including at least one audio type, each having a plurality of preset second regularity signals; and an audio filter coupled to the control device to obtain the regularity signal.