To provide a concentration calculating module configured to measure the concentrations of two constituents simultaneously with higher accuracy. The concentration measuring module includes a light source configured to emit light into a housing; a first light receiving unit configured to have sensitivity to a wavelength of output light of the light source and receive light radiated from inside the housing; and a second light receiving unit configured to have sensitivity to a longer wavelength than the first light receiving unit and receive light radiated from inside the housing. The light source, the first light receiving unit, and the second light receiving unit are arranged to have a positional relationship in which a light emitting surface of the light source faces a light receiving surface of the first light receiving unit, and a normal to a light receiving surface of the second light receiving unit is orthogonal to, of a line through the light source and the first light receiving unit, a line segment corresponding to the inside of the housing, and a length X of, of the line through the light source and the first light receiving unit, the line segment corresponding to the inside of the housing and then a length Y of, of a line including the normal to the light receiving surface of the second light receiving unit, a line segment corresponding to the inside of the housing satisfy Y/X>1. The concentration measuring module calculates the concentrations of two constituents simultaneously on the basis of first and second signals output from the first and second light receiving units.

A connector system includes a male connecter including a male housing defining a recess and a plurality of pins arranged within the recess; and a female connector including a female housing configured to be insertable into the recess of the male housing. The female housing includes: front and back portions; a pair of longitudinal sides that extend from the front portion to the back portion; a planar side that extends from the front portion to the back portion, the planar side connecting first ends of the pair of longitudinal sides; a rounded side that extends from the front portion to the back portion, the rounded side connecting second ends of the pair of longitudinal sides; a front surface defined at the front portion by the pair of longitudinal sides, the planar side, and the rounded side; and a plurality of sockets formed at the front surface.

Provided is an ultrasound endoscope capable of suppressing image quality deterioration of an ultrasound image and achieving reduction in diameter.

An ultrasound endoscope includes an insertion part that includes a distal end part having an ultrasound transducer array in which a plurality of ultrasound transducers are arranged, a cable that is inserted into the insertion part, and a substrate that electrically connects the plurality of ultrasound transducers and the cable, and is disposed in the distal end part. The cable has a non-coaxial cable that includes a first cable bundle consisting of a plurality of signal wires and a plurality of ground wires, and a first shield layer with which the first cable bundle is coated, and an outer coat with which a second cable bundle consisting of a plurality of the non-coaxial cables is coated. The substrate includes a plurality of electrode pads connected to the plurality of ultrasound transducers, respectively. Each first cable bundle is individually led out from the cable, and each signal wire of the first cable bundle is led out and electrically connected to the corresponding electrode pad of the substrate. The plurality of ultrasound transducers are configured in a plurality of drive units to be driven simultaneously. The plurality of signal wires of each first cable bundle are connected to a plurality of electrode pads in each drive unit to configure a signal wire group, and the signal wire group includes at least two kinds or more of signal wires different in length from a distal end of the first cable bundle.

Provided is an ultrasound endoscope capable of preventing a non-coaxial cable from being disconnected and achieving reduction in diameter.

An ultrasound endoscope includes an insertion part that includes a distal end part having an ultrasound transducer array in which a plurality of ultrasound transducers are arranged, a cable that is inserted into the insertion part, and a substrate that electrically connects the plurality of ultrasound transducers and the cable, and is disposed in the distal end part. The cable has a non-coaxial cable that includes a first cable bundle consisting of a plurality of signal wires and a plurality of ground wires, and a first shield layer with which the first cable bundle is coated, and an outer coat with which a second cable bundle consisting of a plurality of the non-coaxial cables is coated. The substrate includes a plurality of electrode pads connected to the plurality of ultrasound transducers, respectively. Each first cable bundle is individually led out from the cable, and each signal wire of the first cable bundle is led out and electrically bonded to the corresponding electrode pad of the substrate. The ultrasound endoscope further includes a fixing part that fixes relative positions of the substrate and each first cable bundle.

Biometric information about a person may be collected and analyzed to gain insight into the person's physical and/or emotional conditions. The collection and analysis may be performed using a uniquely designed sensing device that includes multiple sets of sensors configured to collect EEG, EOG, EMG, EDA, and/or PPG signals from the person's head and/or facial areas. The sensing device may include a multi-layered facepad and may be coupled to a VR/AR headset and/or a scalp engagement apparatus to monitor the person's physiological and/or neural reactions to audio/visual stimuli.

Disclosed herein are capacitive sensors, and methods for their operation, that determine the presence of a user by detecting input forces and/or pressures. Capacitive sensors may be in the form of a flexible capacitive sensing mat. An electronic device incorporating a flexible capacitive sensing mat may include spacer fabric disposed between conductive layers. The spacer fabric may have a first thickness and may be configured to compress to at least a second thickness when a threshold pressure is applied to the layered sensor and revert to the first thickness when the threshold pressure is no longer applied to the flexible mat. A capacitive sense circuit electrically coupled to the second conductive layer and configured to generate a presence detection signal when the spacer fabric layer compresses to the second thickness may additionally be provided.

According to one embodiment, a magnetic sensor includes a sensor part, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The sensor part includes a magnetic element part, first and second conductive members. The magnetic element part includes first to fourth magnetic elements. The first conductive member includes first to third conductive portions, and first and second middle portions. The second conductive member includes fourth to sixth conductive portions, and third and fourth middle portions. The first circuit is electrically connected to the third and sixth conductive portions. The first circuit is configured to supply a first current between the third and sixth conductive portions. The second circuit is electrically connected to a first connection point and a second connection point. The second circuit is electrically connected to first and second connection points. The second circuit is configured to supply a second current between the first and second connection points.

Disclosed is a system for monitoring physiological parameters during a medical interventional procedure involving high intensity/energy radiofrequency electrical currents/voltages applied through a body of a subject, the system including an electrode-based sensor, configured to close an electrical conduction path passing through a body of a subject, and one or more non-electrode-based sensors, a plurality of electrical lines, a monitor, and a filter array including EMI filters mounted at specific locations and characterized by a frequency response curve having a magnitude of an attenuation in a first frequency range (typical of operating frequencies of high intensity/energy radiofrequency medical interventional equipment), which is greater than a magnitude of an attenuation in a second frequency range (typical of the sampling frequencies of the electrode-based sensor and the one or more non-electrode-based sensors), the system being thereby configured for suppressing noise induced by the medical interventional equipment.

The design and structure of a physiological fluid collection bag with instant data transmission capabilities, utilizing a micromachined thermal time-of-flight flow sensor as well as integrated pH and calorimetric mass flow sensors for simultaneous and continuous measurement of the instant volumetric flow rate, accumulated total volume, pH and density of data of a collected fluid is disclosed in embodiments. The fluid collection bag includes a collection chamber and storage chamber wherein the sensors are installed inside the storage chamber of the bag and the bag is fully disposable. The fluid collection bag is able to measure the flow rate and instantly relay the data to a reusable data processing unit that can transmit the data to a designated data center or to medical staff.

A portable patient-care kit is disclosed. The kit includes two-housing portions, a plurality of compartments and a touch-screen user interface device. The two-housing portions pivotally coupled together to form a container space. The plurality of compartments is disposed within at least one of the housing portions such that each compartment is configured to retain at least one medical apparatus. The touch-screen user interface device has a transceiver that can communicate via a mobile data network.