A charger for an electronic nicotine delivery systems (“ENDS”) device, which may include aerosol delivery devices provides functionality for authentication, including age verification. Such devices may be restricted based on age or other factors that require some form of authentication, verification, and/or identification to satisfy the restriction. The accessory or charger may provide or connect with a verification system for confirming an age of a user. If the authentication or verification is not satisfied, the charger or accessory will not charge the device, rendering it unusable.

A pain-reducing injection apparatus to enhance the safety, efficacy, and efficiency of injection procedures which utilize topical pain-reducing measures. Apparatuses and methods of use provide pain reduction through thermal cooling of an injection region or vibrating the region or both, and optionally include safety shielding and lockout features.

A fluid injector system configured for use in administering at least one fluid to a patient, the fluid injector system including at least one image capture device configured for capturing image data in an environment surrounding the fluid injector system; and a control device comprising at least one processor programmed or configured to receive, with the at least one processor, the image data captured by the at least one image capture device; determine, with the at least one processor, whether the received image data comprises at least one predetermined characteristic; and perform, with the at least one processor, at least one action in response to determining whether the received image data comprises at least one predetermined char-acteristic.

A ventilator system includes a ventilation device, and is configured to operate in a passive mode configured to transmit ventilation data in response to requests from a ventilation management system, or an active mode configured to automatically transmit ventilation data as the data becomes available. The system receives ventilation system data associated with operation of the ventilation device, modifies one or more operating parameters of the ventilation device based on the received ventilation system data, receives ventilator data associated with the ventilator device, determines an alarm associated with the ventilator device or a patient based on the received ventilator data and, responsive to determining the alarm, sends the alarm to a beginning of a transmission queue for transmitting the ventilation data to the ventilation management system, wherein the alarm is communicated over the network prior to other ventilation data in the transmission queue.

User alertness can be monitored and leveraged while the user is interacting with a computing device, such as a mobile device (e.g., a smartphone or tablet). By monitoring interaction data, an alertness inference of the user can be generated. The interaction data can include biometric data of the user (e.g., blink rate, eye focus, and breathing rate), inertia data of the device (e.g., swaying and orientation), and software-usage data of the device (e.g., button press speed and accuracy, app or action being used, and response times). The alertness inference can be a score measuring a degree of alertness of the user, from a deep sleep through fully alert. The alertness inference can be leveraged to automatically alert presentation of a message (e.g., notification) on the device, such as withholding presentation of the message or presenting it in different fashion (e.g., silently).

Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to neural stimulation via audio and visual stimulations. The combination and/or sequence of audio and visual brain stimulations can adjust, control or otherwise manage the frequency of the neural oscillations to provide beneficial effects to one or more cognitive states or cognitive functions of the brain, while mitigating or preventing adverse consequences on a cognitive state or cognitive function that stems from sleep deprivation. In doing so, the present systems and methods can reduce sleep fragmentation, improve sleep quality, and slow the progression of cognitive decline in a subject with Alzheimer's disease and MCI.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one processor, and at least one memory configured to store instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein when the instructions are executed by the at least one processor, the at least one processor is configured to perform sensing an occurrence of a trigger event, based on an input to the electronic device and an input to at least one Internet of Things (IoT) device connected to the electronic device, collecting weather information in response to the occurrence of the trigger event, estimating an emotion of a user, based on at least one of context information stored for the user and the weather information, receiving, from the user, an audiovisual impairment state of the user or estimating the audiovisual impairment state based on the context information, determining audiovisual content for a disabled to output, based on at least one of the estimated emotion and the audiovisual impairment state, among the at least one IoT device, determining a target IoT device to output the determined audiovisual content for the disabled, and outputting the determined audiovisual content for the disabled through the target IoT device.

Systems and methods for detection and/or intervention of stress episodes such as nightmares during sleep activity or flashbacks or anxiety attacks during waking or sleep activity. In some embodiments, sensors, such as gyroscopes, accelerometers, heart rate sensors, and/or other sensors, may be used for monitoring stress indicators indicative of a user's stress level. The sensed stress indicators may be used to calculate a stress level. If the stress level meets or exceeds a stress level threshold, haptic, audio, visual, and/or other feedback or alerts may be used to draw a user's attention and thus interrupt the stress episode.

The present invention relates to a kit comprising: a) an ampoule; b) a material comprising a hemp plant or parts thereof; and c) a color indicator capable of reacting by contacting the hemp plant and/or at least a part thereof to change the color of the color indicator, wherein the material and the color indicator are disposed in the ampoule; and a method for qualitatively and/or quantitatively detecting one or more substance(s) contained in the hemp plant using the kit.

A vaporization device includes biometric recognition systems. A vaporizer device is provided. The vaporizer device includes a vaporizer body comprising a cartridge receptacle, a heating element, a power source, and a sensor. The vaporizer device further includes a vaporizer cartridge that is selectively coupled to the vaporizer body, the vaporizer cartridge comprising one or more translucent surfaces and a passageway between the sensor and the one or more translucent surfaces. The vaporizer device further includes a controller configured to determine, based on data from the sensor, whether a user is authorized to use the vaporizer device. The controller further configured to provide power to the heating element to generate an aerosol responsive to determining the authorization of the user. Related methods and articles of manufacture are also described.