A61B5/02444

Soft pressure sensor using multi-material 3D-printed microchannel molds and method for making the sensor

The present invention relates to a flexible pressure sensor using a multi-material 3D-printed microchannel mold, and a method for manufacturing the same. An object of the present invention is to provide a flexible pressure sensor using a multi-material 3D-printed microchannel mold, the flexible pressure sensor being formed by using a conductive liquid and an elastomer, having a microchannel formed therein, and having improved flexibility, sensitivity, and stability in comparison to the related art. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a flexible pressure sensor using a multi-material 3D-printed microchannel mold, in which the flexible pressure sensor is manufactured by using the microchannel mold including microbumps, the microchannel mold being multi-material 3D-printed by using a sacrificial material and a hard material.

LIVESTOCK HEART RATE MEASUREMENT WITH BOLUS SENSOR

Various examples describe a livestock monitoring system and method. A sensor signal may comprise a rotational component describing a rotation of the sensor within an animal and a linear component describing a linear movement of the sensor within the animal. The rotational component may be used to identify an animal respiration signal. The animal respiration signal and the linear component may be used to generate a respiration-corrected linear component. An animal heart signal may be detected from the respiration-corrected linear component.

SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR MEASURING HEART RATE
20230023965 · 2023-01-26 ·

Systems, apparatus, and methods for measuring heart rate are disclosed. An example system includes a transmitter to emit electromagnetic waves; a first sensor to output signals representative of the electromagnetic waves reflected by a subject; a second sensor to generate image data, the image data including data corresponding to a chest of the subject; machine readable instructions; and processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to generate heartbeat data by cancelling harmonics associated with respiration by the subject from data corresponding to the output signals of the first sensor based on the image data, and determine a heart rate for the subject based on the heartbeat data.

Multi sensor radio frequency detection

Radio frequency motion sensors may be configured for operation in a common vicinity so as to reduce interference. In some versions, interference may be reduced by timing and/or frequency synchronization. In some versions, a master radio frequency motion sensor may transmit a first radio frequency (RF) signal. A slave radio frequency motion sensor may determine a second radio frequency signal which minimizes interference with the first RF frequency. In some versions, interference may be reduced with additional transmission adjustments such as pulse width reduction or frequency and/or timing dithering differences. In some versions, apparatus may be configured with multiple sensors in a configuration to emit the radio frequency signals in different directions to mitigate interference between emitted pulses from the radio frequency motion sensors.

User device incorporating multi-sensing sensor device
11562053 · 2023-01-24 · ·

A device may include a sensor window. The sensor window may include a substrate. The sensor window may include a set of layers disposed onto the substrate. The set of layers may include a first subset of layers of a first refractive index and a second set of layers of a second refractive index different from the first refractive index. The set of layers may be associated with a threshold transmissivity in a sensing spectral range, and may be configured to a particular color in a visible spectral range and associated with a threshold opacity in the visible spectral range. The device may include a spectral sensor device aligned to the sensor window and including at least one sensor element to receive light in the sensing spectral range and provide a plurality of sensing functionalities based on at least one measurement of the light in the sensing spectral range.

Systems and Methods for Generating Synthetic Cardio-Respiratory Signals
20230225517 · 2023-07-20 ·

Devices and methods for generating synthetic cardio-respiratory signals from one or more ballistocardiogram (BCG) sensors. A method for determining item specific parameters includes obtaining ballistocardiogram (BCG) data from one or more sensors, where the one or more sensors capture BCG data for one or more subjects in relation to a substrate. For each subject, the captured BCG data is pre-processed to obtain cardio-respiratory BCG data. The cardio-respiratory BCG data is sub-sampled to generate the cardio-respiratory BCG data at a cardio-respiratory sampling rate conducive to cardio-respiratory signal generation. The sub-sampled cardio-respiratory BCG data is cardio-respiratory processed to generate a cardio-respiratory parameter set. A synthetic cardio-respiratory signal is generated from at least the cardio-respiratory parameter set and a cardio-respiratory event morphology template. A condition of the subject is determined based on the synthetic cardio-respiratory signal.

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTE SLEEP MONITORING
20230018038 · 2023-01-19 ·

Methods and systems for remote sleep monitoring are provided. Such methods and systems provide non-contact sleep monitoring via remote sensing or radar sensors. In this regard, when processing backscattered radar signals from a sleeping subject on a normal mattress, a breathing motion magnification effect is observed from mattress surface displacement due to human respiratory activity. This undesirable motion artifact causes existing approaches for accurate heart-rate estimation to fail. Embodiments of the present disclosure use a novel active motion suppression technique to deal with this problem by intelligently selecting a slow-time series from multiple ranges and examining a corresponding phase difference. This approach facilitates improved sleep monitoring, where one or more subjects can be remotely monitored during an evaluation period (which corresponds to an expected sleep cycle).

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS
20230012971 · 2023-01-19 ·

To provide an electrocardiographic measurement apparatus that can prevent a variety of subjects from having discomfort when the apparatus is attached to the subjects. The electrocardiographic measurement apparatus includes: a plurality of electrodes that has a length along a circumferential direction of an upper arm, the length being variable in accordance with a length in the circumferential direction of the upper arm, and detects an electric potential from the upper arm that is brought into contact with the electrodes; and a device body that generates electrocardiographic information based on the electric potential detected by the plurality of electrodes.

RETINAL VITAL SIGN ASSESSMENT
20230016417 · 2023-01-19 ·

A fundus imager includes a camera for capturing eye fundus images, and a display for displaying the eye fundus images. The fundus imager captures an eye fundus video using the camera, performs an analysis on the eye fundus video to generate a signal, and calculates one or more vital signs from the signal.

Blood pressure monitor attachment assembly

A blood pressure monitor configured to removably mount to a cuff in a substantially symmetrical position with respect to a width of the cuff can include a housing defining an interior, a first port, and a second port. The first port can: secure to a first prong of the cuff when the cuff is mounted in a first orientation; receive and secure to a second prong of the cuff when the cuff is mounted in a second orientation; and enable fluid communication between the interior and at least one of a first fluid passage within the first prong and a second fluid passage within the second prong. The second port can: secure to the second prong of the cuff when the cuff is mounted in the first orientation; and receive and secure to the first prong of the cuff when the cuff is mounted in the second orientation.