Provided are an electronic device and method for providing information related to a skin type of an object. The electronic device includes: a camera configured to capture at least one image including a skin portion and a non-skin portion of an object; and a processor configured to determine at least one color ratio between the skin portion and the non-skin portion from the at least one image, and determine a skin type of the object based on the determined at least one color ratio.

This document describes methods and materials for improving patient monitoring. For example, this document describes methods and devices for reducing the risk of respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, brain damage, and/or death by performing audiovisual detection of respiration, heart rate, oxygen saturation, perfusion, blood pressure, and/or motion.

The invention relates to diagnosis in general and more specifically a system and a method for determining the presence of jaundice in newborn babies, also known as neonatal jaundice. A main objective of the present invention is to provide a simple system and method for determining the presence of jaundice. Particularly since most deaths due to jaundice occur in low-income countries, there is a large unmet need of simple, reliable and affordable technologies able to identify at-risk newborn. The objective is accomplished through receiving a depiction of skin from an RGB sensor, and then using either an optical diffusion model of the skin or Monte Carlo simulations to calculate the bilirubin concentration. A meta model of the optical diffusion model or Monte Carlo simulations can also be used. Colour calibration is also performed by e.g. thin-plate spline interpolation.

Systems and methods for a urinalysis home testing kit are provided. In one implementation, a system may include a container configured to contain a urine sample, a dipstick including a plurality of test reagent pads thereon for measuring differing urinary properties, a blot pad, and a colorized surface containing a dipstick placement region and a plurality of colored reference elements greater than a number of the plurality of test reagent pads. The blot pad may be for removing excess urine from the dipstick after being dipped in urine, to thereby enable non-distorted image capture of the plurality of reagent pads by an image sensor. The colorized surface may be for enabling color normalization of the plurality of test reagent pads using the plurality of colored reference elements.

Systems and methods for tracking healing progress of multiple adjacent wounds are provided. In one embodiment, a system may include a processor configured to receive a first image of a plurality of adjacent wounds near a form of colorized surface having colored reference elements, determine colors of the plurality of wounds, correct for local illumination conditions, receive a second image of the plurality of wounds near the form of colorized surface, to determine second colors of the plurality of wounds in the second image, match each of the plurality of wounds in the second image to a wound of the plurality of wounds in the first image, and determine an indicator of the healing progress for each of the plurality of wounds based on changes between the first image and the second image.

Systems and methods for a color board for use in reagent strip testing are disclosed. One implementation may include a color board surface, a first colored reference element printed on the color board surface, and a second colored reference element printed on the color board surface. The color board may also include a test region on the color board surface configured to receive at least one reagent pad. The color board may also include a unique code, and the code may reflect specific chromatic properties associated with each of the first colored reference element and the second color reference element at a time of printing. The unique code may be machine readable to enable a machine to later normalize a comparison color, for determining chromatic properties of the at least one reagent pad.

Systems and methods automatically populate an electronic medical record of a patient with the results of image analysis. A token is generated for a specific patient in need of a medical test. The token is transmitted to a mobile communications device associated with the specific patient. Once a token-based communications session is initiated between the mobile communications device and a remote server, image-related information is transmitted to the remote server from the mobile communications device to perform an analysis of the image-related data. Upon verification that the transmitted image-related information is associated with the specific patient, an electronic medical record of the specific patient is updated to reflect a test result.

A method of updating an electronic medical record based on patient generated image data includes providing a test kit and a verification code to a patient. The patient performs a procedure associated with the test kit, then captures a medical image. The verification code is used to verify that the image was received from the patient. Upon verification, a notification is sent to a healthcare provider for updating an electronic medical record of the patient with data associated with the new image.

A method of updating the status of an insurance customer includes identifying a plurality of individuals with a first insurance status and delivering home testing kits to the plurality of individuals. Upon completion of the home testing kits, medical image information is received from a mobile communications device and processed to determine a state of a medical analysis region. Individuals with medical analysis regions in a differing state of criticality are identified. Healthcare providers may be provided with information indicating that there is a likelihood that the identified individuals are entitled to a second insurance status.

A sweat sensing device includes a flexible body having a first, outwardly facing surface and a second, skin facing surface and a sweat channel formed in the body, the sweat channel having a first end defining a fluid inlet and a second end. A biochemical assay well formed in the sweat channel and an assay material is disposed in the biochemical assay well, the assay material positioned to react with sweat traveling through the sweat channel and to provide one of a visual indicator and an indicator detectable by a camera and connected processor of the flow of the sweat in the sweat channel.