An information processing apparatus includes a sensing unit that senses body motion of a user present within a prescribed area, a determination unit that determines whether or not the user is in a ready-to-sleep state based on a result of sensing by the sensing unit, and a processing performing unit that performs first processing when a result of determination by the determination unit indicates that the user has entered the ready-to-sleep state.

An information processing apparatus according to one aspect includes a time counter that manages time, a notification unit that performs a notification operation for waking a user up, a sensing unit that contactlessly senses a signal in accordance with motion of the user, and a controller that controls the notification unit to perform the notification operation when a notification condition is satisfied and controls the notification unit to stop the notification operation when a notification stop condition is satisfied based on a result of sensing by the sensing unit.

An apparatus may be configured for providing feedback to caregivers during a code blue scenario when adhered to the chest of a subject undergoing resuscitation by sensing and transmitting information associated with the code blue scenario. Such information may include one or more of vital signs of the subject during resuscitation, information associated with chest movements of the subject during resuscitation, and audio information from an environment of the subject during resuscitation. One or more processors may generate real-time feedback for communication to the caregivers during the code blue scenario based on the sensed and transmitted information.

An apparatus may be configured for providing feedback to caregivers during a code blue scenario when adhered to the chest of a subject undergoing resuscitation by sensing and transmitting information associated with the code blue scenario. Such information may include one or more of vital signs of the subject during resuscitation, information associated with chest movements of the subject during resuscitation, and audio information from an environment of the subject during resuscitation. One or more processors may generate real-time feedback for communication to the caregivers during the code blue scenario based on the sensed and transmitted information.

A body movement detection sensor includes a sensor section having a piezoelectric film, a right belt member, a left belt member, and an engagement member configured to engage the right and left belt members. In the body movement detection sensor, the piezoelectric film exhibits piezoelectric effect in a length direction, the right belt member and the left belt member have substantially no elasticity, the body movement detection sensor further includes an elastic sheet directly or indirectly connected to the right belt member and the left belt member, the piezoelectric film and the elastic sheet are arranged substantially without irregularities when viewed from a side, and the elastic sheet has a maximum amount of expansion larger than an amount of change of a thorax during breathing and has a length equal to or smaller than one-sixth of a total length of the right belt member and the left belt member.

A medical apparatus includes an acquirer, an associator, and a display controller. The acquirer acquires information indicating a respiratory waveform of an object and acquires fluoroscopic images of the object captured in time series. The associator associates a tracking value which fluctuates according to a respiratory phase of the object, based on the time-series fluoroscopic images. The display controller causes a display to display the respiratory waveform and a waveform of the tracking value in a comparable form.

A device for treating sleep disordered breathing includes a stimulation element to stimulate an airway patency related nerve.

A device for treating sleep disordered breathing includes a stimulation element to stimulate an airway patency related nerve.

The present specification discloses systems and methods of patient monitoring in which multiple sensors are used to detect physiological parameters and the data from those sensors are correlated to determine if an alarm should, or should not, be issued, thereby resulting in more precise alarms and fewer false alarms. Electrocardiogram readings can be combined with invasive blood pressure, non-invasive blood pressure, and/or pulse oximetry measurements to provide a more accurate picture of pulse activity and patient respiration. In addition, the monitoring system can also use an accelerometer or heart valve auscultation to further improve accuracy.

In one embodiment, an assessment system includes an electrical stimulation device configured to generate current, stimulation electrodes configured to apply the current generated by the electrical stimulation device to a neck of a subject at a location that results in stimulation of a phrenic nerve of the subject, a movement sensor configured to sense movement of an upper abdomen of the subject caused by twitching of a diaphragm of the subject responsive to the stimulation of the phrenic nerve, and a controller configured to receive data sensed by the movement sensor, analyze the received data to evaluate the activity of the diaphragm, and generate an assessment of the subject's respiratory function or phrenic nerve.