A61B5/14517

Early allergy detection, notification and management systems and methods
10213150 · 2019-02-26 ·

A watch-like early allergy detection, notification and management system is equipped with a motion detector as well as one or more physiological sensors to measure heart rate, skin color change, skin galvanic response, oxygen saturation and blood pressure to detect early symptoms of an allergic reaction. False alarms are reduced by simultaneously measuring ambient temperature and physical activity of the subject. Sudden onset of skin itch, redness, sweating, increase in heart rate or a drop in blood pressure without a preceding hot ambient condition or strenuous physical activity is interpreted as an allergic reaction. The system is also equipped with a subject locator and a GPS receiver to assist a caregiver in finding the subject rapidly. The system further features a medication compartment to start managing the allergic reaction quickly. The system is particularly beneficial for children that may become scared or hide away upon onset of an allergic reaction.

Assay and Point of Care Device Utilizing Saliva for Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurological Conditions Affecting Brain Health
20190053744 · 2019-02-21 · ·

The present invention relates to systems and methods for assessing brain health and detecting neurological conditions. The invention more particularly relates to systems and methods for diagnosing neurological conditions and analyzing rain health from analysis of a biological fluid sample, such as a saliva sample, that looks for and determines the significance of peripheral markers of blood-brain barrier disruption. The present invention further provides a diagnostic system and method with a higher negative predictive value of brain injury than currently known tests are able to provide, so as to reduce the need for computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging scans to affirmatively determine that brain or cerebrovascular injury has not occurred, and thus to improve suspected brain injury patient health care while reducing the expense of such care.

Sweat sensing device communication security and compliance

The invention addresses confounding difficulties involving continuous sweat analyte measurement. Specifically, the present invention provides: at least one component capable of monitoring whether a sweat sensing device is in sufficient contact with a wearer's skin to allow proper device operation; at least one component capable of monitoring whether the device is operating on a wearer's skin; at least one means of determining whether the device wearer is a target individual within a probability range; at least one component capable of generating and communicating alert messages to the device user(s) related to: wearer safety, wearer physiological condition, compliance with a requirement to wear a device, device operation; compliance with a behavior requirement, or other purposes that may be derived from sweat sensor data; and the ability to utilize aggregated sweat sensor data that may be correlated with information external to the device to enhance the predictive capabilities of the device.

NANOPARTICLE SENSOR HAVING A NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANE SCAFFOLD

Nanoparticle-fibrous membrane composites are provided as tunable interfacial scaffolds for flexible chemical sensors and biosensors by assembling gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) in a fibrous membrane. The gold nanoparticles are functionalized with organic, polymeric and/or biological molecules. The fibrous membranes may include different filter papers, with one example featuring a multilayered fibrous membrane consisting of a cellulose nanofiber (CN) top layer, an electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibrous midlayer (or alternate material), and a nonwoven polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibrous support layer, with the nanoparticles provided on the fibrous membranes through interparticle molecular/polymeric linkages and nanoparticle-nanofibrous interactions. Molecular linkers may be employed to tune hydrogen bonding and electrostatic and/or hydrophobic/hydrophilic interactions to provide sensor specificity to gases or liquids. The sensors act as chemiresistor-type sensors. A preferred implementation is a sweat sensor.

Smart wearable device for health watch

A wearable device comprising a display dial configured to display various health parameters, a wristband assisting the device to wear on wrist, an eject-able tray comprising a micro-chip, a first spring coupled to the eject-able tray, at least one latch provided with a second spring to hold the eject-able tray within the device by compressing the first spring, and a health monitoring unit provided with multiple sensors to determine various health parameters, wherein compression of the second spring results in the latch to release the eject-able tray which in turn relaxes the compressed first spring to eject the micro-chip outside the device for collecting blood samples. The microchip comprises at least one micro-needle and an enzyme test strip for collecting and analyzing the blood samples. The health monitoring unit comprises at least three conductive sense pads which are collectively operable to provide electrocardiograph (ECG) information.

BIOSENSOR FOR MEASURING GLUCOSE COMPRISING CYTOPLASMIC FILTER

The present disclosure relates to a biosensor for measuring glucose in a biological sample, which contains a filter unit formed of a cytoplasmic membrane, which allows selective permeation of glucose in a biological sample. The biosensor of the present disclosure, which contains the cytoplasmic membrane filter unit allowing selective permeation of glucose in the biological sample, exhibits high glucose detection sensitivity as compared to the commercially available blood sugar measuring sensors and also exhibits high glucose detection specificity despite the addition of signal-interfering substances such as fructose, xylose, maltose, cysteine, ascorbic acid, uric acid, galactose, etc. In addition, because he cytoplasmic membrane filter unit contained in the biosensor for measuring glucose of the present disclosure is not significantly affected by the moisture in the air, it can be applied to various products such as a disposable blood sugar test strip or an attachable or implantable glucose measuring device.

In-Ear Sensor Calibration and Detecting System and Method
20190028825 · 2019-01-24 · ·

A system, method and one or more wireless earpieces for calibrating one or more wireless earpieces. An indication the calibration of the one or more wireless earpieces is required is received. Sensors of the one or more wireless earpieces are calibrated in response to receiving the indication. Calibration information is analyzed. A determination is made whether the calibration is successful utilizing the calibration information.

TRANSCUTANEOUS ANALYTE SENSOR

The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.

Adaptive Filtration of Sweat Artifacts During Electronic Brain Monitoring
20190008383 · 2019-01-10 ·

A method and system of removing artifacts in electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is provided. Digital EEG data, based on a digitizing of analog EEG signals of a patient from a first electrode, is received. Digital sweat sensor data, based on a digitizing of analog sweat sensor signals of the patient that are contemporaneous with the analog EEG signals, is received. A transform is applied to the digital sweat sensor data based on a predetermined sweat stress profile of the patient. The digital EEG data is adaptively adjusted by subtracting the transformed sweat sensor data from the digital EEG data.

SWEAT ELECTROLYTE LOSS MONITORING DEVICES

Embodiments of the disclosed invention provide devices and methods to incorporate suspension-based, i.e., hydrogel-based and thixotropic compound-based, ion-selective electrodes and reference electrodes into a wearable sweat sensing device. Embodiments of this device are configured to monitor sweat electrolyte concentrations, trends, and ratios under demanding use conditions. The accompanying method includes use of the disclosed device to track fluid and electrolyte gain and loss in order to produce an electrolyte estimate, such as a sweat electrolyte concentration, a sweat electrolyte concentration trend, a sweat rate, or a concentration ratio between a plurality of electrolytes.