A61B5/389

VITAL-MONITORING MASK
20210330259 · 2021-10-28 ·

The apparatus presented herein may be used for inhibiting or preventing spread of airborne pathogens while providing immediate, continuous and remote patient vital monitoring and diagnosis, without requiring medical staff supervision. In some embodiments, a mask and earpiece is provided that is configured to measure body temperature, heart rate, blood oxygen levels and respiratory rate.

VITAL-MONITORING MASK
20210330259 · 2021-10-28 ·

The apparatus presented herein may be used for inhibiting or preventing spread of airborne pathogens while providing immediate, continuous and remote patient vital monitoring and diagnosis, without requiring medical staff supervision. In some embodiments, a mask and earpiece is provided that is configured to measure body temperature, heart rate, blood oxygen levels and respiratory rate.

SPLIT ARCHITECTURE FOR A WRISTBAND SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS

The disclosed system may include a watch band, a watch body comprising at least one image sensor configured to capture a wide-angle image, a coupling mechanism configured to detachably couple the watch body to the watch band, and at least one biometric sensor on at least one of the watch band or the watch body. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.

SENSOR ARRAY AND DEVICE

Disclosed are a sensor array and a device including the sensor. In the sensor array in which a plurality of unit element groups are arranged, each of the unit element groups includes a pressure sensor, a light emitting element, and/or a light detecting element, and the pressure sensor includes a variable resistance layer including a stretchable polymer and conductive nanostructures dispersed in the stretchable polymer.

Method and system for determining data associated with lower limb activity

A method includes steps of: measuring a variation in joint angle of a knee of a cyclist to obtain joint angle data; sensing a torque applied on a crank of a cycle or pedaling force applied to a pedal of the cycle to obtain force data; measuring an angular position of the crank to obtain crank angle data; measuring an electrical potential variation of a measured muscle of the cyclist to generate a measured EMG signal; estimating activation data and joint moment data based on aforementioned data and characteristics data; converting the activation data into estimated EMG signals based on the measured EMG signal and the activation data; and computing a coactivation parameter based on the aforementioned EMG signals.

Method and system for determining data associated with lower limb activity

A method includes steps of: measuring a variation in joint angle of a knee of a cyclist to obtain joint angle data; sensing a torque applied on a crank of a cycle or pedaling force applied to a pedal of the cycle to obtain force data; measuring an angular position of the crank to obtain crank angle data; measuring an electrical potential variation of a measured muscle of the cyclist to generate a measured EMG signal; estimating activation data and joint moment data based on aforementioned data and characteristics data; converting the activation data into estimated EMG signals based on the measured EMG signal and the activation data; and computing a coactivation parameter based on the aforementioned EMG signals.

Mechano-acoustic sensing devices and methods

Various embodiments of the present technology include a soft, conformal class of device configured specifically for mechano-acoustic recording from the skin, capable of being used on nearly any part of the body, in forms that maximize detectable signals and allow for multimodal operation, such as electrophysiological recording. Some embodiments can be configured for use in cardiovascular diagnostics, implantable device diagnostics, and human-machine interfaces (HMIs). In some embodiments, a conformal sensing device for measuring mechano-acoustic recording from skin of a human subject can include a mechano-acoustic sensor, a wireless transmitter, a flexible housing, and/or one or more electrodes.

Tunable, flexible and stretchable adhesive-integrated antenna

Disclosed are flexible and stretchable antenna devices, systems and methods of use and manufacture. In some aspects, a flexible and stretchable antenna device includes an adhesive substrate having flexible and stretchable material properties and capable of adhering to a surface of an object; and an antenna attached on or at least partially embedded within the adhesive substrate, the antenna including a radiating element and a ground element, in which one or both of the radiating element and the ground element include a mesh structure allowing the antenna device to transmit or receive wireless communication signals at a predetermined operating frequency while being stretched.

Tunable, flexible and stretchable adhesive-integrated antenna

Disclosed are flexible and stretchable antenna devices, systems and methods of use and manufacture. In some aspects, a flexible and stretchable antenna device includes an adhesive substrate having flexible and stretchable material properties and capable of adhering to a surface of an object; and an antenna attached on or at least partially embedded within the adhesive substrate, the antenna including a radiating element and a ground element, in which one or both of the radiating element and the ground element include a mesh structure allowing the antenna device to transmit or receive wireless communication signals at a predetermined operating frequency while being stretched.

Apparatus and method for differentiating wide complex heart beats

An apparatus and computerized method of classifying a wide complex heart beat(s) comprising: providing a computing device having an input/output interface, one or more processors and a memory; receiving one or more wide complex heart beat waveform amplitudes and/or time-voltage areas, and one or more baseline heart beat waveform amplitudes and/or time-voltage areas via the input/output interface or the memory; determining a signal change between the wide complex heart beat waveform amplitudes and/or time-voltage areas and the baseline heart beat waveform amplitudes and/or time-voltage areas using the one or more processors; and providing the signal change via the input/output interface, wherein the signal change provides an indication whether the wide complex heart beat(s) is from a ventricular source or a supraventricular aberrant condition.