A urodynamic investigation apparatus for receipt of urine from a bladder is provided. The apparatus is characterized by a tubular element, first and second fittings, and a sleeve element, for select passage of urine there through, within the tubular element. The tubular element is characterized by opposing first and second end portions, and a port. The fittings are adapted to be received by the opposing end portions of the tubular element so as to delimit an apparatus chamber. The sleeve element, suspended between the fittings within the chamber, has collapsed and open configurations. The collapsed configuration is indicative of a no urine flow condition, and the open configuration indicative of a urine flow condition, with the sleeve element urine flow condition being a function of pressure applied to the chamber via the port of the tubular element.

A urodynamic investigation apparatus for receipt of urine from a bladder is provided. The apparatus is characterized by a tubular element, first and second fittings, and a sleeve element, for select passage of urine there through, within the tubular element. The tubular element is characterized by opposing first and second end portions, and a port. The fittings are adapted to be received by the opposing end portions of the tubular element so as to delimit an apparatus chamber. The sleeve element, suspended between the fittings within the chamber, has collapsed and open configurations. The collapsed configuration is indicative of a no urine flow condition, and the open configuration indicative of a urine flow condition, with the sleeve element urine flow condition being a function of pressure applied to the chamber via the port of the tubular element.

The invention relates to a method for setting up a controller of an orthopedic device with at least one motor drive, which is applied to a body part of the patient and connected to sensors that record control signals of the patient, said method including the following steps: outputting an optical, acoustic and/or tactile representation of an actuation of a limb as a request for the patient to carry out said actuation; detecting control signals that are produced by the patient as a voluntary reaction following the request, assigning the detected control signals to the implemented actuation and to a function in which the at least one motor drive is activated, deactivated or reversed in terms of its direction of rotation, and outputting the detected control signals and/or the function following the assignment to the respective function.

The invention relates to a method for setting up a controller of an orthopedic device with at least one motor drive, which is applied to a body part of the patient and connected to sensors that record control signals of the patient, said method including the following steps: outputting an optical, acoustic and/or tactile representation of an actuation of a limb as a request for the patient to carry out said actuation; detecting control signals that are produced by the patient as a voluntary reaction following the request, assigning the detected control signals to the implemented actuation and to a function in which the at least one motor drive is activated, deactivated or reversed in terms of its direction of rotation, and outputting the detected control signals and/or the function following the assignment to the respective function.

Methods and systems used in calibrating the position and/or orientation of a wearable device configured to be worn on a wrist or forearm of a user, the method comprises sensing a plurality of neuromuscular signals from the user using a plurality of sensors arranged on the wearable device, and providing the plurality of neuromuscular signals and/or signals derived from the plurality of neuromuscular signals as inputs to one or more trained autocalibration models, determining based, at least in part, on the output of the one or more trained autocalibration models, a current position and/or orientation of the wearable device on the user, and generating a control signal based, at least in part, on the current position and/or orientation of the wearable device on the user and the plurality of neuromuscular signals.

At least two electrodes are disposed at a predetermined interval on a living body surface, a first voltage V.sub.1 generated when a first external resistor is connected in parallel between the two electrodes, and a second voltage V.sub.2 generated when a second external resistor is connected in parallel between the two electrode are measured, a bioimpedance between the two electrodes at a muscle site under the living body surface is calculated based on a voltage ratio V.sub.1/V.sub.2 between the first voltage V.sub.1 and the second voltage V.sub.2, and local muscle fatigue at the muscle site is evaluated based on a change over time in the calculated bioimpedance.

In at least one embodiment, a system for assessing biometric information for an occupant in a vehicle is provided. The system includes a plurality of sensors and a controller. The plurality of sensors is positioned about a main cabin of the vehicle and being configured to provide the biometric information for the occupant in response to a stimulus and to transmit a first signal indicative of the biometric information. The controller is positioned in the vehicle and is configured to activate the stimulus in the vehicle and to receive the biometric information after the stimulus has been activated. The controller is further configured to transmit the biometric information to at least one of another controller in the vehicle or to a server that is remote from the vehicle to assess the biometric information to determine the effect of the stimulus on the occupant.

The present invention provides a closed-loop system for real-time control of epidural and/or subdural electrical stimulation comprising: means for applying to a subject neuromodulation with adjustable stimulation parameters, said means being operatively connected with a real-time monitoring component comprising sensors continuously acquiring feedback signals from said subject, said signals being neural signals and/or signals providing features of motion of said subject, said system being operatively connected with a signal processing device receiving said feedback signals and operating real-time automatic control algorithms, said signal processing device being operatively connected with said means and providing said means with new stimulation parameters, with minimum delay. The system of the invention improves consistency of walking in a subject with a neuromotor impairment. A Real Time Automatic Control Algorithm is used, comprising a feedforward component employing a single input-single output model (SISO), or a multiple input-single output (MISO) model.

The present invention provides a closed-loop system for real-time control of epidural and/or subdural electrical stimulation comprising: means for applying to a subject neuromodulation with adjustable stimulation parameters, said means being operatively connected with a real-time monitoring component comprising sensors continuously acquiring feedback signals from said subject, said signals being neural signals and/or signals providing features of motion of said subject, said system being operatively connected with a signal processing device receiving said feedback signals and operating real-time automatic control algorithms, said signal processing device being operatively connected with said means and providing said means with new stimulation parameters, with minimum delay. The system of the invention improves consistency of walking in a subject with a neuromotor impairment. A Real Time Automatic Control Algorithm is used, comprising a feedforward component employing a single input-single output model (SISO), or a multiple input-single output (MISO) model.

A device provides a first data signal that indicates an activity of at least one muscle of a patient that is relevant for an inspiratory breathing effort and a second data signal that indicates an activity of at least one muscle of the patient that is relevant for an expiratory breathing effort. The data signals are generated from electromyography (EMG) signals detected by surface electromyography sensors. A computer is configured to determine breathing phase information on the basis of a breathing signal and to check at least one of the electromyography signals or at least one of the separated signals for detectability of a heart signal component and further to assign the signals to an inspiratory breathing activity as well as to an expiratory breathing activity of the patient as a function of the breathing phase information.