Altering consciousness by transcranial stimulation to adjust the membrane potential duration (FIG. 1, Ref. 7) of sensory cortex dendritic spine necks (FIG. 1, Ref 6); sensory cortex spine neck membranes are conscious.

A signal processing device and a signal processing method. The signal processing device includes a receiver, a memristor array and a classifier. The receiver is configured to receive a first signal. The memristor array includes a plurality of memristor units, each of the plurality of memristor units includes a memristor, and the memristor array is configured to apply the first signal that has been received to at least one memristor unit of the plurality of memristor units and output a second signal based on a memristor resistance value distribution of the memristor array. The classifier is configured to classify the second signal outputted from the memristor array to obtain a type of the first signal.

A signal processing device and a signal processing method. The signal processing device includes a receiver, a memristor array and a classifier. The receiver is configured to receive a first signal. The memristor array includes a plurality of memristor units, each of the plurality of memristor units includes a memristor, and the memristor array is configured to apply the first signal that has been received to at least one memristor unit of the plurality of memristor units and output a second signal based on a memristor resistance value distribution of the memristor array. The classifier is configured to classify the second signal outputted from the memristor array to obtain a type of the first signal.

A biological information measuring apparatus includes a first electrode provided in contact with a user's external auditory canal and a second electrode provided in contact with the user's concha cavum.

This disclosure describes, among other embodiments, systems and related methods for selecting electrode combinations to be used during nerve pacing procedures. A first set of electrode combinations of a nerve pacing system, such as a phrenic nerve pacing system for diaphragm activation, may be mapped (or tested) to determine the location of the electrode combinations relative to a target nerve. Once the general location of the target nerve is known, a more localized second set of electrode combinations may be tested to determine the most suitable electrode combinations for nerve stimulation. At various stages of the mapping process, electrode combinations that are non-optimal may be discarded as candidates for use in a nerve pacing procedure. The systems and methods described herein may allow for the selection of electrode combinations that are most suitable for stimulation of the left and right phrenic nerves during diaphragm pacing.

A system for assessing and monitoring a fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) and heart rate in a pregnant mother comprises wearable mechanical-electronic sensors, e.g., embedded in a wrist or arm band, which can measure mechanical pulse signals from the mother, and an abdomen patch which can measure the combined ECG signals of the fetus and mother. In another embodiment, the sensors in the wrist or arm band measure the combined fetal/maternal ECG signals, and the mother's mechanical pulse signals. By signal processing and gating out the maternal ECG signals as correlated with the mechanical maternal pulse signals, the fetal ECG and heart rate can be measured and monitored. These measurements may be displayed on the wrist or arm band device, or wirelessly through a remote device, mobile phone or computer. Sensors in the abdominal patch may also measure uterine electromyogram, uterine contractions, and fetal movements, to be correlated with the fetal ECG.

An implantable neurostimulator system including an electrical lead having formed thereon a pair of bipolar electrodes, the electrical lead is configured for placement of the pair of bipolar electrodes proximate protrusor muscles of a patient. The system also includes a pulse generator electrically connected to the electrical lead and configured to deliver electrical energy to the pair of bipolar electrodes, the pulse generator having mounted therein a sensor configured to detect one or more physiological parameters, a memory, a control circuit, and a telemetry circuit. The system also including a communications telemetry module (CTM) in communication with the telemetry circuit and configured to receive a data collected by the sensor and data related to delivery of electrical energy to the bipolar electrodes, and an external programmer in communication with the CTM and configured to display a user interface the data collected by the sensor and data related to delivery of electrical energy to the bipolar electrodes.

A prosthetic device control apparatus includes at least one sensor worn by a user. The sensor(s) determines a user's movement. A control module is in communication with the sensor(s). The control module communicates movement information to a prosthetic. A method for controlling a prosthetic device includes sensing a user's movement, communicating the movement through a control module to a prosthetic device; and controlling the movement of a prosthetic device.

A biometric information acquisition method according to the present disclosure includes an application step and an acquisition step. The application step includes applying an electrical signal to an organism’s muscle. The acquisition step includes acquiring information about the organism’s muscle as biometric information based on a change rate with respect to an impedance of the electrical signal applied in the application step.

A rehabilitation support system includes: a sensor data acquirer that acquires sensor data that includes biometric information of a user measured by a sensor; a state calculator that obtains a state of the user based on the sensor data thus acquired; a predictor that predicts the state of the user based on the state of the user obtained by the state calculator; a storage unit that stores support information that is to be presented as information that supports rehabilitation; a selection unit that selects the support information stored in the storage unit, based on the state of the user predicted by the predictor; and a presentation unit that presents the support information selected by the selection unit.