Methods and system are described for multi-modal, multi-parametric, non-invasive, and real-time assessment of cervical tissue through a multi-modal probe device for use within a vaginal canal and an associated imaging system to assess a risk of preterm delivery of an expectant mother. The multi-modal system may include ultrasound (US) imaging, viscoelastic (VE) imaging, and/or photoacoustic (PA) imaging of the cervical issue to determine cervical biomarker information indicative of parameters including, but not limited to, a collagen to water ratio such that a more water dominant ratio is indicative of a risk of preterm delivery.

A portable body fluid testing device includes: a test unit which has a sample part, onto which a body fluid of a user is applied, formed on one surface of a body thereof lengthily formed in one direction, is provided with a magnifying lens group, and has a contact part formed on the other surface of the body; and a user terminal which has a camera coming into contact with the contact part of the test unit, captures an image of the body fluid, applied to the sample part, by means of the camera, analyzes the image of the body fluid, and thereby determines the state of the body fluid.

This invention relates to an ingestible drug delivery device configured for wireless communication with other ingestible drug delivery devices.

The present disclosure relates to apparatuses and a method for wireless health monitoring comprising dynamically adjusting sound data compression level and/or transmission bandwidth of transmission between a mobile transmitter and a receiver. In some embodiments, a method for wireless health monitoring may include calculating (202) a distance between a mobile transmitter (104) and a receiver (110). A data compression (108) level for compressing a signal, e.g., a sound signal, from the transmitter may be determined out of a plurality of data compression levels based on the distance between the transmitter and the receiver. A transmission bandwidth may then be determined (208) based at least in part on the determined data compression level. The compressed signal may be transmitted (210) using the determined transmission bandwidth.

A garment includes a securing portion operable to removably secure the garment about an abdomen of a wearer; a sensor attachment portion pivotably attached to the securing portion, the sensor attachment portion including a sensor mount configured to receive and retain a sensor therein; and a sensor received in the flexible sensor mount; the securing portion and the sensor attachment portion being configured such that, when the securing portion is secured around the back of a wearer, the sensor attachment portion pivots with respect to the securing portion so as to self-position the sensor attachment portion across (a) an upper portion of the wearer's abdomen or (b) a lower portion of the wearer's abdomen; the flexible sensor mount being configured to orient a sensor received therein to be flush with skin of the wearer when the garment is worn by the wearer and to self-adjust during the course of pregnancy.

Techniques for generating a user interface view including sensor data representative of analyte levels of a host are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a technique includes accessing sensor data including a plurality of analyte readings of the host during a plurality of time periods, wherein each analyte reading is indicative of an analyte level of the host at a respective time. The technique further includes generating a first user interface (UI) view comprising one or more UI elements based on the plurality of analyte levels of the host, and, in response to receiving a user selection of a pregnancy mode, automatically modifying a parameter of at least one UI element included in the one or more UI elements to reflect a pregnancy-specific parameter. The technique further includes generating a second UI view based on the plurality of analyte levels of the host and the pregnancy-specific parameter.

A system for monitoring a fetus in a pregnant woman, and/or the maternal health risk for pregnancies complicated by such as pre-eclampsia and hypertensive disorders is configured to be worn by the pregnant woman, preferably so as to allow monitoring during daily life, e.g. in the form of an adhesive patch. The unit has a sound sensor, e.g. a microphone or accelerometer, to be positioned on the skin of the abdominal area so as to detect a vascular sound from umbilical arteries of the fetus or from the uterine arteries of the pregnant woman. The sound sensor is functionally connected to a processing unit which executes a processing algorithm on the captured vascular sound and extracts a signal parameter accordingly. The processing unit then communicates the signal parameter, e.g. using an audio signal, a visual display or by means of a wired or a wireless data signal.

The following relates generally to perinatal monitoring of a patient, and recommending treatments and/or clinician appointments for the perinatal patient. In some embodiments, a computing device of a perinatal patient sends, to a healthcare computing device and/or a clinician computing device: (i) blood pressure data and/or heart rate data of the perinatal patient, (ii) answers to depression survey questions, and/or (iii) answers to social determinants of health score survey questions. In some embodiments, a display device of the clinician computing device displays: (i) the blood pressure data and/or heart rate data of the perinatal patient, (ii) a depression score of the perinatal patient, and (iii) a social determinant of health score of the perinatal patient. Some embodiments also display graphical trends in the (i) blood pressure data and/or heart rate data, (ii) depression scores, and (iii) social determinant of health scores.

Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to devices, systems, and methods for monitoring pregnancy of a female pregnant subject. For example, a pregnancy monitoring system can detect movement or motion of a pregnant subject and/or of the fetus in the pregnant subject. Additionally or alternatively, the pregnancy monitoring system can detect internal and/or external source loads applied to the pregnant subject. In an embodiment, the pregnancy monitoring system can compare and/or correlate two or more loads, one to another (e.g., to produce an output that is at least partially based on such comparison and that is related to the wellbeing of the pregnant subject and/or of the fetus). For example, the pregnancy monitoring system can include a controller that is configured to determine and compare two or more loads based on signals received from one or more sensors that can be positioned on the pregnant subject.

The present invention relates to a method and system for determining a central pulse wave velocity in a pregnant woman. The method comprises receiving an indication of a measurement of a length of a human aortic path outside the body to provide an aortic length, arranging a sound transducer at the position of the anatomical projection of the uterine artery, identifying the opening of the maternal aortic valve with measurement from the sound transducer as a first time, and the pulse wave arrival time at the uterine artery with measurements from the sound transducer as a second time, determining the central transit time based on the difference between the second time and the first time, and calculating the central pulse wave velocity based on the aortic length and the central transit time.