A61B5/4368

Diagnosis of Brain and Spinal Cord Injury by Bulbocavernosus Reflex Measurement

A system and method is disclosed for measuring muscle reflexes (e.g., a bulbocavernosus reflex) as a tool for identifying/diagnosing dysfunctions (e.g., spinal cord abnormalities, bladder voiding dysfunction, and sexual organ dysfunction) non-invasively by using mechanical stimulation. The system and method includes a probe having a predetermined patient contacting portion, wherein when the contacting portion is moved into contact with a particular area of the patient (e.g., the patient's genitals), the contact induces a muscle reflex. The probe detects the pressure resulting from the contacting portion being abruptly and forcibly brought into contact with the particular area. Such detection is used to electronically initiate capture of electrical responses from a plurality of electrodes placed on the patient's skin in proximity to the particular area. Such electrical responses are processed to determine characteristics of the patient's reflexes of one or more muscles adjacent to the electrodes.

SEXUAL AID DEVICE FEEDBACK METHODS AND APPARATUS
20210212887 · 2021-07-15 ·

A sexual aid system is disclosed. In an embodiment, the system includes a first sexual aid device comprising a first electro-mechanical device configured to facilitate an achievement of an orgasm within a first user during a session, a sensor configured to measure physiological data of the first user during use of the first electro-mechanical device, and a first processor configured to receive the physiological data from the sensor and transmit information indicative of the physiological data to a network. The system also includes a second sexual aid device comprising a second electro-mechanical device configured to facilitate an achievement of an orgasm within a second user during the session, and a processor configured to receive, from the network, the information indicative of the physiological data and cause the second electro-mechanical device to operate using in part the information indicative of the physiological data.

Device and method for liveness detection
20210251567 · 2021-08-19 ·

A device for liveness detection is disclosed. The liveness detecting device has a simplest structure that principally comprises a light sensing unit and a signal processing module. Particularly, the signal processing module is configured for having a physiological feature extracting unit and a liveness detecting unit therein. The physiological feature extracting unit is adopted for extracting a first physiological feature from a PPG signal, or extracting a second physiological feature from the PPG signal that has been applied with a signal process. As such, through the first and second physiological features, the liveness detecting unit is able to determine whether a subject is a living body or not. The liveness detecting device does not use any camera unit and iPPG technology, such that the liveness detecting device has advantages of simple structure, low cost and immediately completing liveness detection.

HOME INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM HAVING FUNCTION OF NON-CONTACT IMAGING-BASED PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT
20210227289 · 2021-07-22 ·

The present invention discloses a home infotainment system having function of non-contact imaging-based physiological signal measurement. In the present invention, an image-based physiological signal (IBPS) measuring device is integrated with a television, and is configured for capture at least one image frame of a user who is watching the television. As such, after detecting detects a face portion from the image frame, the IBPS measuring device is able to subsequently extract at least one physiological signal from the face portion. Consequently, after the physiological signal is applied with at least one signal process by a display processor of the television or the IBPS measuring device, physiological indices of the user are hence calculated, and are subsequently applied with data processes of data storing, data transmitting, and/or displaying the physiological indices by a form of graphs, or diagrams, and/or numeric values.

Systems and methods for estimating and predicting emotional states and affects and providing real time feedback
11839473 · 2023-12-12 ·

Systems and methods for estimating emotional states, moods, affects of an individual and providing feedback to the individual or others are disclosed. Systems and methods that provide real time detection and monitoring of physical aspects of an individual and/or aspects of the individual's activity and means of estimating that person's emotional state or affect and change to those are also disclosed. Real time feedback to the individual about the person's emotional change, change or potential change is provided to the user, helping the user cope, adjust or appropriately act on their emotions.

System, an apparatus, and a method for treating a sexual dysfunctional female patient
11039978 · 2021-06-22 ·

There is disclosed an apparatus for treating a sexual dysfunctional female patient, comprising a stimulation device adapted to stimulate an erectile blood passageway to increase the amount of blood in the female erectile tissue and thereby obtaining engorgement with blood of the female erectile tissue by affecting said erectile blood flow passageway. Moreover there is disclosed a system and an operation method for treating a sexual dysfunctional female patient.

Diagnosis of brain and spinal cord injury by bulbocavernosus reflex measurement

A system and method is disclosed for measuring muscle reflexes (e.g., a bulbocavernosus reflex) as a tool for identifying/diagnosing dysfunctions (e.g., spinal cord abnormalities, bladder voiding dysfunction, and sexual organ dysfunction) non-invasively by using mechanical stimulation. The system and method includes a probe having a predetermined patient contacting portion, wherein when the contacting portion is moved into contact with a particular area of the patient (e.g., the patient's genitals), the contact induces a muscle reflex. The probe detects the pressure resulting from the contacting portion being abruptly and forcibly brought into contact with the particular area. Such detection is used to electronically initiate capture of electrical responses from a plurality of electrodes placed on the patient's skin in proximity to the particular area. Such electrical responses are processed to determine characteristics of the patient's reflexes of one or more muscles adjacent to the electrodes.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING AND PREDICTING EMOTIONAL STATES AND AFFECTS AND PROVIDING REAL TIME FEEDBACK
20210059591 · 2021-03-04 ·

Systems and methods for estimating emotional states, moods, affects of an individual and providing feedback to the individual or others are disclosed. Systems and methods that provide real time detection and monitoring of physical aspects of an individual and/or aspects of the individual's activity and means of estimating that person's emotional state or affect and change to those are also disclosed. Real time feedback to the individual about the person's emotional change, change or potential change is provided to the user, helping the user cope, adjust or appropriately act on their emotions.

Sexual aid device feedback methods and apparatus
10959910 · 2021-03-30 · ·

An example sexual aid apparatus is disclosed. In an embodiment, the sexual aid apparatus includes an electro-mechanical device configured to operate according to a control pattern to facilitate the achievement of an orgasm within a user during a session and transmit a device state. The apparatus also includes a sensor configured to measure physiological data of a user during use of the electro-mechanical device. The apparatus further includes a control engine configured to receive the physiological data from the sensor and the device state from the electro-mechanical device and determine an adjustment to the control pattern based on the physiological data from the sensor and the device state. The control engine is also configured to transmit signals related to the adjusted control pattern to the electro-mechanical device causing the electro-mechanical device to operate according to the adjusted control pattern.

Detection and response to arousal activations

Arousal events can be determined for a user associated with a wearable device, such as a user wearing a wearable computing device including one or more sensors. The one or more sensors may obtain EDA information that may determine a sympathetic nervous system response of the user, which may be responsive to an arousal event or an activation. Detection of events that increase the EDA response may provide information to the user regarding arousal events and provide recommendations to the user to address the arousal events to decrease their response.