A skin treatment system (1) comprises a functional member (20) configured to perform a treatment action on skin (2) and to be moved over the skin (2) during operation of the system (1), and a measurement unit (40) including a measurement member (41) configured to be moved over the skin (2) along with the functional member (20) and to be made to indent the skin (2) in the process. The measurement member (41) is displaceable in the measurement unit (40), and the measurement unit (40) is configured to measure a value related to an extent to which the measurement member (41) gets displaced relative to a default position in the measurement unit (40) by action of the skin (2). The measured value corresponds to a measure of an extent to which the skin is indented by the measurement member (41). On the basis of measurement results generated by the measurement unit (40), it is possible to automatically adapt operation of the system (1) to the type of body area under treatment.

Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a system for measuring an electrical potential at one or more positions on a subject and determining if the electrical potential measurements are taken at one or more selected positions, and methods of using the same. The system can include at least one glove having at least one electrode thereon configured to collect electrical potential measurements and at least one position sensor configured to collect position data to determine if the electrical potential measurements are taken at a specified location on the subject.

A method and system for determining a pose of a subject. A first signal is transmitted from a first transceiver to the first transponder, resulting in the first transponder sending a second signal. The subject is placed onto a surface of a platform having the first radio-frequency transceiver and a second radio-frequency transceiver. The first radio-frequency transponder is placed on an upper extremity of the subject. A second radio-frequency transponder is placed on a lower extremity of the subject. A third signal is transmitted from the second transceiver to the second transponder, resulting in the second transponder sending a fourth signal. The second signal is received by the first transceiver. The fourth signal is received by the second transceiver. A pose of the subject is determined based on receiving the second signal and the fourth signal.

An apparatus for detecting tissue hardness of a living body includes a housing, a cap, a bottom cover, a driving module, a buffering module, a spring pipeline, a push-rod and a detecting module, and the driving module includes a firing spring and a restoring spring, and the two springs have different rigidities so as to form a reciprocating structure of the firing mechanism. After the detecting module of a firing mechanism is triggered, the resilience of the restoring spring compresses the firing spring back to its firing length, so as to restore its position by a single driving point and allow users to complete the firing operation by one hand and simplify the operation of doctors to improve convenience and efficiency.

A treatment device (2, 100) for performing a light-based treatment operation on or to a subject, the treatment device (2, 100) comprising: a light source (12, 101) configured to generate a light pulse, the light source (12, 101) comprising a housing, a gas in the housing and two internal electrodes (130) inside the housing; a plasma ignition unit (108) configured to apply a first voltage between the light source (12, 101) and a first external electrode (102) that is external to the housing to initiate plasma breakdown of the gas in the light source (12, 101); a capacitor (132) configured to store electrical energy and to apply the stored electrical energy to the two internal electrodes (130) to generate the light pulse when plasma breakdown of the gas has been initiated; and a second external electrode (106) that is external to the housing and connected to electrical ground; wherein the second external electrode (106) is spaced from the first external electrode (102) such that the first voltage at the first external electrode (102) discharges via the second external electrode (106) when the first voltage is applied.

A skin inspection device for identifying abnormalities; the device comprising: a transparent panel having an inspection area; an array of thermochromic liquid crystal (TLC) formations provided on the transparent panel which are operable to change colour in response to a change of temperature; and one or more image capture devices for capturing a colour image of the TLC formations and an area of skin of a target located in the inspection area; the captured colour image being analysed to identify abnormalities in the area of skin.

In some embodiments, a method of determining a personalized skincare recommendation is provided. A computing system receives data depicting a face of a subject. The computing system determines features based on the data depicting the face of the subject. The computing system provides the features to an ageotype classifier to generate a predicted skin ageotype for the subject. The computing system generates the personalized skincare recommendation based on at least the predicted skin ageotype.

The invention provides a method for determining a property of a target area of a material, wherein the target area has a size selected from the range of 100 m.sup.2-100 mm.sup.2, wherein the method comprises: an exposure stage comprising providing a liquid jet to the target area, wherein the liquid jet has a jet velocity selected from the range of 2-150 m/s; a measurement stage comprising detecting a deformation of the material in the target area and providing a related signal; and an analysis stage comprising determining the property of the target area based on the related signal.

The state of blood vessels deep in the face is easily identified. An evaluation method includes acquiring information relating to an evaluation target person, the information including an actual age of the evaluation target person and an answer to a questionnaire about skin of a face of the evaluation target person; and predicting a state of a blood vessel in a deep part of the face of the evaluation target person from the information relating to the evaluation target person.

A system is described to create customized unique identification (UID) codes combined with customized printable optical or NFC sensors and to combine these unique sensors and unique IDs with unique environmental events, traceability, unique data from cell phones (including geolocation) and person-specific unique indicators such as biomarkers to create completely unique, low cost and proprietary printable genomic and environmental blockchain sensor networks for the Internet of Things (IoT), counterfeit identification, healthcare, pharmaceutical applications and small payment transactions worldwide.