A posture detection system for detecting a user's posture according to the embodiments includes a pressure sensor unit, a controller, a feedback mechanism, and a display unit. The pressure sensor unit has a sheet shape or a padded shape and includes plurality of sensors. Each of the sensors is configured to detect a pressure applied from the user. The controller is configured to classify the user's posture based on detection data detected by the pressure sensor unit. The feedback mechanism is configured to provide feedback to the user by vibrating based on a result of the classification. The display unit is configured to perform a display according to the result of the classification.

Disclosed herein are wearable bands for biomarker tracking and methods for making the wearable bands. The biomarker tracking wearable band having a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), the PCBA including an electrocardiography (ECG) sensor utilizing printed Silver-Silver Chloride (Ag-AgCl) electrodes and an optical photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor utilizing more than two light emitting diodes (LEDs), and a directly over molded band encasing the PCBA.

The present disclosure provides a urodynamic measurement apparatus that includes a urethral catheter that may be inserted inside a patient's bladder, a first sensor that may be spaced apart from the patient, and connected to the urethral catheter to measure an inner pressure of the bladder, a rectal catheter that may be inserted inside the patient's rectum, a second sensor that may be spaced apart from the patient, but adjacent to the first sensor, and connected to the rectal catheter to measure an abdominal pressure, and a first position adjuster that adjusts the height of the first sensor and the second sensor according to the patient's posture.

One aspect of this disclosure relates to a sleep position training device for reducing gastroesophageal reflux during sleep. The training device can comprise an orientation sensor, a stimulus generator and a processing system. The orientation sensor can be configured to output a signal indicative of an orientation of the torso of the person. The stimulus generator can be configured to provide a stimulus to the torso of the person when the torso of the person is in a predetermined torso orientation range in a sleeping position. The stimulus generator can be removably affixable to the torso of the person. The processing system can be configured to receive a first signal from the orientation sensor, the first signal being indicative of an orientation of the torso of the person, and to determine that the orientation is within the predetermined torso orientation range in the sleeping position.

A postural awareness device designed to improve an individual's posture may include a vertical core designed to be positioned vertically along a user's back; a cervical cradle attached to an upper portion of the vertical core, the cervical cradle designed to be positioned in alignment with a user's cervical spine; a thoracic cradle attached to a central portion of the vertical core, the thoracic cradle designed to be positioned in alignment with a user's thoracic spine; and a lumbosacral cradle attached to a bottom portion of the vertical core, the lumbosacral cradle designed to be positioned in alignment with a user's lumbar spine.

An electronic device may include: an output module comprising output circuitry, a communication module comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with at least one external device, a first sensor configured to sense a biometric signal, a second sensor configured to sense an inertial signal, and a processor operatively connected to the output module, the communication module, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The processor may be configured to determine a location of the electronic device for a body based on a signal transmitted or received with the at least one external device through the communication module in response to sensing the biometric signal, to determine a posture of the electronic device based on information obtained through the second sensor, to determine a measurement posture based on the location and the posture of the electronic device, and to provide a guide to correspond the measurement posture to a predetermined reference posture.

A posture determination apparatus including at least two vibration sensors and a controller. The controller causes the vibration sensors to detect vibrations while the user is lying in bed, calculates waveforms from the detected vibrations and recognizes the characteristics of the waveforms, and determines the posture of the user based on the characteristics. Thereby, it is possible to provide a posture determination apparatus and capable of appropriately determining the posture of the user which is one factor of the state of the user.

Wearable ergonomics improvement systems and related methods are disclosed. An example ergonomics improvement system includes a membrane including a first frame having a plurality of first cutouts defining a first pattern. The system includes a sensor coupled to the membrane and includes a second frame having a plurality of second cutouts defining a second pattern. The first pattern is complementary to the second pattern.

In one embodiment, an anatomical implant template has a template body having opposed first and second terminal ends. The template body bends so as to change the body from a first configuration, whereby the body extends from the first terminal end to the second terminal end along a first path, to a second configuration, whereby the body extends from the first terminal end to the second terminal end along a second path, different from the first path, the second path conforming more closely to the curvature of the at least one anatomical body. The body supports at least one device that outputs at least one signal from which a shape of the body in the second configuration can be ascertained. The anatomical implant template can further communicate the at least one signal to a computing device that generates signals for bending an anatomical implant.

A determination device includes: a sway detector that detects sway of a person when the person moves; and a controller. The determination device performs spectrum analysis by resolving sway data outputted from the sway detector into frequency components. In a spectrum obtained from the spectrum analysis, a first peak, a second peak, and a third peak sequentially appear in order of increasing frequency. The controller determines a state of a body of the person based on the first peak, the second peak, and the third peak.