Patent classifications
A61B5/684
Smartphone-controlled active configuration of footwear, including with concavely rounded soles
A smartphone or other mobile computer device, general purpose or specialized, wherein the smartphone device is configured to actively control the configuration of one or more bladders, compartments, chambers or internal sipes and one or more sensors located in either one or both of a sole or a removable inner sole insert of the footwear of the user and/or located in an apparatus worn or carried by the user, glued unto the user, or implanted in the user. The one or more bladders, compartments, chambers, or sipes, and one or more sensors are configured for computer control. A sole and/or a removable inner sole insert for footwear, including one or more bladders, compartments, chambers, internal sipes and sensors in the sole and/or in a removable insert; or on an insole; all being configured for control by a smartphone or other mobile computer device, general purpose or specialized.
Implantable Ports, Implantable Port-Detecting Devices, and Methods Thereof
Disclosed herein is an implantable port and an implantable port-detecting device (“IPDD”). The implantable port includes a housing and a septum over a portion of the housing. At least one of the housing or the septum incorporates a contrast agent for locating the septum of the implantable port when the implantable port is implanted in a patient. The IPDD includes a light source, a light detector, and a display configured to display a presence of the implantable port. The light source is configured to emit light in a near-infrared (“NIR”) range of wavelengths as incident light for absorption by the contrast agent. The light detector is configured to detect light in the NIR range of wavelengths including luminescent light emitted by the contrast agent. The display is configured to display a presence of the implantable port when the luminescent light from the contrast agent is detected by the light detector.
Electrode harness and method of taking biopotential measurements
The present invention relates to an electrode harness and more particularly to an electrode harness with various features, which enhance the use and performance of the electrode harness. The present invention further relates to a method of taking biopotential measurements. The electrode harness and methods of the present invention allow for use with most applications where biopotential measurements are taken. The electrode harness can be used in ECG (or EKG), EEG, EMG, and other such biopotential measurement applications. Because of the versatility of various embodiments of the present invention, preferably the electrode harness can be adjusted for different applications or for application to various sized and shaped subjects. The electrode harness is further preferably part of a system, which includes either wireless or tethered bridges between the electrode harness and a monitor, and preferably includes various forms of processors for analyzing the biopotential signal.
CONTINUOUSLY WEARABLE MONITORING DEVICE
A wearable device supports continuous wearability and operation with a supplemental set of removable and replaceable batteries that recharge a first set of batteries powering the device. In an aspect, the wearable system includes a head portion coupled to an appendage of a user, where the head portion includes an electronic system powered by a first set of batteries, and a modular housing releasably engageable to the head portion that includes a second set of batteries. In this manner, the modular housing can be removed and recharged independent from the head portion, and then recoupled to the head portion to recharge the first set of batteries. Thus, in an aspect, the first set of batteries can continuously power the electronic system without a need for removal of the head portion. Such a system can be particularly advantageous for continuous, uninterrupted health and fitness monitoring.
Methods and systems for selecting media guidance applications based on a position of a brain monitoring user device
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a system configured to determine a position of a brain monitoring user device, and a brain state of a user. Based on the determined position and the determined brain state, the system provides access to a set of media guidance application operations corresponding to the determined brain state and to brain regions corresponding to the determined position of the brain monitoring user device.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE AND VOLUME
It has been discovered that even mild changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure or intracranial pressure (ICP) can be detected immediately as evidenced by distortions in the ONS surface structure. Further, the changes in the ONS persist after the CSF pressure has returned to normal. The stability of ONS distortions provides a means of detecting transient changes in brain pressure even when the use of the diagnostic ultrasound is delayed. One embodiment provides systems and methods for detecting or diagnosing brain injury by detecting distortions or deformations of the ONS, preferably using ultrasound.
System and method for maneuvering a data acquisition device based on image analysis
A system for measuring physiological parameters, including: a portable measurement system, operable to acquire physiological measurement from an examined body location; an external camera operable to capture visible light, oriented toward the examined body location; a synchronization module, operable to receive a triggering indication, and in response to the triggering indication to associate to the physiological measurement a positioning image captured by the camera, the positioning image including at least a part of the portable measurement system adjacent to the examined body location; and a communication module operable to obtain the physiological measurement and the positioning image, and to transmit to a remote system: a physiological measurement record based on the physiological measurement, an orientation image based on the positioning image, and including at least a part of the portable measurement system adjacent to the examined body location, and association data associating the orientation image and the physiological measurement record.
Non-invasive monitor for measuring regional saturation of oxygen
A non-invasive monitor for measuring regional saturation of oxygen includes a sensor unit containing a printed circuit board on which a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit are mounted; a main body unit; a sensor holder for holding the sensor unit while the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are disposed in an aperture portion; a sensor pressing board; a connecting unit for electrically connecting the sensor unit and the main body unit; and a headband. The light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are disposed such that a light emitting surface and a light receiving surface face the forehead-side, and a part or the whole of the forehead-side surface of the sensor unit is on the same surface as the forehead-side surface of the sensor holder or protrudes from the forehead-side surface of the sensor holder toward the forehead-side.
ECG patch and methods of use
A compact integrated patch may be used to collect physiological data. The patch may be wireless. The patch may be utilized in everyday life as well as in clinical environments. Data acquired by the patch and/or external devices may be interpreted and/or be utilized by healthcare professionals and/or computer algorithms (e.g., third party applications). Data acquired by the patch may be interpreted and be presented for viewing to healthcare professionals and/or ordinary users.
Calibration of a wearable medical device
A technology for a wearable medical device for monitoring medical parameters. Medical measurement data can be received at the wearable medical device from a medical measurement sensor attached to the wearable medical device or a medical measurement sensor in communication with the wearable medical device. A calibration coefficient can be determined for calibrating the wearable medical device based on the medical measurement data. The wearable medical device can be calibrated based on the calibration coefficient.