A display device includes a display panel including a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, a plurality of a light-emitting units arranged at the display region; a touch circuit connected to the display panel, and configured to detect touch information when the display panel is touched; a control circuit connected to the touch circuit and the display panel, and configured to control a corresponding light-emitting unit to emit a predetermined light beam in response to the touch information; a photosensing circuit connected to the display panel and the control circuit, and configured to sense the predetermined light beam and convert it into an electric signal; and a data processor connected to the control circuit and the display panel, and configured to process the electric signal acquired by the photosensing circuit through conversion to acquire monitoring data, and display the monitoring data on the display panel.

A heart rate sensor within a hearing assistance device may provide heart rate information or other sensor data, which may be used to determine how well the hearing assistance device fits the patient's ear. The heart rate sensor data provides quantitative feedback that indicates how well the hearing assistance device fits the patient's ear. The heart rate sensor data may be used to provide an indication to the patient to reseat or otherwise adjust the fitting of the hearing assistance device. The improved fitting process provides the ability for the audiologist and patient to identify a preferred or optimized hearing assistance device geometry. This improved fit provides improved performance and reliability of the hearing assistance device.

An apparatus for estimating bio-information, includes a sensor including a cover having a transmitting area provided at a center of the cover, and non-transmitting areas provided at both edges of the cover, a light source configured to emit light onto an object that is in contact with the cover, and a detector configured to detect a first optical signal of the emitted light that is scattered or reflected from the object after passing through the transmitting area, and a second optical signal of the emitted light that is reflected from the non-transmitting areas. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to estimate bio-information, based on the detected first optical signal and the detected second optical signal.

An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an image generator that generates ultrasound image data based on a reception signal received from an ultrasound probe that sends and receives ultrasound waves; a fastener that attaches the ultrasound probe to a subject and fastens the ultrasound probe on the subject such that a pressure applied to the subject to which the ultrasound probe is attached is adjustable; and a hardware processor. The hardware processor controls driving of the fastener, based on difference information between before fastening the ultrasound probe and during/after fastening the ultrasound probe, the difference information being on at least one of positional information on a position of an observation target of the subject, angle information on an angle of the observation target, and pressure information on a pressure applied to the subject.

An acoustic sensor is configured to provide accurate and robust measurement of bodily sounds under a variety of conditions, such as in noisy environments or in situations in which stress, strain, or movement may be imparted onto a sensor with respect to a patient. Embodiments of the sensor provide a conformable electrical shielding, as well as improved acoustic and mechanical coupling between the sensor and the measurement site.

Ablation visualization and monitoring systems and methods are provided. In some embodiments, such methods comprise applying ablation energy to a tissue to form a lesion in the tissue, illuminating the tissue with a light to excite NADH in the tissue, wherein the tissue is illuminated in a radial direction, an axial direction, or both, monitoring a level of NADH fluorescence in the illuminated tissue to determine when the level of NADH fluorescence decreases from a base level in the beginning of the ablating to a predetermined lower level, and stopping ablation of the tissue when the level of NADH fluorescence reaches the predetermined lower level.

Disclosed is a glucose measuring apparatus including a pressure measurer having an elastic part or a pressure sensor, that measures a pressure applied to an object, a film that comprises a first optical waveguide configured to be close to the object, a near infrared ray (NIR) irradiator that irradiates an NIR to the first optical waveguide if the measured pressure is greater than or equal to a preset value, an NIR receiver that receives an attenuated total reflection NIR (ATR-NIR) from the first optical waveguide, and an analyzer that measures a blood glucose level based on the ATR-NIR, wherein the film is an independent module that can be combined with and separated from the glucose measuring apparatus.

A method for detecting a wearable device's contact with a living body may be provided, including obtaining a decreasing rate of body temperature and a decreasing a rate of environmental temperature measured by a wearable device worn on a living body; and determining the wearable device's contact with the living body based on a comparison of the decreasing rate of body temperature and the decreasing rate of environmental temperature. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product for detecting a wearable device's contact with a living body may also be provided.

A physical area network for detecting head injuries described herein enables significantly improved cranial health monitoring and treatment by utilizing internal (in-body) mechanisms and information and external mechanisms and information.

The present disclosure provides a method, performed in an accessory device, for communicating a leakage state of an ostomy appliance, wherein the accessory device comprises an interface configured to communicate with one or more devices of an ostomy system, the one or more devices comprising a monitor device, and/or the ostomy appliance configured to be placed on a skin surface of a user. The method comprises obtaining monitor data from the one or more devices, the monitor data being indicative of presence of fluid at a proximal side of a first adhesive layer of the ostomy appliance towards the skin surface; determining a leakage state at the proximal side of the first adhesive layer of the ostomy appliance based on the monitor data, and communicating the leakage state of the ostomy appliance via the interface.