The present disclosure relates to technology for estimating bio-information by using a foldable electronic device. The foldable electronic device includes a main body part, having a first main body and a second main body, configured to fold along a folding line; a first sensor provided on the first main body, and configured to obtain a contact image of an object of a user; a second sensor provided on the first main body, and configured to measure a degree of folding of the main body part; and a processor configured to estimate bio-information of the user, based on the contact image of the object and the degree of folding.

An apparatus for estimating blood glucose is provided. The apparatus for estimating blood glucose may include a spectrometer configured to measure a spectrum from an object, and a processor configured to monitor a change in a contact state between the object and the spectrometer, determine a calibration section based on the monitored change in the contact state, extract a background signal from a spectrum of the determined calibration section, and generate a personalized blood glucose estimation model based on the extracted background signal.

A system for monitoring medical conditions including pressure ulcers, pressure-induced ischemia and related medical conditions comprises at least one sensor adapted to detect one or more patient characteristic including at least position, orientation, temperature, acceleration, moisture, resistance, stress, heart rate, respiration rate, and blood oxygenation, a host for processing the data received from the sensors together with historical patient data to develop an assessment of patient condition and suggested course of treatment, including either suspending or adjusting turn schedule based on various types of patient movement. Compliance with Head-of-Bed protocols can also be performed based on actual patient position instead of being inferred from bed elevation angle. The sensor can include bi-axial or tri-axial accelerometers, as well as resistive, inductive, capacitive, magnetic and other sensing devices, depending on whether the sensor is located on the patient or the support surface, and for what purpose.

An apparatus configured for application to a surface of a body, the apparatus comprising: an array of mechanomyography sensors spatially distributed across a substrate, each mechanomyography sensor configured to detect mechanomyography signals from the body to which the apparatus is applied; and a pressure bias system configured to provide a variation in contact pressure of the mechanomyography sensors to the body surface to receive mechanomyography signals at different levels of applied contact pressure.

Disclosed herein are systems, assemblies and methods of a sensor system that applies a correction factor to spectra information based on a force associated with a touch from a person applying the touch to the sensor system.

A wearable biological signal measuring element is attached to a garment and detachably connected to a controller, the wearable biological signal measuring element including: an electrode in contact with skin; an electric line connected to the electrode; an electric connector connected to the electric line, penetrating the garment, and detachably connected to the controller outside the garment; and a water supply mechanism including a water guiding mechanism and a first water tank connected to an opening of the water guiding mechanism inside the garment and including a through hole in a contact surface with the electrode.

A physiological sensor device and system, and a correction method are provided. The physiological sensor device includes a physiological signal sensor, a first compensation sensor, and a signal processing device. The physiological signal sensor is attached to an object to be detected to sense a physiological signal value. The first compensation sensor is disposed on the physiological signal sensor. The signal processing device is coupled to the physiological signal sensor and the first compensation sensor. The signal processing device obtains through the first compensation sensor a failure region of the physiological signal sensor partially detached from the object to be detected and obtains a first failure compensation value according to the failure region, so as to compensate the physiological signal value sensed by the physiological signal sensor.

In one exemplary mode, a medical system includes a catheter to be inserted into a chamber of a heart of a living subject, and including a distal end including catheter electrodes to contact tissue at respective locations within the chamber of the heart, at least one position sensor to provide at least one position signal indicative of at least one position of the distal end, a display, and processing circuitry to assess respective qualities of contact of the catheter electrodes with the tissue, compute positions of respective ones of the catheter electrodes responsively to the at least one position signal, generate a 3D anatomical map of at least part of the chamber of the heart responsively to the assessed respective qualities of contact and the computed positions of the respective ones of the catheter electrodes and render to the display the generated 3D anatomical map.

Provided are an apparatus and method for measuring bio-information. The apparatus for measuring bio-information includes: a pulse wave sensor configured to emit light of multiple wavelengths onto an object, and detect the light to obtain multi-wavelength pulse wave signals when the light is reflected or scattered from the object; and a processor configured to: obtain a conversion signal that indicates a contact pressure between the object and the pulse wave sensor, based on the multi-wavelength pulse wave signals, obtain an oscillometric envelope based on the multi-wavelength pulse wave signals and the conversion signal, and obtain bio-information based on the oscillometric envelope.

A wristband biosensing system, a wristband biosensing apparatus, and a biological sensing method are provided. The system includes a wristband body worn on a wrist of a user, at least one physiological signal sensor, at least one deformation sensor, and a processing device coupled to the physiological signal sensor and the deformation sensor. The physiological signal sensor is disposed on the wristband body at a position corresponding to at least one sensing portion of the wrist to detect a physiological signal of each sensing portion. The deformation sensor is disposed around each physiological signal sensor to detect deformation of each sensing portion and output a deformation signal. The processing device receives the physiological signal and the deformation signal, inquires a compensation signal corresponding to the deformation signal, and corrects the physiological signal by using the compensation signal, so as to output a corrected physiological signal of each sensing portion.