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Connected health care system

A connected health care system is provided with various devices for tracking and monitoring health statistics and behaviors including oral health, fitness, heart health, bone health, salivary diagnostics, diabetes, and further options that will be explored in the subsequent sections. The connected health care system is comprised of various devices, a data transfer medium (i.e. “smartphone”), and the Cloud, which allows for data transfer between multiple platforms and devices. Some devices comprised in the connected health care system include a toothbrush, a connected surface with sensors, a salivary diagnostic system, a breath analysis system, and further devices that will be explored in the subsequent sections. The connected health care system further provides a user identification system utilizing capacitive coupling of the human body between devices.

Method to localize small and high contrast inclusions in ill-posed model-based imaging modalities
11246529 · 2022-02-15 · ·

A detector and inclusion location method that uses a reconstruction technique to target and localize sparse small-sized but high-contrast objects, such as a tumor inside tissue. The reconstruction technique applied, can dramatically enhance the property contrast of the tumors or abnormal inclusions by ten to one hundred fold. The reconstruction technique enables the use of nonlinear imaging ill-posed techniques that are function-oriented imaging techniques without any need for structural prior knowledge.

Determining user response to notifications based on a physiological parameter

In some examples, a technique may include outputting information associated with a notification. The notification may be associated with a notification attribute. The technique may further include determining, by a computing device, that a user has perceived the information associated with the notification; and receiving, by the computing device, an indication of at least one physiological parameter representative of a reaction of the user to the information associated with the notification. In some examples, the technique also includes, responsive to receiving the indication of the at least one physiological parameter representative of the reaction of the user to the information associated with the notification, controlling, by the computing device, at least one notification configuration setting related to outputting information associated with other notifications associated with the notification attribute.

Acoustic spirometer system

Embodiments of the present invention are directed a system using a microphone and a mobile computer device comprising a transducer through which a user is to exhale or inhale; the transducer is configured and operable to convert the spirometric flow rate into an audible signal having an audio frequency responsive to the spirometric flow rate, wherein the transducer comprises a rotor including a plurality of rotor blades configured to rotate the rotor responsive to a spirometric flow; wherein the microphone is external to the transducer and is adapted to detect the audible signal having the audio frequency and to convert the audible signal to a corresponding electrical signal having the audio frequency.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING EYESIGHT ACUITY AND HEARING ABILITY
20170258319 · 2017-09-14 ·

The present invention relates to a system (10) for assessing eyesight acuity of a subject (20), comprising: a display (12) for displaying graphics and/or text to the subject (20); an eye movement sensor (14, 14′) for monitoring an eye movement of the subject (20) while the subject (20) is watching the graphics and/or text displayed on the display (12); a processing unit (16) for assessing the eyesight acuity of the subject (20) based on an analysis of the monitored eye movement, wherein the analysis of the monitored eye movement includes an analysis of at least one of a duration of eye saccades, a frequency of eye saccades, a duration of eye fixations and a frequency of eye fixations in the monitored eye movement; and an output unit (18, 18′) for indicating the result of the assessment of the eyesight acuity. The present invention furthermore relates to a system (110) for assessing hearing ability of a subject (20).

Reality systems
11250621 · 2022-02-15 ·

Systems and methods are disclosed method for rendering reality for an object by performing motion tracking and area learning of an environment; selecting a pattern or color from a plurality of product variations; blending the pattern or color of the object and the environment; and displaying the color on the object as an augmented reality view.

Diabetes Control Using Postprandial Feedback
20170258395 · 2017-09-14 ·

Disclosed is a postprandial glucose-measuring device for preventing the development of or reversing T2D. Included are methods for using the device as well as better use for invasive and noninvasive glucose meters. Further disclosed are novel exercise-sensitizing compositions useful for managing blood glucose levels in Type-2 diabetics with minimal risk of hypoglycemia. The disclosed glucose meters allow a user to also measure exercise and meal size—all with relatively instant feedback—more effectively than having to track the complexity posed by labels, glycemic index and calories. Also disclosed is integration of glucose-measuring devices with smartphones and health monitoring technology to make possible safe and effective interpretation of postprandial glucose readings by a patient to control or reverse Type-2 diabetes.

MICROELECTRONIC SENSOR FOR BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION
20170258376 · 2017-09-14 ·

In some embodiments, a microelectronic sensor includes an open-gate pseudo-conductive high-electron mobility transistor and used for biometric authentication of a user. The transistor comprises a substrate, on which a multilayer hetero-junction structure is deposited. This hetero-junction structure comprises a buffer layer and a barrier layer, both grown from III-V single-crystalline or polycrystalline semiconductor materials. A two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) conducting channel is formed at the interface between the buffer and barrier layers and provides electron current in the system between source and drain electrodes. The source and drain contacts, which maybe either ohmic or non-ohmic (capacitively-coupled), are connected to the formed 2DEG channel and to electrical metallizations, the latter are placed on top of the transistor and connect it to the sensor system. The metal gate electrode is placed between the source and drain areas on or above the barrier layer, which may be recessed or grown to a specific thickness. An optional dielectric layer is deposited on top of the barrier layer.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND SENSOR ELECTRONICS UNIT COMMUNICATION

Methods and apparatus are provided for communication among display devices and sensor electronics unit in an analyte monitoring system. The analyte monitoring system may include a sensor that is configured to perform measurements indicative of analyte levels. The sensor may be communicatively coupled to the sensor electronics unit. The sensor electronics unit may be configured to transmit data indicative of analyte levels to the display devices using one or more communication protocols. Furthermore, the sensor electronics unit may be configured to operate in multiple modes, and switch between the modes in response to commands received from the display devices. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.

MONITORING A USER
20220039695 · 2022-02-10 ·

According to an aspect, there is provided a monitoring apparatus (2) for monitoring a user. The monitoring apparatus (2) comprises a processing unit (10) that is configured to receive first movement measurements from a first movement sensor (16) that is associated with the user, the first movement measurements representing movements of the user; and receive second movement measurements from a second movement sensor (20) that is associated with a first assistive technology, AT, device (8), the second movement measurements representing movements of the first AT device (8). The processing unit (10) is further configured to process the first movement measurements to determine if the user is walking; determine a correlation measure for the first movement measurements and the second movement measurements if it is determined that the user is walking, with the correlation measure representing the correlation between the movements of the user while the user is walking and the movements of the first AT device (8); and initiate an alert to the user to use an AT device if the determined correlation measure indicates that the movements of the user and the movements of the first AT device (8) are not correlated.