Methods and devices that improve focus, concentration, learning capacity, visual memory, new learning, sustained attention, cognition and/or interoception in a human using mechanical affective touch therapy are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises delivering to a human body transcutaneous mechanical vibrations having a frequency of less than 20 Hz for at least 10 minutes, at least 2 times per day, for a period of at least 4 weeks, thereby providing the human with transcutaneous mechanical stimulation that improves focus, concentration, learning capacity, visual memory, new learning, sustained attention, cognition and interoception in that human.

Chest compression machine systems and methods adjust the administration of patient treatment based on received physiological parameter measurements, such as a CO2 measurement. Adjustment of the administered chest compressions can include adjusting one or more chest compression parameters, such as the depth of the administered compressions, the administration of active decompressions, adjusting the height of active decompression, adjusting the rate of compressions and/or active decompressions and/or other changes to one or more properties, or characteristics, of the administered chest compressions and/or active decompressions.

A lung gas exchange device includes a front housing, at least one strap configured to affix the front housing to an anterior neck of a user, a vibration device positioned within the front housing, a wear plate configured to transfer vibration from the vibration device to the anterior neck of the user, a power source configured to provide power to the vibration device, a power control mechanism configured to allow a user to turn on and off the vibration device; and a central processing unit board connected to the power control mechanism, the power source, and the vibration device.

Systems, computer-implemented methods and/or computer program products that facilitate real-time response to defined symptoms are provided. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises: monitoring, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a state of an entity; detecting, by the system, defined symptoms of the entity by analyzing the state of the entity; and transmitting, by the system, a signal that causes audio response or a haptic response to be provided to the entity, wherein transmission of the signal that causes the audio response or the haptic response is based on detection of the defined symptoms.

A hands-free wearable cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device, comprising a wearable belt, an electrical motor mounted on the wearable belt, a piston housing coupled to the wearable belt, and a heartbeat sensor electrically coupled to the electrical motor is provided. The piston housing encloses a piston that is moveably coupled to the electrical motor. The heartbeat sensor is configured to detect an absence of a heartbeat on a user and to responsively activate the electrical motor. The electrical motor is configured to drive the piston to move between upward and downward directions along the piston housing to produce chest compressions on the user in response to the electrical motor being activated by the heartbeat sensor.

An apparatus may be configured for providing feedback to caregivers during a code blue scenario when adhered to the chest of a subject undergoing resuscitation by sensing and transmitting information associated with the code blue scenario. Such information may include one or more of vital signs of the subject during resuscitation, information associated with chest movements of the subject during resuscitation, and audio information from an environment of the subject during resuscitation. One or more processors may generate real-time feedback for communication to the caregivers during the code blue scenario based on the sensed and transmitted information.

A system includes a guidance device that provides feedback to a user to compress a patient's chest at a rate of between about 90 and 110 compressions per minute and at a depth of between about 4.5 centimeters to about 6 centimeters. The system includes a pressure regulation system having a pressure-responsive valve that is configured to be coupled to a patient's airway. The pressure-responsive valve is configured to remain closed during successive chest compressions in order to permit removal at least about 200 ml from the lungs in order to lower intracranial pressure to improve survival with favorable neurological function. The pressure-responsive valve is configured to remain closed until the negative pressure within the patient's airway reaches about −7 cm H.sub.2O, at which time the pressure-responsive valve is configured to open to provide respiratory gases to flow to the lungs through the pressure-responsive valve.

The present teachings relate to a device and a method for treating a subject, wherein an actuator is configured for external mechanical contact with the subject, wherein a control unit is configured to control the actuator to provide at least one burst of a primary vibration, and wherein the primary vibration has one or several frequencies, or a frequency varying, within an operative frequency range contained in a range from 5 Hz to 1000 Hz, in order for the device to generate a shear wave which propagates inside the body of the subject. In addition, the present teachings relate to use of a device of the present teachings to treat a breathing-related sleep disorder, including snoring, OSA, UARS, or OHS.

A mechanical ventilation system comprises a plurality of ventilation therapy sub-systems. Each of the ventilation therapy sub-systems is adapted to assist a respiratory function of the patient. The system also comprises a detector of the respiratory drive of the patient, an operator interface receiving one or more control parameters, and a main controller. The main controller assigns a therapeutic contribution to each of the ventilation therapy sub-systems based on the respiratory drive of the patient and on the control parameters. The controller modulates the respiratory drive of a patient by controlling each of the plurality of the ventilation therapy sub-systems according to its assigned therapeutic contribution. Distinct ventilation therapy sub-systems may apply negative pressure on the abdomen of the patient, deliver a non-pressurizing inspiratory flow to the patient, or induce a positive pressure in the airways of the patient.

Determining whether a compression garment is worn by a wearer of the garment by analyzing a pressure signal waveform indicative of a fluid pressure in an inflatable and deflatable bladder of the compression garment. Variance detected in the pressure signal waveform during the analysis is indicative of a change in condition of the compression garment. In one aspect the change in condition is verified using confirmatory analysis. In another aspect, the variance is one of a pressure rise and a pressure impulse. In yet another aspect, the variance is an oscillating amplitude as a function of time representative of a pulse of the wearer.