A device for converting a consumable into an aerosol with high heat without burning the consumable by packaging the consumable around a susceptor for inductive heating so as to reduce the oxygen content within the consumable. The susceptor can be a flattened piece of steel wool. The encasement can be a coating applied to the consumable can be packaging inside an encasement through which the aerosol can pass. Efficiency of the to create a porous shell. The device can have a receiver with an airtight seal and an airflow controller to optimize the aerosolizing process. The device can also have a recognition system to detect a sign on the consumable-containing package an execute the appropriate administration protocol.

An implant includes a cannula. The cannula defines an axial drainage bore and a plurality of radial openings providing a path of fluid communication between an exterior of the cannula and the axial drainage bore to drain fluid. The implant also includes a first sensor positioned at least partially in the cannula. The first sensor is configured to measure a biomarker in the fluid. The implant also includes a second sensor positioned at least partially in the cannula. The second sensor is configured to measure a pressure of the fluid. The implant also includes a third sensor positioned at least partially in the cannula. The third sensor is configured to measure a temperature of the fluid.

An emission device includes an emission unit, an environment adjustment unit, a storage, and a controller. The emission unit emits a useful substance to a space where a target person is present. The environment adjustment unit adjusts an environmental condition of the space. The storage stores data about the useful substance and an environmental condition associated with the useful substance. The controller acquires the environmental condition associated with the useful substance emitted from the emission unit, based on the data stored in the storage, and controls the environment adjustment unit to meet the environmental condition.

A nap environment determination system is configured to determine an environment condition during a nap. The nap environment determination system includes a pre-nap information acquisition unit configured to acquire pre-nap information regarding a subject who takes a nap before the subject takes the nap, and a determination unit configured to determine an environment condition to adjust a sleep depth, based on the pre-nap information.

A temperature compensation flow-limiting device and an elastomeric infusion system are provided. The temperature compensation flow-limiting device is disposed in the infusion tube of the elastomeric infusion system to improve instability, caused by changes to temperature, of the flow velocity of the fluid inside the infusion tube to keep the flow velocity of the fluid stable. The temperature compensation flow-limiting device includes an inner layer and an outer layer; the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the inner layer is greater than that of the outer layer. When the temperature of the fluid inside the infusion tube increases, the inner layer expands and the internal diameter decreases as it is limited by the outer layer.

Systems and methods for generating nitric oxide are disclosed. A nitric oxide (NO) generation system includes at least one pair of electrodes configured to generate a product gas containing NO from a flow of a reactant gas; and a controller configured to regulate the amount of nitric oxide in the product gas produced by the at least one pair of electrodes by utilizing duty cycle values of plasma pulses selected from a plurality of discrete duty cycles to produce a target rate of NO production based on an average of discrete production rates associated with each of the plurality of discrete duty cycles.

Methods and apparatuses for temperature modification of a patient, or selected regions thereof, including an induced state of hypothermia. The temperature modification is accomplished using an in-dwelling heat exchange catheter within which a fluid heat exchange medium circulates. A heat exchange cassette is attached to the circulatory conduits of the catheter, the heat exchange cassette being sized to engage a cavity within a control unit. The control unit includes a heater/cooler device for providing heated or cooled fluid to a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the fluid heat exchange medium circulating to the heat exchange catheter, a user input device, and a processor connected to receive input from various sensors around the body and the system. A temperature control scheme for ramping the body temperature up or down without overshoot is provided.

In one embodiment, there is provided an inlet for a humidification chamber for use in a medical humidification system, the inlet comprising an inlet end configured to receive gases flow from a gases source, an outlet end configured to introduce the gases flow to the inside of the humidification chamber, and at least one wall defining, at least in part, a passageway between the inlet end and the outlet end for conveying gases therebetween. The outlet end of the inlet is configured to terminate in the humidification chamber or at a wall of the humidification chamber, and the passageway is configured to guide the gases flow such that the center of the gases flow at the inlet end and at the outlet end are substantially aligned along a common axis or the outlet end defines a profile of the passageway thereat that has a width and a height, a ratio of the width to height being between about 1:20 and 1:5.

A device and method for extracorporeal blood treatment, in particular for hemodialysis, and a method for the balance control of a dialysis fluid in an extracorporeal blood treatment. Sodium balancing can be implemented with improved accuracy during the blood treatment, because distorting effects in the conductivity measurement of the used dialysis fluid can be corrected by taking into account the loading of the used dialysis fluid with urophanic substances, which loading is sensed by an additional measuring apparatus.

The techniques described herein relate to computerized methods and apparatus of at least one of for determining whether a dose sensing module is attached to a medication delivery device, such as, for example, with dose detection sensors, for detecting a color of a portion of a medication delivery device to determine a medication contained in the medication delivery device, such as, for example, with a set of LEDs and light sensor for different temperature conditions, and for monitoring a battery life of a battery in the dose sensing module, such as, for example, with current/voltage detection for different temperature conditions. At least some of the information obtained from these techniques may be communicated to a paired remote electronic device, such as a user's smartphone.