A magnetic-flap optical sensor has an emitter activated so as to transmit light into a fingertip inserted between an emitter pad and a detector pad. The sensor has a detector responsive to the transmitted light after attenuation by pulsatile blood flow within fingertip so as to generate a detector signal. Flaps extend from the emitter pad and along the sides of a detector shell housing the detector pad. Flap magnets are disposed on the flap ends and shell magnets are disposed on the detector shell sides. A spring urges the emitter shell and detector shell together, so as to squeeze the fingertip between its fingernail and its finger pad. The flap magnets have opposite north and south orientations from the shell magnets, urging the flaps to the detector shell sides and squeezing the fingertip sides. These spring and magnet squeezing forces occlude the fingertip blood flow and accentuate a detector signal responsive to an active pulsing of the fingertip.

A strap for a pulse measuring device, wherein the strap includes an indicator configured to indicate tightness of the strap. A portable pulse measuring device having a strap configured to fasten the portable pulse measuring device on a human; and a mechanical indicator configured to indicate tightness of the strap are also disclosed.

Optical ankle-brachial index (ABI) and blood pressure measurement systems and methods are disclosed. The blood pressure measurement system and method includes a brachial artery pressure cuff and a reflectance optical pulse detector attached to the pressure cuff. The ABI measurement system and method includes a brachial artery pressure cuff, a first reflectance optical pulse detector attached to the brachial artery pressure cuff, a dorsalis pedis artery pressure cuff or a posterior tibial artery pressure cuff; and a second reflectance optical pulse detector attached to the dorsalis pedis artery pressure cuff or the posterior tibial artery pressure cuff. A computer may also be included in the above systems and methods to detect optical pulses from the cuffs and control the inflation and deflation of the cuffs in order to determine blood pressure and/or ABI.

Disclosed are devices and methods for measuring lung respiration volume including processor means for receiving a detected series of heart beats, measuring variability between a period of successive beats, identifying the start and finish of successive breaths by the maxima and minima in the period, identifying the amplitude of variability of period between successive breaths, and thereby determining a value for a measurement of an extent of lung respiration, and output means for generating the value for the measurement of the extent of lung respiration. The disclosed devices and methods have applications in different medical fields. The disclosed devices can be utilised as wearable devices, wherein the signals are generated and may be processed remotely or locally.

An example system for estimating a hydration level of an individual can include: a mechanism configured to apply mechanical pressure to a digit of the individual; an light detector configured to sense the light from the digit; and a controller programmed to perform functions including: send a first signal to the mechanism to apply the mechanical pressure to the digit; send a second signal to the mechanism to release the mechanical pressure on the digit; determine a capillary refill time based upon a third signal from the light detector indicating an amount of time for capillaries of the individual to refill with blood; and estimate the hydration level of the individual based upon the capillary refill time and one or more additional parameters.

A non-invasive venous pressure measurement apparatus is provided, including: a first cuff attached to a portion including a vein and an artery in a living body; a pressure control unit that changes a first applied pressure applied by the cuff to the portion; a pulse wave detection unit that detects a pulse wave from a pressure received by the cuff from the portion; another pulse wave detection unit that detects another pulse wave including at least an arterial pulse wave in another portion of the living body; an analyzing unit that analyzes a correlation between the two pulse waves, which are changed as the applied pressure is changed by the pressure control unit changes; and a venous pressure calculation unit that calculates a venous pressure based on the applied pressure and a result of analysis by the analyzing unit.

A Chinese pulse wave measuring device is provided, which includes an airbag, a pressure control module, a displacement sensing module, a scanning position control module, and a computing device. The above-mentioned pressure control module, displacement sensing module, and scanning position control module are respectively communicationally connected to the computing device, and the pump of the pressure control module is connected to the airbag through gas tube and valve. A method of using the above-mentioned pulse wave measuring device is also provided.

The disclosure relates to an oximeter, including a blood oxygen collecting unit that has a first light emitting unit emitting a red light, a second light emitting unit emitting an infrared light, and a light receiving sensor receiving the red light emitted by the first light emitting unit and not absorbed by a human body and the infrared light emitted by the second light emitting unit and not absorbed by the human body, and converting them into an electrical signal, a storage unit that stores measurement data and/or a power-on startup screen, the power-on startup screen including the last measurement result of a blood oxygen saturation and/or previous measurement results of the blood oxygen saturation, a power-on button that is for power-on startup, a microprocessor that calculates a blood oxygen saturation of the human body based on the electrical signal detected by the light receiving sensor.

The present disclosure provides for specific shapes and combinations of the compression members amenable to the safest, yet most effective compression of the carotid and vertebral arteries aimed at prevention of embolic stroke. An associated method of achieving an optimal compression of said arteries for the purpose of stroke prevention is provided.

The disclosure relates to an oximeter, including a blood oxygen collecting unit that has a first light emitting unit emitting a red light, a second light emitting unit emitting an infrared light, and a light receiving sensor receiving the red light emitted by the first light emitting unit and not absorbed by a human body and the infrared light emitted by the second light emitting unit and not absorbed by the human body, and converting them into an electrical signal, a storage unit that stores measurement data and/or a power-on startup screen, the power-on startup screen including the last measurement result of a blood oxygen saturation and/or previous measurement results of the blood oxygen saturation, a power-on button that is for power-on startup, a microprocessor that calculates a blood oxygen saturation of the human body based on the electrical signal detected by the light receiving sensor.