According to one embodiment, a light-emitting element includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer. The substrate is light-transmissive. The second electrode is provided between the first electrode and a portion of the substrate. The second electrode is light-transmissive. A light-emitting layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The substrate includes a first region and a second region. The first region overlaps at least a portion of the light-emitting layer in a first direction, the first direction is from the second electrode toward the first electrode. The second region is provided around the first region along a plane perpendicular to the first direction. The substrate has an opening provided in at least a portion of the second region.

According to one embodiment, a detection device includes a substrate, a light detector, a light emitter. The substrate is light-transmissive. The light emitter is provided between the substrate and the light detector. The light emitter includes a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrode is provided between the light detector and the substrate. The first electrode is light-transmissive. The light-emitting layer is provided between the light detector and the first electrode. The second electrodes are provided between the light detector and the light-emitting layer.

This document describes assessing cardiovascular function using an optical sensor, such as through sensing relevant hemodynamics understood by pulse transit times, blood pressures, pulse-wave velocities, and, in more breadth, ballistocardiograms and pressure-volume loops. The techniques disclosed in this document use various optical sensors to sense hemodynamics, such as skin color and skin and other organ displacement. These optical sensors require little if any risk to the patient and are simple and easy for the patient to use.

Physiological signal processing systems include a photoplethysmograph (PPG) sensor that is configured to generate a physiological waveform, and an inertial sensor that is configured to generate a motion signal. A physiological metric extractor is configured to extract a physiological metric from the physiological waveform that is generated by the PPG sensor. The physiological metric extractor includes an averager that has an impulse response that is responsive to the strength of the motion signal. Related methods are also described.

A sensing device includes a substrate, two chips, and a shielding structure. The two chips are respectively defined as an emitting chip and a receiving chip. The emitting chip can emit a sensing light beam, the receiving chip can receive the sensing light beam, and the two chips are fixed in position on the substrate at intervals. At least one of the chips is electrically connected to the substrate through at least one wire, and a position where the wire is connected to the substrate is located between the two chips. The shielding structure is formed on the substrate. The shielding structure is located between the two chips, and the shielding structure covers the wire and a portion of the chip connected to the wire. Compared with the conventional photo-plethysmography sensor, the sensing device has the advantage of a smaller size.

A physiological sensor has light emitting sources, each activated by addressing at least one row and at least one column of an electrical grid. The light emitting sources are capable of transmitting light of multiple wavelengths and a detector is responsive to the transmitted light after attenuation by body tissue.

Provided are systems for measuring an electrocardiogram (ECG) using a wearable device. An example system includes the wearable device. The wearable device has a means for recording an electrical signal from a single wrist of a patient. The wearable device also has a means for detecting a pulse of the patient and recording a photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal, via a PPG optical sensor associated with the wearable device. The wearable device further has a means for generating the electrical signal segments being time-locked to the PPG signal by utilizing the PPG signal as a reference signal. Furthermore, the wearable device has a means for summing the electrical signal segments in a given time period and dividing by the number of segments to produce an average ECG waveform.

The present technology relates to the field of medical monitoring. Patient monitoring systems and associated devices, methods, and computer readable media are described. In some embodiments, a patient monitoring system includes one or more sensors configured to capture first data related to a patient and a monitoring device configured to receive the first data. In these and other embodiments, the patient monitoring system can include an image capture device configured to capture second data related to the patient. In these and still other embodiments, the one or more sensors can be configured to instruct the patient monitoring system to display the second data.

The present technology provides a living body information measurement apparatus and a living body information measuring method that make it possible to discriminate a state of a living body with high accuracy. The present technology provides a living body information measurement apparatus including: a sensor device that applies light to a living body and individually detects light scattered by a plurality of parts in the living body; and a processor that discriminates a state of the living body on the basis of outputs of the sensor device for the respective parts. According to the present technology, it is possible to provide a living body information measurement apparatus and a living body information measuring method that make it possible to discriminate the state of the living body with high accuracy.

The present application describes a Personal Hand-Held Monitor (PHHM) of the type described in WO 2013/002165, WO 2014/125431, and International Patent Application No. PCT/EP2015/079888, with improved aspects to find indicators of health, and other improvements that facilitate its construction and calibration.