A61B5/6841

Emergency Cardiac And Electrocardiogram Electrode Placement System

An emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device is disclosed herein. The emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device incorporates electrical conducting materials and elastic material into a pad that is applied to a chest wall of a patient, which places multiple electrodes in the appropriate anatomic locations on the patient to quickly obtain an ECG in a pre-hospital setting.

Apparatus and methods for non-invasively measuring a patient's arterial blood pressure

Improved apparatus and methods for non-invasively assessing one or more hemodynamic parameters associated with the circulatory system of a living organism. In one aspect, the invention comprises an apparatus adapted to automatically and accurately place and maintain a sensor (e.g., tonometric pressure sensor) with respect to the anatomy of the subject. The apparatus comprised of a sensor device removably coupled to an actuator which is used to position the sensor during measurements. Methods for positioning the alignment apparatus and sensor, and operating the apparatus, are also disclosed.

Wearable performance monitoring, analysis, and feedback systems and methods
10952646 · 2021-03-23 · ·

The present application relates generally to computer software, mobile electronics, wireless communication links, and wearable monitoring systems. More specifically, techniques, systems, sensors, circuitry, algorithms and methods for wearable monitoring devices and associated exercise apparatus are described. A garment borne sensor system may acquire data on a user's performance during exercise, for example. The data may be analyzed in real time and feedback may be provided to the user based on the analysis. Analysis may be used to alter behavior of the user and/or an apparatus the user is engaged with during an activity, such as exercise, conditioning, therapy, etc. A piece of exercise equipment may be instrumented and in communication with the sensor system or other system and may be controlled in real time to adjust its settings to affect the user during the exercise routine. Communication between the sensor system and other systems may be wireless.

WEARABLE DEVICE FOR COUPLING TO A USER, AND MEASURING AND MONITORING USER ACTIVITY

A system for measuring an angle of a joint of a user includes a center hub, a first arm, a second arm, a magnet, and a sensor. The center hub includes a first hub and a second hub. The first arm is configured for attachment to a first limb portion of the user at a first outer end and to the first hub at a first inner end. The second arm is configured for attachment to a second limb portion of the user at a second outer end and to the second hub at a second inner end, wherein the first hub is pivotally coupled to the second hub. The magnet is coupled to the second hub. The sensor is disposed in the center hub and configured to detect a rotation of the magnet.

Methods for radio wave based health monitoring that utilize a removable smartphone case
10888242 · 2021-01-12 · ·

A method for operating a removable smartphone case is disclosed. The method involves transmitting radio waves below the skin surface of a person, receiving radio waves on a two-dimensional array of receive antennas, the received radio waves including a reflected portion of the transmitted radio waves, generating digital data in response to the received radio waves, wherein the digital data is indicative of a health parameter of the person, and communicating the digital data generated in response to the received radio waves from the removable smartphone case to a smartphone that is connected to the removable smartphone case.

Emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram electrode placement system

An emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device is disclosed herein. The emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device incorporates electrical conducting materials and elastic material into a pad that is applied to a chest wall of a patient, which places multiple electrodes in the appropriate anatomic locations on the patient to quickly obtain an ECG in a pre-hospital setting.

Removable smartphone case for radio wave based health monitoring that generates alignment signals
10856766 · 2020-12-08 · ·

A removable smartphone case is disclosed. The removable smartphone case includes a case body configured to receive a smartphone, a radio frequency (RF) front-end connected to the case body and including a semiconductor substrate and an antenna array including at least one transmit antenna configured to transmit radio waves below the skin surface of a person and a two-dimensional array of receive antennas configured to receive radio waves, the received radio waves including a reflected portion of the transmitted radio waves, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes circuits configured to generate signals in response to the received radio waves, wherein the signals correspond to an alignment of the antenna array relative to a vein below the skin surface of the person, and a communications interface configured to transmit digital data that corresponds to the signals generated by the semiconductor substrate from the removable smartphone case.

MASK SIZE GAUGE

A mask size gauge for selecting a size of a mask in accordance with a distance in a height direction between an upper reference part in an upper portion of a face of a wearer, and a lower reference part in a lower portion, includes: a reference position indicating portion indicating that the reference position indicating portion is to be placed at a height position of the upper reference part on an outer lateral side of an eye of the wearer; and a size indicating portion that is located at a position which is closer to a middle of the face than the reference position indicating portion, and that indicates the size of the mask according to a height position of the lower reference part.

PORTABLE DEVICE FOR QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF TISSUE AUTOREGULATION AND NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING USING EEG, METABOLISM, AND BLOOD FLOW DIAGNOSTICS

The present invention is directed to a portable device for quantitative measurement of tissue autoregulation and neurovascular coupling via portable measurement of blood flow, oxygenation, metabolism, and/or EEG signals and methods for using said device. The device may comprise a body and a plurality of legs pivotably attached to the body. The plurality of legs may comprise at least one reference electrode leg and at least one measurement electrode leg for electrical measurement, and an optical detection fiber leg and at least one optical source fiber leg for optical blood flow, oxygenation, and metabolism measurement. The present invention is additionally directed to a portable device for blood flow measurement and therapeutic photobiomodulation. The device may comprise a body and a plurality of legs. The plurality of legs may comprise at least one optical detection fiber leg and at least one optical source fiber leg, and at least one leg for therapeutic photobiomodulation.

Emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram electrode system with wireless electrodes
11864858 · 2024-01-09 · ·

An emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode device with wireless electrodes is disclosed herein. The emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode device places multiple wireless electrodes in the appropriate anatomic locations on the patient to quickly obtain an ECG in a pre-hospital setting. The system also works with a mobile SRM app that continuously runs EKGs to continuously monitor a patient.