A61B2560/0219

RESONANT POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS WITH COMMUNICATIONS
20230157546 · 2023-05-25 ·

Methods and apparatus for wireless power transfer and communications are provided. In one embodiment, a wireless power transfer system comprises an external transmit resonator configured to transmit wireless power, an implantable receive resonator configured to receive the transmitted wireless power from the transmit resonator, and a user interface device comprising a resonant coil circuit, the resonant coil circuit being configured to receive magnetic communication signals from the transmit resonator or the receive resonator and to display information relating to the magnetic communication signals to a user of the user interface device.

MULTIPLEXED WEARABLE SENSORS FOR PREGNANCY MONITORING AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME

A sensor network for pregnancy monitoring of a subject includes a plurality of sensor systems time-synchronized to each other, each sensor system placed on a respective region of the subject and having a sensor member configured to detect data associated with at least one of physiological parameters of the subject, and a Bluetooth low energy system-on-a-chip configured to process and transmit the detected data; and a controller adapted in wireless communication with the plurality of sensor systems and configured to receive, from the plurality of sensor systems, to process, and to display the physiological parameters.

Intracardiac sensors with switchable configurations and associated systems and methods

The present technology relates to intracardiac sensors and associated systems and methods. In some embodiments, the present technology includes a device for monitoring pressure within a patient's heart. The device can include an implantable capacitor having a capacitance value that is variable based on the pressure within the patients heart and a sensing circuit configured to measure the capacitance value. The device can also include an implantable inductor and a power circuit configured to wirelessly receive power from an external source via the inductor. When the device is in a first configuration, the capacitor can be electrically coupled to the sensing circuit and the inductor can be electrically coupled to the power circuit. When the device is in a second configuration, the capacitor can be electrically coupled to the inductor to form a resonant circuit.

DETECTING AND CORRECTING FOR CHANGES TO AN ANALYTE INDICATOR

A sensor, system, and method for detecting and correcting for changes to an analyte indicator of an analyte sensor. The analyte indicator may be configured to exhibit a first detectable property that varies in accordance with an analyte concentration and an extent to which the analyte indicator has degraded. The analyte sensor may also include a degradation indicator configured to exhibit a second detectable property that varies in accordance with an extent to which the degradation indicator has degraded. The analyte sensor may generate (i) an analyte measurement based on the first detectable property exhibited by the analyte indicator and (ii) a degradation measurement based on the second detectable property exhibited by the degradation indicator. The analyte sensor may be part of a system that also includes a transceiver. The transceiver may use the analyte and degradation measurements to calculate an analyte level.

CATHETER FOR IMAGING AND MEASUREMENT OF PRESSURE AND OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS

A catheter system includes an elongated tube structure configured for insertion into a luminal space, such as the vasculature, of a body. The catheter is conductive and configured to conduct electrical signals. The catheter includes one or more power and data coupling devices configured to send and receive power and/or data signals, such as from an underlying guidewire disposed within a lumen of the catheter. One or more sensors are coupled to a distal section of the catheter and are electrically connected to the one or more power and data coupling devices.

Flexible complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor probes for chronic, large-scale neural stimulation and recording

Systems and methods for providing neural stimulation and recording on a subject using flexible complementary CMOS probes are provided. Disclosed systems can include a flexible probe adapted for insertion into a portion of a brain of the subject, the flexible probe comprising a tail portion and a head portion. The tail portion can include a plurality of electrodes configured to be coupled to the brain and a plurality of front-end amplifiers. Each of the plurality of front-end amplifiers can be configured to amplify a signal received from a corresponding electrode of the plurality of electrodes. The head portion can include one or more inductors configured to enable two-way communication with a wireless reader through a near-field inductive link.

SIGNAL DETECTION CIRCUIT AND SENSOR WITH INTERFEROMETER CIRCUIT TO SENSITIVELY DETECT SMALL VARIATION IN SIGNAL SIZE
20220317170 · 2022-10-06 ·

The present exemplary embodiments provide a signal detection circuit and a sensor which improve a quality factor of a resonator by modeling an initial state of the resonator using an attenuator and a phase shifter which are modeling paths and significantly change a transmission coefficient of the resonator even with a small variation of an object to be measured.

Leadless Active Implantable Medical Device Having Electrodes Co-Fired Onto Its Ceramic Housing

An active implantable medical device (AIMD) has an alumina housing supporting at least two electrodes. A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly resides inside the housing. Two sintered platinum-containing pathways extend through the housing thickness from the electrodes supported on the housing body fluid side surface to a housing device side surface. A device side end of each of the two platinum-containing pathways is in electrical continuity with an electrical contact supported on the PCB to energize the electrodes for providing stimulation therapy to a patient or for sensing biological signals from the patient.

WEARABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING DEVICES
20230147750 · 2023-05-11 ·

A wearable device including at least one sensor configured to sense a physiological parameter of a user. The wearable device including a base housing and a removable housing attachable to the base housing. The base housing and the removable housing portions each including a battery and an electronic subsystem in communication with each other. The battery of the removable housing portion charges the battery of the base housing portion when the removable housing portion is attached to the base housing portion. A second embodiment includes two or more fitness trackers each having an enclosure. The enclosures of the two or more fitness trackers having complimentary shapes that form a unified enclosure when the enclosures are placed adjacently. In a third embodiment, a wearable device includes a first screen display and a second screen display. The second screen display is transparent in at least one operational mode of the wearable device.

Vitals Monitoring Handcuff Apparatus
20230141400 · 2023-05-11 ·

A vitals monitoring handcuff apparatus comprising a housing structure that is adapted to be coupled with a set of handcuffs and to contain a plurality of modules and units; a first module that is located within the housing structure and adapted to measure a wearer's heartrate via a sensor; a second module that is located within the housing structure and is adapted to measure the wearer's respiration rate via a sensor; a controller unit that is located within the housing structure, is configured to relay instructional programs to the modules and units which causes the modules and units to operate, and the controller unit receives data from the modules and inputs that data into associated algorithms that produce corresponding output signals; a communication unit that is located within the housing structure and receives the output signals from the controller unit and is adapted to relay the output signals to a user; and a rechargeable power unit located within the housing structure, provides power to the vitals monitoring handcuff apparatus's other modules and units, and having a receiver which connects with an exterior power source via the port.