A modular, multi-modal energy therapy system for electrical and electromagnetic stimulation includes signal generating, conditioning, and control electronics, stimulation monitoring electronics, signal conduits, and wearable energy emitter modules configured for coupling energy emitters to surfaces of the human ear for transcutaneous energy delivery to nerves in the auricular nerve field. Electrical emitter modules configured with electrodes deliver electrical stimulation; electromagnetic emitter modules configured with light emitting diodes deliver electromagnetic stimulation. A computer controls signal generating electronics and provides internet connectivity with a remote server. Application software includes stimulation programming and parameter selection, and databases containing user data, records of stimulation sessions, user responses to symptom assessment instruments, and biofeedback sensor input enable local and remote monitoring of a user's health status by therapists.

A radio-opaque plastic scintillator detector (PSD) for use in various head and neck radiation applications is described. Bite plates, nose cones and ear cones are provided for use therewith, each having hollow tubes into which PSD cables can be inserted for real time measurement of radiation during treatment.

The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for stimulating peripheral nerves in a patient via electrical, optical, mechanical, or other stimulation, in order to change the balance between parasympathetic and sympathetic activity by selectively increasing or decreasing each of parasympathetic and sympathetic activity. In a particular application, the present disclosure relates to a device for transdermal stimulation of the vagus nerve (including the auricular branch) to selectively affect the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system to achieve the desired therapeutic effect in a human subject.

Devices, systems and methods are provided for treating a disease or disorder in a patient. The methods incluce positioning a surface of a housing in contact with an outer skin surface of the patient and applying sufficient energy to an energy transmitter within the housing via a power supply to generate an electrical impulse at or near a vagus nerve of the patient. The the electrical impulse is sufficient to modulate fibers of the vagus nerve and treat the disease or disorder.

The invention relates to an irradiation device and a corresponding method for irradiating a radiation absorbing medium, as well as a hearing aid device and a laser surgery device comprising such an irradiation device. A radiation source is configured to generate one or more pulses of electromagnetic radiation and to irradiate the medium with the one or more pulses of electromagnetic radiation. A control unit is configured to control the radiation source such that the time course of the power or intensity of at least one pulse of the one or more pulses of electromagnetic radiation exhibits a rising slope and/or a falling slope, wherein the rising slope and/or falling slope has a maximum gradient which is smaller than a predetermined gradient value, whereby a generation of optoacoustic waves in the medium in response to the rising slope or falling slope, respectively, is avoided or significantly reduced.

A cochlear implant hearing aid system is disclosed. The cochlear implant hearing aid system comprises an external part. The external part includes a sound pickup unit configured to pick up sound from the environment and a sound processing unit configured to process said sound. The cochlear implant hearing aid system further comprises an implant part. The implant part includes an implant processing unit and a plurality of cochlea stimulation electrodes for stimulation of a cochlea of a user. The cochlear implant hearing aid system further comprises a near-infrared transmitter configured to transmit a near-infrared wave. The cochlear implant hearing aid system further comprises a near-infrared receiver configured to receive said near-infrared wave.

Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for treating bronchial constriction related to asthma, anaphylaxis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The treatment comprises transmitting impulses of energy non-invasively to selected nerve fibers that are responsible for smooth muscle dilation. The transmitted energy impulses, comprising magnetic and/or electrical, mechanical and/or acoustic, and optical and/or thermal energy, stimulate the selected nerve fibers.

This invention is to be applied to a person's ear. The biophotonic mask instrument consists of an ear covering component, an ear attachment component, and multiple light emitting units. The biophotonic mask instrument is connected to an external intelligent electronic device with an application to control the operation of the light emitting units. The attachment component is to be clipped onto the body of the ear with the ear covering component connected to it. The multiple light emitting units are arranged to be 0.8 mm to 1.2 mm apart or 0.65 mm to 1.5 mm apart. The light emitting units are in a net design and their wave lengths are between 400 nm to 1000 nm. The biophotonic mask instrument is wirelessly connected to the intelligence device.

This disclosure relates to an intra-oral phototherapy device, comprising: a handle; at least one mouthpiece removably connectable to the handle; and at least one light source in the mouthpiece adapted to direct light inside a mouth of a user. It will be apparent that the device described herein has broad applications.

Some embodiments relate to ear-mountable devices with one or more sensors and both input and output capabilities. Such ear-mountable devices may validate behaviors, biometrics, and/or environmental conditions by generating a signal indicative of the same at an ear of the user and then determining the behaviors, biometrics, and/or environmental conditions based on the signal. Such ear-mountable devices may determine compliance of a user by outputting, through an audio output device of the ear-mountable devices, a compliance message to evoke a target behavior in the user, monitoring behavior of the user through a sensor of the ear-mountable device, and determining compliance of the user with the target behavior based on the monitoring. Such ear-mountable devices may implement intervention by determining a state of a user, determining whether the state warrants an intervention or treatment, determining a specific intervention or treatment to administer when warranted, and administering the specific intervention or treatment.