Patent classifications
A61B5/15
System and method for predicting survival time
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a method that predicts an individual survival survival time of a patient. The method includes obtaining clinical data associated with health factors of the patient. The method includes obtaining liquid biopsy data associated with one or more attributes of diseased cells within the patient. The method includes predicting or determining a survival time of the patient using a deep learning model based on the clinical data and the liquid biopsy data. The method includes providing or outputting the survival time.
Systems and methods for measuring needle depth
Systems and methods are provided for measuring depth, position, and/or angle of a cannula in a medical drug delivery device. In particular, a drug delivery device having a cannula is positioned adjacent to tissue, a voltage pulse is provided to the cannula, a charge is measured at an electrode in the drug delivery device, and the depth of penetration of the cannula is determined based in part on the charge at the first electrode. Systems and methods described herein can be used to determine subcutaneous insertion depth in a wearable bolus injector. In some implementations, insertion depth determination is achieved through capacitive sensors which measure needle depth in a drug delivery device.
Bodily fluid collection devices and related methods
Devices and methods for withdrawing bodily fluid from a patient are disclosed herein. A handheld device configured in accordance with the present technology can include a housing having an opening, a skin-piercing assembly located at least partially within the housing, and an actuator movable relative to the housing along a deployment direction. The skin-piercing assembly can include a skin-piercing feature and a biasing member. The biasing member can be coupled to the skin-piercing feature to bias the skin-piercing feature along the deployment direction. Movement of the actuator along the deployment direction to a predetermined position can increase a load on the biasing member to at least a partially loaded state. Movement of the actuator along the deployment direction beyond the predetermined position can release the load on the biasing member so that the biasing member actively drives the skin-piercing feature along the deployment direction.
Dermal patch for collecting a physiological sample
A dermal patch for collecting a physiological sample includes a housing with a collection chamber, a sample channel and a pin within a receptacle of the housing. The sample channel is configured to direct a physiological sample drawn from a subject to the collection chamber. The pin is removably positioned within the receptacle and is configured to move from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The pin is configured to seal the receptacle when in the undeployed position and is further configured to facilitate generation of negative pressure in the sample channel when the pin is moved from the undeployed to the deployed position.
SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR REMOTE COLLECTION OF BIOMETRIC DATA AND SPECIMEN SAMPLE WITH IDENTITY VERIFICATION OF COLLECTOR
Methods and kits for collecting and verifying a specimen and/or biological information from a person at a first location to be provided to a second location are provided with documentation of chain of custody in order to verify that the person from whom the specimens and data were obtained is the intended person. Methods include internet and/or video communication between the person and a human or software-based verification assistant, confirming identification of the person to the verification assistant through the video communication, obtaining one or more specimens from the person or one or more types of biological information of the person, wherein the obtaining may be recorded through the internet/video communication, and the use and recording of coded tamper-evident packaging to ensure chain of custody before, during and after the internet/video communication.
A BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM
A blood glucose detection device and system are portable blood glucose detection devices for patients. The blood glucose detection device includes a plurality of lancing units, which collect patient blood and generate current. The test unit can detect the current and transmit the current intensity data to the external device, thus making the glucose detection device portable. Besides, there is no need to change test strips every time for a blood glucose test as the current intensity data can be transmitted externally for management, which improves the patient's experience and makes it convenient for patients to perform blood glucose tests when they go out.
MEDICAL DEVICE
A medical device is configured to be attached to a part of a circulation circuit of an extracorporeal circulation device and to be inserted with an insertion member for performing a test related to blood clotting, and includes a storage portion configured to store a blood, and a main body portion configured to drop the blood stored in the storage portion onto the insertion member. The stored blood is used as samples for testing and monitoring of blood conditions (e.g., clotting) during extracorporeal circulation.
SELF-CONTAINED DERMAL PATCH FOR BLOOD ANALYSIS
In one aspect, a dermal patch is disclosed, which comprises at least one needle configured for puncturing a subject's skin so as to allow drawing blood from the subject, a first blood-transfer fluidic channel for receiving at least a portion of the drawn blood, and a serum-separation element fluidly coupled to said first blood-transfer fluidic channel for receiving at least a portion of the drawn blood and separating a serum component thereof. In some embodiments, the dermal patch may include at least one reservoir for storing blood-processing reagent(s).
Syringe-based fluid diversion mechanism for bodily fluid sampling
A syringe-based device includes a housing, a pre-sample reservoir, and an actuator. The housing defines an inner volume between a substantially open proximal end portion and a distal end portion that includes a port couplable to a lumen-defining device. The pre-sample reservoir is fluidically couplable to the port to receive and isolate a first volume of bodily fluid. The actuator is at least partially disposed in the inner volume and has a proximal end portion that includes an engagement portion and a distal end portion that includes a sealing member. The engagement portion is configured to allow a user to selectively move the actuator between a first configuration such that bodily fluid can flow from the port to the pre-sample reservoir, and a second configuration such that bodily fluid can flow from the port to a sample reservoir defined at least in part by the sealing member and the housing.
Apparatus and methods for disinfection of a specimen container
An apparatus includes a transfer adapter, a puncture member, a disinfection member, and a fluid reservoir. The transfer adapter has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and defines an inner volume configured to receive the puncture member. The transfer adapter is coupled to the disinfection member. The distal end portion of the transfer adapter includes a port fluidically coupled to the puncture member and configured to be placed in fluid communication with a bodily-fluid of a patient. The proximal end portion is configured to receive a portion of the fluid reservoir to allow the fluid reservoir to be moved within the inner volume between a first position, in which a surface of the fluid reservoir is placed in contact with the disinfection member, and a second position, in which the puncture member punctures the surface to place the puncture member in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir.