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Method And System For Monitoring Internal Bodily Disorders By Detecting And Analyzing Tissue Frequencies
20220386950 · 2022-12-08 ·

A tissue disorder monitoring system includes at least two electrodes constructed and arranged to obtain analog electrical signals from a patient. An amplifier amplifies the analog electrical signals. Filter structure filters the amplified analog electrical signal. An A/D converter converts the amplified and filtered analog electrical signals to digitized electrical signals. A microprocessor circuit is constructed and arranged to execute an application that analyzes the digitized electrical signals to identify and to determine treatment data including a specific location and/or propagation of disordered tissue within the patient. A transmitter transmits data in a wireless manner. A power supply powers the device. A method locating disordered tissue in a patient is also disclosed.

TRACKING AND REWARDING HEALTH AND FITNESS ACTIVITIES USING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY
20220384027 · 2022-12-01 ·

Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate tracking and rewarding health and fitness activities of users using blockchain technology. In an aspect, a system comprises a non-transitory memory comprising instructions, and one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read the instructions to cause the system to perform operations. The operations comprise receiving health and fitness information for entities, employing a blockchain network to store the health and fitness information for the entities, and sending a non-fungible token (NFT) to an entity of the entities in response to a subset of the health and fitness information associated with the entity satisfying a criterion.

Method for guiding measurement of biological signal in wearable device

An electronic device may include a display, a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor, a wireless communication circuit, a processor operatively connected to the display, the PPG sensor, and the wireless communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The electronic device implements the method, including monitoring blood glucose values of a user using the PPG sensor, displaying a notification prompting the user to measure blood glucose values using an external electronic device based at least partially on the monitored blood glucose values, and receive additional blood glucose values measured by the external electronic device using the wireless communication circuit.

INTESTINAL DIAGNOSTIC SCREENING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TARGETED GASTROINTESTINAL THERAPY
20220370001 · 2022-11-24 ·

A tracer detection device includes an enclosed body, and a plurality of tracer sensors, a battery, a memory, and a transmitter, each disposed within the enclosed body. The plurality of tracer sensors is configured to detect measurement values at a surface and underneath the surface of a gastrointestinal tract. The battery is configured to power the plurality of tracer sensors. The memory is configured to receive measurement values detected by the plurality of tracer sensors. The transmitter is configured to transmit measurement values detected by the plurality of tracer sensors to an external device after the enclosed body has passed through the gastrointestinal tract. The enclosed body includes a steering feature that ensures the enclosed body is oriented in an intended direction. The plurality of tracer sensors triggers release of a drug. The plurality of tracer sensors estimate distances to gastrointestinal walls for normalizing signals.

Gastrointestinal treatment system including a vibrating capsule, and method of use thereof
11504024 · 2022-11-22 · ·

A gastrointestinal treatment system including a gastrointestinal capsule adapted to treat a subject following ingestion of the gastrointestinal capsule. The gastrointestinal capsule includes: (a) a housing; (b) a vibrating agitator, powered by the battery, the vibrating agitator adapted such that, in a first vibrating mode of operation, the housing exerts vibrations on an environment surrounding the capsule; (c) a power supply disposed within the housing and adapted to power the vibrating agitator; and (d) a controller adapted, in response to receipt of an activation input, to activate the vibrating agitator to operate in the first vibrating mode of operation at at least one predetermined time of day. The system and method may be used to treat an ailment of the gastrointestinal tract and/or to mitigate at least one symptom of jetlag in a subject travelling from an origin location to a destination location.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING USER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PRESCRIBING TREATMENT PLANS TO THE USER
20220346703 · 2022-11-03 ·

Technologies for evaluating a user's musculoskeletal health and prescribing treatment plans for the user based on the musculoskeletal health is provided. The disclosed techniques include a computing system receiving input data from a client device. The system formatting the input data to generate one or more sets of user characteristic data values and determining initial levels of user musculoskeletal health for the user based upon the sets of user characteristic data values. The system selects a set of treatment plans for the user based on the initial levels of user musculoskeletal health. The system presents the set of treatment plans to the user using media that allows the user to interactively perform exercises prescribed in the treatment plan.

DEVICES FOR TESTING DISTAL COLONIC AND ANORECTAL FUNCTION

A pellet for testing intestinal and anorectal function. In one embodiment of a system of the present disclosure, the system comprises a pellet comprising a balloon or bag, and a fill tube configured to be removably coupled to the pellet, the fill tube configured to permit selective filling of the balloon or bag

Systems and methods for assessment and monitoring of a mucosal disease in a subjects gastrointestinal tract

A computerized-method for a mucosal assessment of a mucosal disease in a Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT) of a subject, including receiving a stream of images of at least a portion of the GIT, parsing the stream into a plurality of segments, wherein each segment corresponds to a region of the at least portion of the GIT, obtaining a set of values for each segment, wherein the set of values refers to the pathological involvement of the segment in the mucosal disease and to severity of mucosal manifestation of the mucosal disease in the segment, and based on said set of values for each segment, generating a representation indicating the location and severity of the mucosal manifestation of the mucosal disease in the entirety of the at least portion of the subject's GIT, thereby allowing to assess the condition of the mucosal disease in the at least portion of the GIT.

ELECTRODE PATCH AND CONNECTION SYSTEM

An electrode patch 100 for monitoring electrical activity generated by a subject is disclosed. The electrode patch comprises a plurality of spatially arranged electrodes 102 for contacting an outer surface of a skin of the subject to sense and measure electrical potentials at multiple electrodes 102. The electrode patch 100 further comprises at least one connector portion 104 for connecting to a connector of a connector device. The connector portion 104 is spaced apart from the electrodes 102 and is electrically connected with the electrodes 102. A connector device for connecting to such electrode patch is also disclosed.

EXCREMENT DETERMINATION METHOD, EXCREMENT DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

An excrement determination method includes: acquiring sensing data detected by a first gas sensor; acquiring image data captured by a camera; making a first determination of determining whether a gas concentration indicated by the sensing data is higher than a first reference concentration; making a second determination of executing image processing onto the image data and determining whether the image data contains an image about defecation; making a third determination of determining, based on a determination result of the first determination and a determination result of the second determination, that at least one of the defecation and flatulating occurred; and outputting a determination result of the third determination.