A61B7/003

CONTACTLESS COUGH DETECTION AND ATTRIBUTION

Methods, devices, and systems for contactless cough detection and attribution are presented herein. Audio data may be received using a microphone. A cough may be identified as having occurred based on the received audio data. Radar data may be received indicative of reflected radio waves from a radar sensor. A state analysis process may be performed using the received radar data. The detected cough may be attributed to a particular user based at least in part on the state analysis process performed using the radar data.

Adherent device with multiple physiological sensors

An adherent device to monitor a patient for an extended period comprises a breathable tape. The breathable tape comprises a porous material with an adhesive coating to adhere the breathable tape to a skin of the patient. At least one electrode is affixed to the breathable tape and capable of electrically coupling to a skin of the patient. A printed circuit board is connected to the breathable tape to support the printed circuit board with the breathable tape when the tape is adhered to the patient. Electronic components electrically are connected to the printed circuit board and coupled to the at least one electrode to measure physiologic signals of the patient. A breathable cover and/or an electronics housing is disposed over the circuit board and electronic components and connected to at least one of the electronics components, the printed circuit board or the breathable tape.

Method and apparatus for examining subjects for particular physiological conditions utilizing acoustic information

A method and apparatus for examining a subject for a particular physiological condition according to a technique which utilizes sounds generated by the subject and sensed at a predefined distance from the site of sound generation of the subject, by locating a first sound sensor, e.g., a sound level meter which measures the sound levels in decibels, on a particular region of the subject's body to produce an output corresponding to the sound level sensed thereby; modifying the output of the first sound level meter by a pre-calculated Transfer Function equating its output to that of a second sound level meter located at a predefined distance from the site of sound generation of the subject's body; and utilizing the modified output of the first sound level meter in determining the existence of the particular physiological condition.

Device for moving lower jaw forward

A device for moving a lower jaw forward includes an upper teeth mounting portion on which upper teeth of a human body are mountable, a lower teeth mounting portion on which lower teeth of the human body are mountable, a sensing portion capable of sensing information which determines a movement time of the lower teeth mounting portion, and a driving portion capable of moving the lower teeth mounting portion relative to the upper teeth mounting portion according to a sensing result of the sensing portion. The driving portion includes a power portion which provides a force for moving the lower teeth mounting portion and a driving connection portion which connects the power portion to the lower teeth mounting portion.

Methods and apparatus for performing dynamic respiratory classification and tracking

A method for performing dynamic classification of a breathing session is disclosed. The method comprises capturing breathing sounds of a subject using a microphone. Further, it comprises recognizing a plurality of breath cycles and a plurality of breath phases within each of the plurality of breath cycles from the breathing sounds. It also comprises detecting characteristics regarding the plurality of breath cycles and the plurality of breath phases. Finally, it comprises extracting metrics concerning a breath pattern quality of the subject using the detected characteristics.

System for monitoring and diagnosing sleep-disordered breathing by using drug induced sleep endoscopy and method for monitoring and diagnosing sleep-disordered breathing
11246528 · 2022-02-15 · ·

A monitoring and diagnosing system includes a position indication instruction device, an endoscope equipment, and an image integrated monitoring device. The system may be capable of increasing reliability of a test by performing drug induced sleep endoscopy while changing, in a predetermined order, a body position of a patient so as to examine sleep-disordered breathing.

Swallowing diagnosis apparatus and storage medium

A swallowing diagnosis apparatus includes a controller which enables a first swallowing determination process of determining whether or not there is an aspiration risk in the swallowing on the basis of respiratory phases before and after a period in which swallowing has been estimated as having occurred; and a second swallowing determination process of extracting reference information including at least one of the sound information and the respiration information in a predetermined period including the period in which swallowing has been estimated as having occurred, obtaining a feature quantity from the extracted reference information, and performing a machine learning process on the obtained feature quantity to determine whether or not there is a possibility of dysphagia in the swallowing; and a display control process of causing a determination result obtained by the first swallowing determination process and a determination result obtained by the second swallowing determination process to be displayed.

PROXIMITY BASED PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
20170258401 · 2017-09-14 · ·

An ambulatory medical device is provided. The ambulatory medical device includes at least one sensor configured to acquire data descriptive of a patient, a memory, a user interface, and at least one processor coupled with the memory, the at least one sensor, and the user interface. The at least one processor is configured to determine whether the ambulatory medical device is within a predefined range of a reference location and to initiate location-specific processing in response to determining that the ambulatory medical device is within the predefined range. The location-specific processing includes at least one of issuing a notification and adapting the user interface.

SURGICAL PROCEDURE MONITORING

A surgical computing system may receive usage data associated with movement of a surgical instrument and user inputs to the surgical instrument. The surgical computing system may receive motion and biomarker sensor data from sensing systems applied to the operator of the surgical instrument. The surgical computing system may determine, based on at least one of the usage data and/or the sensor data, an evaluation of the actions of the operator of the surgical instrument. The surgical computing system may determine, based on the evaluation, to provide feedback. The feedback may comprise instructions for the surgical instrument to provide haptic feedback and/or to modify its configuration. The feedback may comprise instructions for a display unit to present notifications instructing the healthcare professional. The surgical computing system may communicate instructions for providing the feedback to the surgical instrument and/or the display unit.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING INSPIRATORY/EXPIRATORY AIR FLOW
20220233094 · 2022-07-28 ·

A method and a system for measuring inspiratory/expiratory air flow rate from inhalation/expiration near a microphone of an electronic device by a user. An inhaler is selected by the user among a plurality of possible inhalers, and the user is prompted to perform an inhalation/expiration close to a microphone of the computing device. Sound is measured during inhalation/expiration and sound data derived therefrom. There is determined the inspiratory/expiratory air flow rate by comparing the collected sound data with a flow rate data set used by the industrially calibrated device and stored in an inhaler-appropriate flow-rate database, and if the inspiratory/expiratory air flow rate is within a predetermined range for the selected inhaler, thereby determining whether the selected inhaler is one of the appropriate inhalers for the inspiratory/expiratory flow measured by comparing the determined inspiratory/expiratory air flow rate with a range of inspiratory/expiratory air flow rates corresponding to the selected inhaler.