The present disclosure relates to a system (1) for carbon dioxide [CO2] removal from the circulatory system of a patient (3), comprising a medical device (5) for providing extracorporeal lung assist [ECLA] treatment to the patient (3) through extracorporeal removal of CO2 from the patient's blood, at least one control unit (22A-22C) for controlling the operation of the medical device (5) so as to control a degree of CO2 removal obtained by the ECLA treatment, and a bioelectric sensor (7) for detecting a bioelectric signal indicative of the patient's efforts to breathe. The at least one control unit (22A-22C) is configured to control the operation of the medical device (5) based on the detected bioelectric signal.

The invention relates to an electrostimulation appliance for stimulating one or more nerves and/or muscles of a living being with electrical signals, having the following features: a) the electrostimulation appliance has at least one signal output device through which electrical stimulation signals can be fed into at least one nerve and/or one muscle, b) the electrostimulation appliance has at least one control device which is configured to activate the at least one signal output device in such a way that the stimulation signals output by the at least one signal output device are able to generate muscle contractions in the living being, by which the respiration of the living being can be influenced in a targeted manner.

The invention relates to an electrostimulation appliance for stimulating one or more nerves and/or muscles of a living being with electrical signals, having the following features: a) the electrostimulation appliance has at least one signal output device through which electrical stimulation signals can be fed into at least one nerve and/or one muscle, b) the electrostimulation appliance has at least one control device which is configured to activate the at least one signal output device in such a way that the stimulation signals output by the at least one signal output device are able to generate muscle contractions in the living being, by which the respiration of the living being can be influenced in a targeted manner.

A treatment device configured noninvasively to treat neurological conditions and/or neuropsychiatric conditions, designed to modulate autonomic nervous system through biofeedback configured to change brain network. The treatment device comprising: physiological sensor, storage piling psychological data and operating controller to effectively provide at least one of biofeedback and tactile stimulation to the individual to curtail neurological and/or neuropsychiatric events.

A method of replicating a mental state of a first subject in a second subject comprising: capturing a mental state of the first subject represented by brain activity patterns; and replicating the mental state of the first subject in the second subject by inducing the brain activity patterns in the second subject.

A method for measuring a neural response to a stimulus. Measurement circuitry is settled prior to a stimulus, by connecting a sense electrode to the measurement circuitry to allow the measurement circuitry to settle towards a bio-electrically defined steady state. Charge is recovered on stimulus electrodes by short circuiting the stimulus electrodes to each other. An electrical stimulus is then applied from the stimulus electrodes to neural tissue, while keeping the sense electrode disconnected from the measurement circuitry. After the stimulus, a delay is imposed during which the stimulus electrodes are open circuited and the sense electrode is disconnected from the measurement circuitry and from the stimulus electrodes. After the delay, a neural response signal present at the sense electrode is measured by connecting the sense electrode to the measurement circuitry.

An apparatus is provided herein for dilating bodily tissue and for monitoring neural activity in the distracted bodily tissue. In one aspect of the invention, the apparatus includes a first dilator having a tubular body with a distal end, a proximal end, and at least one electrode mounted about a circumference thereof; and, a second dilator having a tubular body of electrically-insulative material, the tubular body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending therebetween sized to permit the second dilator to subsequently telescopically slide over the first dilator and come into overlapping coaxial alignment with the first dilator. A discrete window is formed through the tubular body, at or near the distal end, in communication with the lumen. With the second dilator being in overlapping coaxial alignment with the first dilator, the window is located to come into registration with at least one electrode such that, upon rotation of the second dilator relative to the first dilator, the window is positionally adjustable about the circumference of the first dilator. Advantageously, in addition to detecting the proximity of a nerve to the first dilator, the apparatus permits determination of the direction of the nerve from the first dilator. This facilitates more efficient re-positioning of the apparatus for avoidance of nerves, if a new path is necessary.

Disclosed are a thermotherapeutic apparatus having a function of measuring a heart rate and a method of controlling the same. The thermotherapeutic apparatus includes a pretreatment portion which extracts a ballistocardiogram signal sensed by a weight detecting sensor, a heartbeat signal extractor which extracts a heartbeat signal from the pretreated signal, and a mode performer which performs control to calculate a heart rate on the basis of the extracted heartbeat signal, to determine a massage mode according to the calculated heart rate, and to automatically set a massage pattern, a massage level, and a massage temperature of the corresponding massage mode so as to perform the corresponding massage mode.

A system and method for treating an individual at an end user location coping with neurodegeneration are provided. A signal feed includes audiovisual content including personal imagery or video comprising persons, places, or things that are personal to the life of the specific individual. A control device is configured to access the signal feed and select specific audiovisual content. The control device generates an output feed for presenting the selected audiovisual content through one or more displays at the end user location to treat the neurodegeneration of the specific individual by refreshing a memory of the specific individual with the personal imagery or video.

The present invention relates to titration and delivery of anesthetic and sedative medications to a subject. Further, the present invention relates to a device and methods for titrating and delivering the medications in a semi-automated or fully automated manner and which can be monitored and controlled remotely. Even still further, the present invention relates to the device that can perform the titration and the delivery of the medications in a manner that minimalizes occlusion and prevents back flow of the medications. More particularly, the present invention relates to the device for the titration and the delivery of the medications using a non-concentric pumping mechanism that gradually or progressively increases and decreases occlusion in a medication delivery line within the pumping mechanism to minimize and/or prevent sudden formation and release of the occlusion in order to provide more steady and continuous flow of the medications through the device to the subject.