Device and method for measuring a physiological characteristic of a subject

    公开(公告)号:US10973428B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US15533662

    申请日:2015-12-10

    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a device for measuring a physiological characteristic of a first subject, the device comprising a first electrode for contacting a part of the body of the first subject; a second electrode for contacting a part of the body of a second subject; and a control unit for obtaining an electrocardiogram, ECG, signal using the electrodes and for processing the ECG signal to determine a measurement of a physiological characteristic of the first subject; wherein the signal comprises a first ECG signal component relating to the first subject and a second ECG signal component relating to the second subject, and the control unit is configured to process the ECG signal obtained from the electrodes to extract the first ECG signal component relating to the first subject and to process the first ECG signal component to determine a measurement of the physiological characteristic of the first subject.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE

    公开(公告)号:US20180070837A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-15

    申请号:US15558772

    申请日:2016-02-25

    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for measuring the blood pressure, BP, of a user, the apparatus comprising a volume-clamp BP monitoring device that comprises a first pressure device for applying pressure to a first part of the body of the user, a first photoplethysmogram, PPG, sensor for obtaining a first PPG signal from the first part of the body of the user, and a control unit that is configured to analyse the first PPG signal and to control the pressure of the first pressure device; wherein the control unit is configured to adjust the pressure of the first pressure device to maintain the first PPG signal at a constant level and to determine the BP of the user from the pressure of the first pressure device; and a second sensor, separate from the first PPG sensor, for measuring a physiological characteristic of the user in a second part of the body of the user, wherein the second part of the body is separate from the first part of the body; wherein the apparatus is configured to analyse the measured physiological characteristic to determine a measure of the blood perfusion in the second part of the body of the user, and to determine whether to perform a recalibration of the volume-clamp BP monitoring device on the basis of changes in the blood perfusion.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING THE FLUID CONTENT OF PART OF THE BODY OF A SUBJECT
    24.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING THE FLUID CONTENT OF PART OF THE BODY OF A SUBJECT 审中-公开
    用于估计主体部分流体含量的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20170042448A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-16

    申请号:US15305216

    申请日:2015-05-07

    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for estimating the fluid content in a subject, the apparatus comprising a control unit that is configured to obtain a measurement of the bioimpedance of a first limb of the subject; obtain a measurement of the bioimpedance of a second limb of the subject; obtain a measurement of the bioimpedance of a segment of the body that includes at least the first limb and the second limb; and determine a measure of the fluid content in the first limb using the bioimpedance measurement of the first limb, the bioimpedance measurement of the second limb and the bioimpedance measurement of the segment of the body that includes at least the first limb and the second limb.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于估计被检体中的流体含量的装置,该装置包括:控制单元,被配置为获得对象的第一个肢体的生物阻抗的测量; 获得受试者的第二肢的生物阻抗的测量值; 获得包括至少第一肢体和第二肢体的身体段的生物阻抗的测量值; 并且使用第一肢体的生物阻抗测量,第二肢体的生物阻抗测量和至少包括第一肢体和第二肢体的身体段的生物阻抗测量来确定第一肢体中的流体含量的量度。

    Device, system and method for detecting a cardiac and/or respiratory disease of a subject

    公开(公告)号:US11534130B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US15566926

    申请日:2016-04-15

    Abstract: The present invention relates to device, system and method for detecting a cardiac and/or respiratory disease of a subject. The proposed device comprises a sound input (20) for obtaining a sound signal representing sounds generated by the subject's body; a motion input (21) for obtaining a motion signal representing motions generated by the subject's body; and a processor (22) for processing the obtained sound signal and motion signal. This processing includes identifying inhalation and/or exhalation periods of the subject based on the motion signal, detecting abnormal lung sounds during inhalation and/or exhalation periods based on the sound signal, determining abnormal lung sound characteristics of the detected abnormal lung sounds, determining breathing characteristics of the subject's breathing based on the sound signal, determining the phase of the abnormal lung sounds in the inhalation-exhalation cycle, and detecting a cardiac and/or respiratory disease of the subject based on the determined abnormal lung sound characteristics, the determined breathing characteristics and the determined phase of the abnormal lung sounds in the inhalation-exhalation cycle.

    Urine turbidity monitoring
    28.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11413021B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16500145

    申请日:2018-03-29

    Abstract: A wearable bladder monitoring device is disclosed and includes a fastener for securing the device to a subject's body; a phased array of ultrasound transducers having configurable output frequencies; a configurable phased array controller adapted to control the phased array to direct ultrasound beams into the subject's body under a plurality of discrete beam angles and to collect echo signals of the ultrasound beams, wherein the phased array controller is adapted to direct a set of ultrasound beams into the subject's body for at least a subset of the discrete beam angles in response to a configuration instruction defining the respective output frequencies of the ultrasound beams in the set; and a device transceiver for communicating data pertaining to the echo signals to a remote device to facilitate the remote processing of the data and to receive the configuration instruction from the remote device.

    Method and apparatus for measuring blood pressure

    公开(公告)号:US11298035B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US15558772

    申请日:2016-02-25

    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for measuring the blood pressure, BP, of a user, the apparatus comprising a volume-clamp BP monitoring device that comprises a first pressure device for applying pressure to a first part of the body of the user, a first photoplethysmogram, PPG, sensor for obtaining a first PPG signal from the first part of the body of the user, and a control unit that is configured to analyse the first PPG signal and to control the pressure of the first pressure device; wherein the control unit is configured to adjust the pressure of the first pressure device to maintain the first PPG signal at a constant level and to determine the BP of the user from the pressure of the first pressure device; and a second sensor, separate from the first PPG sensor, for measuring a physiological characteristic of the user in a second part of the body of the user, wherein the second part of the body is separate from the first part of the body; wherein the apparatus is configured to analyse the measured physiological characteristic to determine a measure of the blood perfusion in the second part of the body of the user, and to determine whether to perform a recalibration of the volume-clamp BP monitoring device on the basis of changes in the blood perfusion.

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