Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device, system and method for obtaining vital sign related information of a living being. The proposed device comprises an input unit for receiving an input signal generated from light received in at least one wavelength interval reflected from a skin region of a living being, said input signal representing vital sign related information from which a vital sign of the living being can be derived, a processing unit for processing the input signal and deriving vital sign related information of said living being from said input signal, an orientation estimation unit for estimating the orientation of said skin region, and a control unit for controlling an illumination unit for illuminating said skin region with light to illuminate said skin region based on the estimated orientation of said skin region and/or for controlling said processing unit to derive vital sign related information from said input signal obtained during time intervals selected based on the estimated orientation of said skin region.
Abstract:
According to an aspect, there is provided an acne-treatment system comprising a processing unit (40) and an acne-treatment apparatus (46; 52) configured to treat an acne lesion on skin of a subject by means of first treatment light having wavelengths predominantly in a range from 600 to 700 nm and second treatment light having wavelengths predominantly in a range from 400 to 480 nm, the processing unit (40) being configured to: receive one or more measurement signals provided by one or more sensors (42) that are configured and arranged to measure one or more parameters indicative of a degree of inflammation and/or a severity phase of the acne lesion, said one or more measurement signals representing an indicated degree of inflammation and/or an indicated severity phase of the acne lesion; determine a light-intensity ratio of intensity of the first treatment light to intensity of the second treatment light to be applied to the acne lesion based on the indicated degree of inflammation and/or the indicated severity phase of the acne lesion represented by the one or more measurement signals; and control one or more light sources (44) of the acne-treatment apparatus (46; 52) to generate the first treatment light and the second treatment light according to the determined light-intensity ratio for application to the acne lesion.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to apparatus for use with a treatment device configured to perform a treatment operation on a body part of a subject, a system and a method. The apparatus (40) comprises a processing unit (46) configured to estimate a position of a current treatment area corresponding to an area of skin that the treatment device would apply a light pulse to while at the current treatment position; determine the distance, in movement direction of the treatment device, of the current treatment area from a previous treatment area corresponding to an area of skin that the treatment device applied a previous light pulse to while at a previous treatment position; determine if the distance is zero or an integer multiple of the width of the treatment area in movement direction of the treatment device; and generate a pulse control signal for controlling the treatment device to generate and apply a light pulse to the current treatment area of the skin if the distance has been determined to be zero or an integer multiple of the width of the treatment area.
Abstract:
A two-state wearable device may include a wearable band (e.g., a watch band) and a display module (e.g., a watch face). In a “detached” state, the wearable band and display module act as separate devices, and the display module can be charging its battery while the wearable band gathers sensor data (e.g., sleep tracking data) and provides a vibrating/audio alarm clock function. In an “attached” state, the wearable band and display module act together as a single device, meaning that the data collected by the wearable band during the “detached” state is sent to and stored at the display module, and that sleep settings input at a user interface of the display module impact the wearable band's alarm function. The display module may also use its newly-recharged battery to recharge the wearable band's battery so that it can be used the next night.
Abstract:
The present application relates to a treatment head (30) for performing a microdermabrasion procedure on a subject's skin (40). The treatment head (30) has a skin contact surface (32) which is positionable against the subject's skin (40) and at least one vacuum aperture (50) at the skin contact surface (32). The at least one vacuum aperture (50) defines a path (52) at which a vacuum is generatable. The at least one vacuum aperture (50) has an abrasive edge (56) defined by a juncture of the vacuum aperture and the skin contact surface. The abrasive edge is configured to act on the subject's skin (40). The present application also relates to a skin care device (10) for performing a microdermabrasion procedure on a subject's skin (40).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device, system and method for determining vital signs of a subject. To balance accuracy and reliability with unobtrusiveness, the device comprises an interface (30) for receiving input signals from a detection unit (18) that is configured for contactless detection of radiation reflected from a subject (14) in response to illumination by an illumination source (22), a processing unit (32) for deriving photoplethysmography, PPG, signals from the received input signals, an analysis unit (34) for deriving a desired vital sign from the PPG signals, and a control unit (36) for controlling one or more parameters of the illumination source (22), the detection unit (18) and/or the analysis unit (34) in dependence on the physical state of the subject, the quality of the input signals or the derived vital sign and/or the value of the vital sign.