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Heart-sound detecting apparatus and heart-sound detecting method

  • US 20020107450A1
  • Filed: 08/31/2001
  • Published: 08/08/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for detecting a heart sound of a living subject, comprising:

  • a pressure-pulse-wave sensor which is adapted to be worn on a body portion of the subject that is distant from a chest of the subject, detects a pressure pulse wave produced by an artery of the body portion, and generates a pressure-pulse-wave signal representing the detected pressure pulse wave; and

    a heart-sound extracting means for extracting, from the pressure-pulse-wave signal generated by the pressure-pulse-wave sensor, a heart-sound component representing the heart sound of the subject.

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