Medical examination apparatus, system, and/or method
First Claim
1. An auscultation device, comprising:
- a casing having a contact surface to be placed in contact with a subject;
an input device for detecting sound from the subject and converting the sound into an electrical signal;
a controller for processing said electrical signal; and
a wireless communication interface configured for transmitting the processed signal to a remote receiver.
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Abstract
An embodiment of an auscultation device can be constructed using electronic components to provide improved acquisition, processing, and communication of sound signals. An input device can be used for detecting sounds, and electrical signals representing the sounds can be processed and transmitted via Bluetooth and/or another form of wireless communication. Such embodiments can employ, at least in part, one or more of several commercially available wireless receiver devices, such as, without limitation, headsets and headphones, mobile phones, PDAs and/or other handheld devices, desktop, laptop, palmtop, and/or tablet computers and/or other computer devices and/or electronic devices.
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45 Claims
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1. An auscultation device, comprising:
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a casing having a contact surface to be placed in contact with a subject;
an input device for detecting sound from the subject and converting the sound into an electrical signal;
a controller for processing said electrical signal; and
a wireless communication interface configured for transmitting the processed signal to a remote receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An auscultation system, comprising:
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a chest piece, including;
a microphone provisioned within the device to detect sound emitted from a subject when the device is substantially in contact with the subject;
a controller configured for processing one or more electrical signals representing the sound detected by the microphone; and
a wireless communication interface coupled to the controller so as to enable, at least in part, wireless transmission of the processed electrical signals from the controller; and
a remote receiver for receiving the transmitted electrical signals from the chest piece. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An auscultation method comprising the steps of:
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detecting sounds from a subject using an electronic auscultation device enabled for wireless communications;
generating electrical signals representing the detected sounds;
transmitting the electrical signals;
receiving the transmitted electrical signals at a remote receiver; and
presenting the electrical signals for analysis. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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