ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An electronic stethoscope head comprising:
- a head member having a contact surface for contact with a patient'"'"'s body; and
a transducer in the head member; and
an adhesive on the contact surface.
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Abstract
An electronic stethoscope head includes a head member having a contact surface for contact with a patient'"'"'s body, a transducer in the head member, and an adhesive on the contact surface. A processing system for an electronic stethoscope includes a conditioning circuit configured to receive a transducer signal from a transducer and to be capable of amplifying and/or filtering the transducer signal, to yield a conditioned signal. There is also a signal processor system configured to subject the conditioned signal to an audio editing process. Bodily sounds are detected by applying an electronic stethoscope head a patient'"'"'s body; generating a patient sonograph of the patient'"'"'s bodily sounds; and comparing the patient sonograph to a reference sonograph. An electronic stethoscope system may include an accessory device and control circuitry to control the accessory device when abnormal bowel sounds are detected or no bowel sounds are detected for a predetermined interval.
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19 Claims
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1. An electronic stethoscope head comprising:
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a head member having a contact surface for contact with a patient'"'"'s body; and a transducer in the head member; and an adhesive on the contact surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A processing system for an electronic stethoscope, the processing system comprising:
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an analog processing circuit configured to receive a transducer signal from a transducer and to be capable of amplifying and/or filtering the transducer signal, to yield a conditioned signal; and a signal acquisition system configured to digitize the conditioned signal, to filter the digitized conditioned signal and to present the digitized conditioned signal to assist in patient diagnosis. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic stethoscope system comprising:
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an electronic stethoscope head comprising a head member having a contact surface for contact with a patient'"'"'s body and a transducer; and a processing system for an electronic stethoscope, the processing system comprising; an analog processing circuit configured to receive a transducer signal from a transducer and to be capable of amplifying and/or filtering the transducer signal, to yield a conditioned signal; and a signal acquisition system configured to digitize the conditioned signal, to filter the digitized conditioned signal and to present the digitized conditioned signal to assist in patient diagnosis. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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