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Stethoscope system for self-examination using internet

  • US 6,544,198 B2
  • Filed: 06/27/2001
  • Issued: 04/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A stethoscope system for self-examination using the Internet, comprising:

  • a member'"'"'s digital stethoscope for measuring sound waves of various parts of a member'"'"'s body, connecting to a prescribed web address in accordance with the member'"'"'s instruction, transmitting the member'"'"'s current sound wave data, requesting for remote medical examination, and displaying an examination result input from the outside;

    a web server for storing the measured current sound wave data in a current sound wave database in response to the member'"'"'s request if the measured current sound wave data is received from the member'"'"'s digital stethoscope, examining the member'"'"'s health condition using the measured current sound wave data, disease sound wave data pre-stored in a disease sound wave database, and the normal sound wave data pre-stored in a normal sound wave database, connecting to the member'"'"'s digital stethoscope for transmission of the examination result, or transmitting member identification information, details for the request for remote medical examination, the member'"'"'s current sound wave data and the pre-stored member'"'"'s normal sound wave data to request a medical specialist for remote medical examination;

    a remote medical examination system for receiving the member identification information, details for the request for remote medical examination, the member'"'"'s current sound wave data and the pre-stored member'"'"'s normal sound wave data from the web server, performing remote medical examination by the medical specialist based on the received data, and transmitting the examination result to the web server by the medical specialist'"'"'s instruction; and

    a communication system for connecting the member'"'"'s digital stethoscope, the web server and the remote medical examination system with one another.

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