Please download the dossier by clicking on the dossier button x
×

Method and apparatus for displaying body sounds and performing diagnosis based on body sound analysis

  • US 6,790,183 B2
  • Filed: 02/21/2002
  • Issued: 09/14/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A diagnostic system for use with a patient, the diagnostic system comprising:

  • a plurality of transducers for placement at various sites around the patient, the transducers configured to generate signals that are responsive to sounds from within the patient;

    a sound localizer configured to receive the signals generated by the plurality of transducers for a given sound and to calculate a set of three dimensional coordinates corresponding to an origin of the given sound; and

    a display screen operatively coupled to the sound localizer, wherein the sound localizer generates a three-dimensional representation of the patient that includes at least one partial profile and one or more markings for the given sound, the one or more markings appearing on the three-dimensional representation in relation to the calculated coordinates.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×