Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stethoscope apparatus and a method of processing breathing sounds produced by a subject
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Application No.: US16475313Application Date: 2018-01-04
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Publication No.: US10682117B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Jacobus Josephus Leijssen , Gerardus Johannes Nicolaas Doodeman , Rick Bezemer
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@1d9f408a
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/050157 WO 20180104
- International Announcement: WO2018/127524 WO 20180712
- Main IPC: A61B7/00
- IPC: A61B7/00 ; A61B5/00 ; H04R3/00 ; A61B5/04 ; A61B5/08 ; H01Q1/52 ; H01Q7/06 ; A61B7/02 ; A61B5/05 ; G01R29/08

Abstract:
According to an aspect, there is provided a stethoscope apparatus stethoscope apparatus, the stethoscope apparatus comprising a sound sensor for measuring sounds produced by the breathing of a subject and for outputting a sound signal representing the measured breathing sounds; an antenna for receiving a modulated electromagnetic signal from the body, wherein the modulated electromagnetic signal is modulated by movement of air, fluid and/or tissue in the body; a processing unit that is configured to receive the sound signal from the sound sensor and the modulated electromagnetic signal from the antenna; and normalise the sound signal using the modulated electromagnetic signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190328352A1 STETHOSCOPE APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF PROCESSING BREATHING SOUNDS PRODUCED BY A SUBJECT Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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