Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bioacoustic sensor and stethoscope including the same
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Application No.: US17751793Application Date: 2022-05-24
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Publication No.: US12089002B2Publication Date: 2024-09-10
- Inventor: Takatoshi Kato , Hirofumi Watanabe , Hironari Yamamoto , Koichi Inoue
- Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Nagaokakyo
- Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Keating & Bennett, LLP
- Priority: JP 19216830 2019.11.29
- Main IPC: H04R1/46
- IPC: H04R1/46 ; A61B7/04 ; H04R1/04 ; H04R1/10 ; H04R7/04 ; H04R7/20 ; H04R7/26 ; H04R17/02

Abstract:
A bioacoustic sensor includes a diaphragm including a contact surface contactable with a living body and a back surface, and being displaceable in a thickness direction, and a piezoelectric plate including a first surface facing the back surface of the diaphragm with a gap therebetween and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface to convert the vibration of the diaphragm into an electric signal. The diaphragm is in contact with a center side portion of the first surface of the piezoelectric plate when viewed in the thickness direction, and a housing supports an outer side portion of the second surface of the piezoelectric plate when viewed in the thickness direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220286773A1 BIOACOUSTIC SENSOR AND STETHOSCOPE INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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