Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic catheter stethoscope
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Application No.: US15362001Application Date: 2016-11-28
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Publication No.: US09782145B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Stuart Hart , Gerard Michael DiLeo , Alfredo Weitzenfeld , Philip James Hipol , Mark Xavier Sweeney , Francy Lorena Sinatra , Kevin Andrew Hufford , Susana K. Lai-Yuen
- Applicant: University of South Florida , The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Tampa US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: University of South Florida,The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: University of South Florida,The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Tampa US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Smith & Hopen, P.A.
- Agent Nilay J. Choksi
- Main IPC: A61B7/04
- IPC: A61B7/04 ; A61B7/02 ; A61B5/03 ; A61B5/00

Abstract:
An electronic catheter stethoscope measures and analyzes acoustic fields and dynamic pressure variations in the gaseous or liquid fluid inside a conventional medical catheter that is positioned in a patient's urologic, digestive, reproductive, cardiovascular, neurological or pulmonary system. Measurement transducers are installed in a housing connectable to multiple preselected medical catheters. The transducers detect bodily functions that are transmitted to the preselected catheter from within the body. The transducers, housing, electrical interface and signal processing electronics are positioned outside the body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170071566A1 ELECTRONIC CATHETER STETHOSCOPE Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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