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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 1985
Filed:
May. 04, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan Hofer, Wantagh, NY (US);
Assignee:
Stanton Magnetics, Inc., Plainview, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
381 67 ; 181131 ; 128715 ;
Abstract
An electronic stethoscope for monitoring prosthetic valves for hearts includes a casing to which the center portion of a spring member is mounted. A weighted housing is mounted to the ends of the spring member and contains an opening therethrough in which a magnetic circuit comprising a pole piece, magnet and coil are positioned. The air gap between the pole piece and magnet is varied as the relative distance between the center of the spring and housing vary in response to the operation of a prosthetic heart valve thereby resulting in an induced voltage in the coil which may be amplified and monitored.