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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1986
Kaneo Mohri, Fukuoka, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A displacement sensor for a living body provides an improved stethoscope and/or cardiogram. The apparatus has a diaphragm which is placed on the surface of a living body, a permanent magnet located on the diaphragm, an inductor arrangement located adjacent to the permanent magnet so that the saturable inductor changes its inductance according to movement or vibration of the magnet, a processor circuit which processes the inductance variation in the inductors to provide an electrical output signal for visual display and recording purposes, and a hollow sound tube which introduces an acoustic vibration sound of the diaphragm to the ears of a doctor. The present apparatus provides not only acoustic sound output but also visual display and a printed copy as a mechanocardiogram sensor.