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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian L. Craine, Fairfax, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Research Company, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A protocol for the recording of bowel sounds, a computerized algorithm for recognizing the start and stop time of bowel sounds in the digital sound recordings, metrics that can be calculated from the start and stop times and limits of these metrics which can be used to categorize individuals with respect to medical conditions which effect the gastrointestinal tract. The use of these methods and values allows for the diagnosis of certain gastrointestinal syndromes or diseases with a high degree of accuracy in a manner not previously possible.