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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:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2003
Applicants:
Alex T. Nelson, Portland, OR (US);
Jim T. Belesiu, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Inventors:
Alex T. Nelson, Portland, OR (US);
Jim T. Belesiu, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Assignee:
Inovise Medical, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for gathering high-quality anatomical audio signals. Practice of the invention, which is illustrated herein in the context of heart-produced signals, is based upon gathering, and competitively processing audio signals collected simultaneously from two adjacent anatomical sites. Competitive processing examines these two signals in light of certain selected 'quality' parameters, and thereby selects the better signal at a user-selected point in time.