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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:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Merat Bagha, Portland, OR (US);
Arash Tirandaz, Plano, TX (US);
Richard D. Nevin, Portland, OR (US);
Kim Porter Henneman, Portland, OR (US);
Steven J. Mccoy, Tigard, OR (US);
David O. Roethig, Portland, OR (US);
I-chiang Sun, Portland, OR (US);
Merat Bagha, Portland, OR (US);
Arash Tirandaz, Plano, TX (US);
Richard D. Nevin, Portland, OR (US);
Kim Porter Henneman, Portland, OR (US);
Steven J. McCoy, Tigard, OR (US);
David O. Roethig, Portland, OR (US);
I-Chiang Sun, Portland, OR (US);
Other;
Abstract
An embodiment of an auscultation device can be constructed using electronic components to provide improved acquisition, processing, and communication of sound signals. An input device can be used for detecting sounds, and electrical signals representing the sounds can be processed and transmitted via Bluetooth and/or another form of wireless communication. Such embodiments can employ, at least in part, one or more of several commercially available wireless receiver devices, such as, without limitation, headsets and headphones, mobile phones, PDAs and/or other handheld devices, desktop, laptop, palmtop, and/or tablet computers and/or other computer devices and/or electronic devices.