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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2013
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Daniel J. Rogers, Grant, MN (US);
Justin Tungjunyatham, Roseville, MN (US);
Christopher J. Roed, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 7/04 (2006.01); H04R 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 7/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 7/04 (2013.01); A61B 5/7203 (2013.01); A61B 7/026 (2013.01); H04R 17/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/46 (2013.01); H04R 2217/01 (2013.01); H04R 2410/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bioacoustic sensor assembly is described including a transducer generating an acoustic signal and an actuator configured to deform a portion of the transducer to increase a signal-to-noise ratio of the acoustic signal. The disclosure also provides methods and systems for reducing the impact of noise vibrations at the transducer.