Patent · US Expired

Medical imaging device with digital audio capture capability

US6951541B2 · kind B2 · utility

61Cited by
7References
26Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateDec 3, 2003
Grant dateOct 4, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 23, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/329
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical imaging system including a sound recording sub-system that records, digitizes and time-stamps at least one channel of sound related to time domain images produced by the medical imaging system in accordance with a system clock signal. The sound recording sub-system indexes or synchronizes the at least one channel of sound to events in the plurality of time domain images, which are acquired, digitized and time-stamped in accordance with the system clock signal. The time-stamped, digitized at least one channel of sound is memory-stored.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.