Heart-activity sound monitoring
US8348852B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 25, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/024
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for acquiring, externally or internally, for utility purposes a subject's anatomical heart-sound information including (a) for a selected time period, applying continuous, near-sensor-mechanical-resonance, vibratory stimulation to an acoustic sensor placed on or within the subject's anatomy, and (b) during that time period, detecting, as direct indications of heart sounds, changes in the sensor's physical resonance properties produced by heart sounds arriving at the sensor.
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