# US 10,863,965 B2 · Systems, devices, and methods for capturing and outputting data regarding a bodily characteristic

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- Number: US 10,863,965 B2
- Document ID: US10863965B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/705,581
- Filed: 2019-12-06
- Published: 2020-04-09
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2014-10-14
- Assignees: M3Dicine IP Pty Ltd
- Applicants: M3Dicine IP Pty Ltd
- Inventors: Arsil Nayyar Hussain; Dang Khoa Tran
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10863965B2

## CPC

- A61B 7/04: Electric stethoscopes
- A61B 5/33: specially adapted for cooperation with other devices
- A61B 5/14551: {for measuring blood gases}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)

## Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods are provided for capturing and outputting data regarding a bodily characteristic. In one embodiment, a hardware device can operate as a stethoscope with sensors to detect bodily characteristics such as heart sounds, lung sounds, abdominal sounds, and other bodily sounds and other characteristics such as temperature and ultrasound. The stethoscope can be configured to work independently with built solid state memory or SIM card. The stethoscope can be configured to pair via a wireless communication protocol with one or more electronic devices, and upon pairing with the electronic device(s), can be registered in a network resident in the cloud and can thereby create a network of users of like stethoscopes.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A digital stethoscope system including:
(a) a digital stethoscope device having a body that is placed on a subject when measuring data; and
(b) a visual display that shows a data output icon or marker that moves around a circle or part-circle in time with the data being measured or analysed, in which the circle or part-circle graphically represents a single heart beat cycle or a single breathing cycle.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 in which the data output icon or marker that moves around a circle or part-circle is heart beat data.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2 in which the heart beat data includes one or more of S1, S2, S3 and S4 signals.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 in which the data output icon or marker that moves around a circular or part-circle is lung data.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4 in which lung data includes respiratory data such as inspiration or expiration data.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 in which the body includes an integral ECG/EKG sensor.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6 in which the data output icon or marker that moves around a circle or part-circle is ECG/EKG data.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 in which the system includes a processing sub-system programmed to analyse or classify data measured by the body and to identify anomalies from that data and normal organ functioning from that data.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8 in which the processing sub-system generates a marker for any anomalies and positions that marker on the circle or part-circle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9 in which the marker is configured to reflect a grade or seriousness for any anomalies.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9 in which the marker is configured to reflect a duration for any anomalies.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9 in which the data output is heart beat data and the marker displaying the anomaly is positioned relative to one or more of S1, S2, S3 or S4 signals.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9 in which the data output is lung data and the marker displaying the anomaly is positioned relative to inspiration or expiration data.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 in which the visual display is integral to the body.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 in which the visual display is separate from the body.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 in which the visual display is an application on a connected personal device, such as a smartphone or tablet or watch.

### Claim 17

A method of displaying data measured by a digital stethoscope system including a digital stethoscope device having a body and a visual display, the method comprising the steps of:
(i) placing the body on a subject when measuring data;
(ii) at the visual display: showing a data output icon or marker that moves around a circle or part-circle in time with the data being measured or analysed, in which the circle or part-circle graphically represents a single heart beat cycle or a single breathing cycle.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 in which the single cycle is an average of multiple sequential cycles.