Auscultation-assisting tool and stethoscope
AssigneeNaoyuki Ishikita
InventorsNaoyuki Ishikita, Toshiyuki Morishima
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Abstract
An auscultation-assisting tool includes a hollow sheet detachably attached to a diaphragm included in a chest piece. The hollow sheet includes a first film portion detachably attached to the diaphragm included in the chest piece, a second film portion to be brought into contact with an examination site and being deformable in conformity with an irregular surface of the examination site, and a hollow portion provided hermetically between the first film portion and the second film portion. A transmission medium that transmits sound is sealed in the hollow portion.
Claims13
An auscultation-assisting tool to be attached for use to a stethoscope, the stethoscope including a chest piece having a contact portion to be brought into contact with an examination site, the chest piece receiving sounds from the examination site, the auscultation-assisting tool comprising:
- a hollow sheet, made of resin film, detachably attached to a diaphragm included in the chest piece,
- wherein the hollow sheet includes
- a first film portion having an adhesive layer so as to detachably attach the hollow sheet to the chest piece;
- a second film portion having a hollow projection which is entirely exposed to an outside, brought into contact with the examination site, and deformable in conformity with an irregular surface of the examination site;
- and
- a hollow portion defined by the first film portion and the hollow projection of the second film portion and provided hermetically between the first film portion and the second film portion, and
- wherein a transmission medium that transmits sound is sealed in the hollow portion.
An auscultation-assisting tool to be attached for use to a stethoscope, the stethoscope including a chest piece having a contact portion to be brought into contact with an examination site, the chest piece receiving sounds from the examination site, the auscultation-assisting tool comprising:
- a hollow sheet detachably attached to a diaphragm included in the chest piece,
- wherein the hollow sheet includes
- a first film portion detachably attached to the diaphragm;
- a second film portion to be brought into contact with the examination site and being deformable in conformity with an irregular surface of the examination site;
- and
- a hollow portion provided hermetically between the first film portion and the second film portion,
- wherein a transmission medium that transmits sound is sealed in the hollow portion, and
- wherein sterilized cotton, in addition to the transmission medium, is sealed in the hollow portion.
An auscultation-assisting tool to be attached for use to a stethoscope, the stethoscope including a chest piece having a contact portion to be brought into contact with an examination site, the chest piece receiving sounds from the examination site, the auscultation-assisting tool comprising:
- a hollow sheet detachably attached to a diaphragm included in the chest piece,
- wherein the hollow sheet includes
- a first film portion detachably attached to the diaphragm;
- a second film portion to be brought into contact with the examination site and being deformable in conformity with an irregular surface of the examination site;
- and
- a hollow portion provided hermetically between the first film portion and the second film portion,
- wherein a transmission medium that transmits sound is sealed in the hollow portion, and
- wherein the second film portion is further provided with a feeding tube through which the transmission medium is fed into the hollow portion such that a capacity of the hollow portion is changeable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.