Stethoscope systems and assemblies
AssigneeGlobalmed Holdings, LLC
InventorsPhnam Bagley, Joseph Benjamin Moak, Yuri Viacheslav Litvinov, Daniel Corey Wiggins, Nadezhda Kutyreva, Thomas Herbert Grimm, Arne Lang-Ree, Shailendra Shashikant Govardhan, Mark Adrian Stubbs
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Abstract
A chest piece for a wireless stethoscope system can be configured to receive, from the accelerometer, motion data; determine, based on the motion data, that the chest piece has experienced no moment for a time threshold; and command the chest piece to enter a sleep mode that consumes less power in response to determining that no moment has occurred for the time threshold.
Claims18
A stethoscope system, comprising:
- a power source;
- a main housing comprising a neck strap extending from a first end to a second end, the first end configured to couple to the power source, the main housing comprising a first transceiver;
- a chest piece configured to removably couple to the second end of the neck strap, the chest piece comprising a second transceiver;
- a fully assembled configuration having the power source and the chest piece both coupled to the neck strap, the power source configured to charge a power supply in the chest piece in response to being in the fully assembled configuration;
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- an operable configuration having the power source coupled to the neck strap and the chest piece being de-coupled from the neck strap, the neck strap configured to wrap loosely around a user's neck, and the chest piece configured to convert auscultation signals to digital signals for wireless transmission from the second transceiver to the first transceiver.
A method of using a wireless stethoscope system, the method comprising:
- draping a main housing comprising a neck strap around a neck of a user, the neck strap coupled to a power source on a first end and a chest piece on a second end, the main housing comprising a first transceiver and the chest piece comprising a second transceiver and the power source configured to charge a power supply in the chest piece in response to both being coupled to the neck strap;
- de-coupling the chest piece from the second end;
- selecting an operating mode for the chest piece;
- placing the chest piece on a skin of a patient;
- convert auscultation signals from the chest piece to digital signals;
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- transmitting the digital signals from the second transceiver to the first transceiver.
A method comprising:
- providing a power source;
- providing a main housing comprising a neck strap extending from a first end to a second end, the first end configured to couple to the power source, the main housing comprising a first transceiver;
- providing a chest piece configured to removably couple to the second end of the neck strap, the chest piece comprising a second transceiver;
- facilitating a fully assembled configuration having the power source and the chest piece both coupled to the neck strap, the power source configured to charge a power supply in the chest piece in response to being in the fully assembled configuration;
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- facilitating an operable configuration having the power source coupled to the neck strap and the chest piece being de-coupled from the neck strap, the neck strap configured to wrap loosely around a user's neck, and the chest piece configured to convert auscultation signals to digital signals for wireless transmission from the second transceiver to the first transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.