Method and system for generating a likelihood of cardiovascular disease, analyzing cardiovascular sound signals remotely from the location of cardiovascular sound signal acquisition, and determining time and phase information from cardiovascular sound signals

A system comprising:

• means for receiving cardiovascular sound signals of a patient that were previously captured at a point of care of the patient;
• means for processing at a location remote from the point of care the received cardiovascular sound signals to generate a probability indicator indicative of the likelihood that the patient has cardiovascular disease;
• and
• means for forwarding the probability indicator to at least one of the point of care and another location.

A computer readable medium containing computer program instructions for:

• receiving cardiovascular sound signals of a patient that were previously captured at a point of care of the patient;
• processing at a location remote from the point of care the received cardiovascular sound signals to generate a probability indicator indicative of the likelihood that the patient has cardiovascular disease;
• and
• forwarding the probability indicator to at least one of the point of care and another location.

A method comprising:

• capturing cardiovascular sound signals of a patient at a point of care of the patient;
• forwarding to a location remote from the point of care the captured cardiovascular sound signals;
• and
• receiving from the location remote from the point of care a probability indicator indicative of the likelihood that the patient has cardiovascular disease, the probability indicator being generated based on the cardiovascular sound signals that were forwarded to the location remote from the point of care.

A system comprising:

• means for capturing cardiovascular sound signals of a patient at a point of care of the patient;
• means for forwarding to a location remote from the point of care the captured cardiovascular sound signals;
• and
• means for receiving from the location remote from the point of care a probability indicator indicative of the likelihood that the patient has cardiovascular disease, the probability indicator being generated based on the cardiovascular sound signals that were forwarded to the location remote from the point of care.

A computer readable medium containing computer program instructions for:

• capturing cardiovascular sound signals of a patient at a point of care of the patient;
• forwarding to a location remote from the point of care the captured cardiovascular sound signals;
• and
• receiving from the location remote from the point of care a probability indicator indicative of the likelihood that the patient has cardiovascular disease, the probability indicator being generated based on the cardiovascular sound signals that were forwarded to the location remote from the point of care.