公开(公告)号：US20040092846A1

公开(公告)日：2004-05-13

申请号：US10698646

申请日：2003-10-31

发明人： Raymond L. Watrous

IPC分类号： A61B007/00

CPC分类号： A61B7/04

摘要： The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for determining an auscultatory diagnostic decision. Auscultation of the heart is a well-defined and standard component of physical examinations of patients, however it is a difficult procedure particularly because a stethoscope transfers only a small fraction of the acoustic signal at the chest surface to the listener's ears and filters the cardiac acoustic signal in the process. The system assists listeners by implementing a graphical user interface and voice guided protocol to record data and analyze results for the presence of heart sounds and murmurs. The results are identified in terms of standard clinical auscultatory findings which may then be used to make diagnostic and referral decisions.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于确定听诊诊断决策的装置和方法。 心脏的听诊是患者体格检查的一个明确定义和标准的组成部分，然而这是一个困难的过程，特别是因为听诊器只将胸部表面的一小部分声学信号转移到收听者的耳朵并过滤心脏声学 信号在过程中。 该系统通过实施图形用户界面和语音指导协议来帮助听众记录数据并分析心音和杂音存在的结果。 结果根据标准临床听诊结果确定，然后可用于进行诊断和转诊决策。

公开(公告)号：US20020123699A1

公开(公告)日：2002-09-05

申请号：US09927806

申请日：2001-08-10

发明人： David H. Lambert ,  Deborah A. Boehler

IPC分类号： A61B007/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/6814 ,  A01K29/00 ,  A01K29/005 ,  A61B7/003

摘要： Provided is a device for attachment to the head of a horse to enable recording of respiratory sounds in the intensely exercising animal, e.g., in a breezing Thoroughbred racehorse. Also provided are methods for predicting racing performance in a horse, e.g., a Thoroughbred race horse, comprising measuring expiratory and/or inspiratory times for a subject horse during exercise and relating such information to anatomy, front leg stance times and/or front leg stance distances and/or to speed (velocity) to determine the animal's potential to sustain a superior rate of ground coverage for a desired amount of time and identify a maximum comfortable velocity for the animal. A presently preferred embodiment of the methods of the invention comprises predicting performance via identification of expiratory time determined directly from the analysis of recorded respiratory sound from the exercising animal.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于附接到马头部的装置，以使得能够在强力运动的动物中记录呼吸音，例如在清凉的纯种赛马中。 还提供了用于预测马中的赛车表现的方法，例如，纯种马，其包括在运动期间测量受试者的呼气和/或吸气时间，并将这些信息与解剖结构，前腿姿势时间和/或前腿姿态相关联 距离和/或速度（速度），以确定动物在所需时间内维持优越地面覆盖率的潜力，并确定动物的最大舒适速度。 本发明方法的目前优选实施例包括通过识别直接由来自运动动物的记录的呼吸音的分析确定的呼气时间来预测性能。

公开(公告)号：US20020107450A1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-08

申请号：US09942865

申请日：2001-08-31

申请人： COLIN CORPORATION

发明人： Toshihiko Ogura

IPC分类号： A61B005/02 ,  A61B007/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/6843 ,  A61B5/02233 ,  A61B5/0285 ,  A61B7/00 ,  A61B2562/0247 ,  A61B2562/043

摘要： An apparatus for detecting a heart sound of a living subject, including a pressure-pulse-wave sensor which is adapted to be worn on a body portion of the subject that is distant from a chest of the subject, detects a pressure pulse wave produced by an artery of the body portion, and generates a pressure-pulse-wave signal representing the detected pressure pulse wave; and a heart-sound extracting device for extracting, from the pressure-pulse-wave signal generated by the pressure-pulse-wave sensor, a heart-sound component representing the heart sound of the subject.

摘要翻译： 一种用于检测活体的心音的装置，包括适于佩戴在被检体远离被检体的身体的身体部位上的压力脉波传感器，检测由下述物体的胸部产生的压力脉波： 产生身体部分的动脉，并产生表示检测到的压力脉搏波的压力脉搏波信号; 以及心音提取装置，用于从由压力脉波传感器产生的压力脉冲波信号中提取表示被检体的心音的心音成分。

公开(公告)号：US20040054302A1

公开(公告)日：2004-03-18

申请号：US10258357

申请日：2003-04-23

发明人： Jacek Czernicki

IPC分类号： A61B007/00

CPC分类号： A61B7/006 ,  A61B5/4504 ,  A61B5/4509 ,  A61B5/4528 ,  A61B5/7232 ,  A61B5/7257

摘要： A method for determining the anatomic condition of components of the body of a human or of an animal is disclosed comprising producing a sound signal in a selected component of the body by at least one of passive and active movements of at least one joint. The method includes recording a sound signal at a point adjacent to the selected component of the body and evaluating the sound signal. An auxiliary device selected from the group consisting of a splint, an orthosis and an exercise machine is used which ensures a repeatable movement determined by the design of the auxiliary device. The sound signal caused by the movement is recorded and evaluated by a spectral analysis of frequencies and amplitudes contained in the sound signal. A comparison is made with reference patterns of the spectral analyses for the diagnosis of the anatomic condition. The result of a diagnosis is indicated as at least one of a print out and a screen display and wherein the joint investigated is schematically illustrated on the screen display, optionally with associated soft tissues, tendons and ligaments. The diagnosis is indicated visually, by at least one of coloring, lighting up of and flashing of damaged positions.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于确定人或动物的身体的组分的解剖状况的方法，包括通过至少一个关节的被动和主动运动中的至少一个产生在身体的选定部件中的声音信号。 该方法包括在与身体的所选择的部件相邻的点处记录声音信号并评估声音信号。 使用从由夹板，矫形器和锻炼机组构成的组中选择的辅助装置，其确保由辅助装置的设计确定的可重复运动。 通过对包含在声音信号中的频率和振幅的频谱分析来记录和评估由移动引起的声音信号。 比较用于诊断解剖状况的光谱分析的参考模式。 诊断的结果被指示为打印输出和屏幕显示中的至少一个，并且其中所研究的关节在屏幕显示器上示意性地示出，任选地具有相关联的软组织，腱和韧带。 通过至少一种着色，点亮和闪烁的损伤位置来直观地指示诊断。

公开(公告)号：US20030212348A1

公开(公告)日：2003-11-13

申请号：US10368802

申请日：2003-02-19

发明人： David H. Lambert

IPC分类号： A61B007/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/6814 ,  A01K29/00 ,  A01K29/005 ,  A61B7/003

摘要： The invention provides a device and a method for recording respiratory sounds in exercising horses thereby enabling the user identify upper airway abnormalities and/or evaluate athletic potential by, e.g., measuring expiratory and/or inspiratory times during exercise under field and/or actual racing conditions. In particular, the invention provides a respiratory monitoring system or device in which a transducer or microphone is placed in direct contact with the skin of the subject animal overlying the skull, e.g., the frontal sinus or nasal turbinates and thereby enable recording and analysis of upper airway respiratory sound from the exercising animal. In one embodiment, the invention provides a device wherein the transducer or microphone is positioned or embedded within a gel pad or other suitable medium and the device placed in direct contact with the skin of the animal overlying, e.g., the skull, sinus or nasal turbinates of the horse The device of the invention provides an acoustic monitoring system capable of direct attachment to the head of a racing horse which produces an output signal that is not diluted, attenuated or otherwise corrupted by noises such as wind, hoof beats and/or treadmill noises.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于在运动马上记录呼吸音的装置和方法，从而使得用户能够通过例如在田间和/或实际赛车条件下的运动期间测量呼气和/或吸气时间来识别上呼吸道异常和/或评估运动潜力 。 特别地，本发明提供了一种呼吸监测系统或装置，其中将换能器或麦克风放置成与覆盖在头骨上的受试动物的皮肤直接接触，例如额窦或鼻甲，从而能够记录和分析上部 来自运动动物的气道呼吸音。 在一个实施方案中，本发明提供了一种装置，其中换能器或麦克风被定位或嵌入凝胶垫或其它合适的介质中，并且该装置与被覆盖的动物例如头骨，鼻窦或鼻甲的皮肤直接接触 马的装置本发明的装置提供了一种声音监测系统，其能够直接附接到赛马的头部，其产生不被诸如风，蹄打和/或跑步机的噪声稀释，衰减或以其他方式损坏的输出信号 噪音

公开(公告)号：US20020058889A1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-16

申请号：US09865974

申请日：2001-05-25

发明人： Byung Hoon Lee

IPC分类号： A61B007/00

CPC分类号： A61B7/00 ,  A61B7/003 ,  A61B7/008 ,  A61B7/04

摘要： An automatic diagnostic apparatus with a stethoscope is disclosed in which the name of a disease is automatically determined and recorded based on auscultated sounds. Standard data of auscultated sounds for cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases and gastrointestinal diseases are inputted into a computer beforehand. Then the waveforms of the auscultated sounds from stethoscoping a patient are converted into digital data and inputted into a computer, and the digital data signals are compared, with searches, with the standard data which have been inputted into the computer in advance. By this process the names of diseases are determined, and the names of diseases thus determined are automatically recorded in a recording device and displayed on monitors so that treatment can initiate swiftly with enhanced credibility of the objective diagnostic process through consensus between the physician and the patient.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种具有听诊器的自动诊断装置，其中基于听诊声音自动确定和记录疾病的名称。 心血管疾病，呼吸系统疾病和胃肠道疾病的听诊声标准数据预先输入计算机。 然后将来自听诊器的听诊声音的波形转换成数字数据并输入到计算机中，并将数字数据信号与搜索一起预先输入到计算机中的标准数据进行比较。 通过这个过程确定疾病的名称，并将所确定的疾病的名称自动记录在记录装置中并显示在监视器上，使得治疗可以通过医师和患者之间的共识来提高目标诊断过程的可信度来迅速发起 。

公开(公告)号：US20030138109A1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-24

申请号：US10342705

申请日：2003-01-15

申请人： Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH

发明人： Joerg Bindner ,  Wolfram Meyer

IPC分类号： H04R029/00 ,  A61B005/02 ,  A61B007/00

CPC分类号： H04R25/70 ,  A61B5/12 ,  H04R2225/55

摘要： A hearing aid has an embedded Internet interface so that the hearing aid can automatically communicate error diagnosis data to a hearing aid acoustician via the Internet so that the hearing aid user need not visit the hearing aid acoustician and so that acoustician can initiate appropriate maintenance, training or repair measures. An appertaining method is also provided.

摘要翻译： 助听器具有嵌入式因特网接口，使得助听器能够通过因特网自动地向助听器声学者传达错误诊断数据，使得助听器用户不需要访问助听器声学家，从而使声学家能够启动适当的维护，训练 或修理措施。 还提供了一种方法。

公开(公告)号：US20030002685A1

公开(公告)日：2003-01-02

申请号：US09894616

申请日：2001-06-27

发明人： Marc S. Werblud

IPC分类号： A61B007/04 ,  A61B007/02 ,  A61B005/02 ,  A61B007/00

CPC分类号： A61B7/04 ,  A61B2560/0209

摘要： An electronic auscultation aid improves the performance and convenience of auscultation. The auscultation aid may include means for emphasizing sounds that may be associated with pathological or pre-pathological conditions. The auscultation aid may include a wireless interface for distributing a detected signal to one or more remote devices. The auscultation aid may comprise a mount for temporary attachment to a conventional acoustic stethoscope. The auscultation aid may include an apparatus for switching between active and sleep modes for the conservation of battery life.

摘要翻译： 电子听诊帮助提高了听诊的性能和便利性。 听诊援助可以包括用于强调可能与病理或病理学病症相关的声音的手段。 听诊援助可以包括用于将检测到的信号分发到一个或多个远程设备的无线接口。 听诊助听器可以包括用于临时附接到常规听诊器的安装座。 听诊帮助可以包括用于在主动睡眠模式和睡眠模式之间切换以保持电池寿命的装置。

公开(公告)号：US20020198469A1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-26

申请号：US10095861

申请日：2002-03-12

发明人： Keith Bridger ,  Arthur V. Cooke ,  Philip M. Kuhn ,  Joseph J. Lutian ,  Edward J. Passaro ,  John M. Sewell ,  Terence V. Waskey ,  Gregg R. Rubin

IPC分类号： A61B007/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/681 ,  A61B5/022 ,  A61B5/02438 ,  A61B5/02444 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/4076 ,  A61B5/4818 ,  A61B5/7207 ,  A61B5/7257 ,  A61B7/001 ,  A61B2562/02 ,  Y10S128/92

摘要： A non-invasive brain assessment monitor is disclosed. An embodiment of the monitor includes a head-mounted brain sensor which passively senses acoustic signals generated from pulsing blood flow through a patient's brain. A reference sensor may be mounted at another location on the patient's body to sense an arterial pulse, and the signals from the brain sensor and reference sensor may be compared. Another embodiment includes transmitters which generate acoustic signals in the brain which are also detected by the brain sensor. The brain assessment monitor may be used to detect conditions such as head trauma, stroke and hemorrhage.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种非侵入性脑评估监视器。 监视器的一个实施例包括头戴式脑传感器，其被动地感测通过患者的脑部脉动血流产生的声信号。 参考传感器可以安装在患者身体的另一位置以感测动脉脉冲，并且可以比较来自脑传感器和参考传感器的信号。 另一个实施例包括在脑中产生声学信号的发射器，其也由脑传感器检测。 大脑评估监测器可用于检测头部创伤，中风和出血等疾病。

公开(公告)号：US20020156398A1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-24

申请号：US10093906

申请日：2002-03-08

发明人： Hansen A. Mansy ,  Richard H. Sandler

IPC分类号： A61B007/00

CPC分类号： A61B7/008 ,  G06F19/00

摘要： A system and method for detecting a gastric motility dysfunction acquires acoustic event information associated with a body and compares the acquired acoustic event information to information associated with a healthy condition. The system and method then identifies the gastric motility dysfunction based on the comparison of the acquired acoustic event information to the information associated with the healthy condition.

摘要翻译： 用于检测胃动力功能障碍的系统和方法获取与身体相关联的声学事件信息，并将所获取的声学事件信息与与健康状况相关联的信息进行比较。 然后，系统和方法基于获得的声学事件信息与与健康状况相关联的信息的比较来识别胃动力功能障碍。