Patent ID: 11896380
Assignee: AUSCULSCIENCES, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method of segmenting an auscultatory sound signal as recited in claim 1, wherein a region of diastole extends from said associated start of diastole until an end of said one said at least one heart-cycle segment, further comprising:
a. calculating a maximum value of a plurality of mean power levels, wherein each mean power level of said plurality of mean power levels corresponds to a power level of said auscultatory sound signal within a sliding window of a plurality of sliding windows within said region of diastole of said auscultatory sound signal, and different mean power levels of said plurality of mean power levels correspond to different sliding windows of said plurality of sliding windows; and
b. comparing said maximum value of said plurality of mean power levels with a threshold to determine whether or not to subsequently process said one said at least one heart-cycle segment.