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

Claim 9:
10. A method of segmenting an auscultatory sound signal as recited in claim 1, wherein the operation of locating said at least said second peak of said auscultatory envelope signal comprises:
a. comparing said auscultatory envelope signal with an adjustable magnitude threshold;
b. locating one or more peak values of said auscultatory envelope signal in excess of said adjustable magnitude threshold; and
c. for each said at least said second peak of said auscultatory envelope signal, adjusting said adjustable magnitude threshold until only a corresponding peak value of said auscultatory envelope signal is located in excess of said adjustable magnitude threshold for said one said at least one heart-cycle segment.