Patent ID: 11918408
Assignee: ENTAC MEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method of predicting a likelihood of a gastrointestinal impairment occurring, the method comprising:
recording, with the device of claim 1, the intestinal sounds made within the patient's abdomen to collect the audio data from the acoustic pressure waves collected by the primary audio collection device;
analyzing, with the computer, the collected audio data for the false signals due to the ambient noise;
mitigating, with the computer, for the false signals if the analyzing the collected audio data for the false signals indicates mitigation is necessary;
processing, with the computer, the collected audio data to identify the two or more spectral event values;
acquiring, with the computer, a total number of the identified two or more spectral event values;
performing, with the computer, the linear regression analysis on the processed audio data resulting in the slope of the two or more spectral event values over time;
correlating, with the computer, the slope with the likelihood of the gastrointestinal impairment occurring; and
providing a user with a risk level based on the likelihood on the display.