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

Claim 22:
23. A method of segmenting an auscultatory sound signal as recited in claim 1, wherein the operation of filtering said at least one auscultatory sound signal with said high-pass filter comprises:
a. filtering said at least one auscultatory sound signal with a low-pass filter so as to generate a corresponding at least one low-pass-filtered auscultatory sound signal;
b. smoothing said corresponding at least one low-pass-filtered auscultatory sound signal with a smoothing filter so as to generate a corresponding at least one smoothed auscultatory sound signal; and
c. subtracting said corresponding at least one smoothed auscultatory sound signal from a corresponding said corresponding at least one low-pass-filtered auscultatory sound signal so as to generate said corresponding at least one high-pass-filtered auscultatory sound signal.