Patent ID: 9301032
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A61B,H04R

Claim Text:
1. An electronic stethoscope chestpiece comprising: a chestpiece housing having a lower body member and upper body member together defining an exterior surface and an interior space within the exterior surface; the interior space in the lower body member including a cavity extending from a radially enlarged open end to a radially constricted aperture to form a stethoscope bell, the radially enlarged open end and radially constricted aperture having a common radial axis passing therethrough; the interior space in the upper body member including a circuit board positioned above the radially constricted aperture and mechanically supporting a headphone connector and a sound detector located at the radially constricted aperture, the circuit board including a first electrical channel adapted to transmit an electrical signal corresponding to sound in the stethoscope bell to a portable electronic device that records sound and a second electrical channel adapted to allow an audio signal transmitted from the portable electronic device to pass to the headphone connector.