Patent ID: 9204856
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A telemedicine system comprising: a first electronic stethoscope comprising a housing configured for hand-held manipulation, a transducer that senses auscultation signals at a first location, and a headset that delivers audio corresponding to the auscultation signals through earpieces on the headset, the first electronic stethoscope further comprising a processor that converts the auscultation signals to digital signals representative of the auscultation signals and an antenna to wirelessly transmit the digital signals to a second location via a secure digital network; and a second electronic stethoscope comprising a housing configured for hand-held manipulation, a transducer, and a headset that delivers audio through earpieces on the headset, the second electronic stethoscope further comprising an antenna to receive the digital signals representative of the auscultation signals at the second location via the secure digital network, and a processor to convert the digital signals to audio corresponding to the auscultation signals and deliver the audio through earpieces on the headset of the second electronic stethoscope in substantial real time with the sensing of the auscultation sounds at the first location, wherein the transducer on the first electronic stethoscope further receives ambient audio at the first location and the transducer on the second electronic stethoscope further receives ambient audio at the second location, and wherein the ambient audio is transmitted wirelessly between the first and second locations via the secure digital network.