Patent ID: 6520924
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An automatic diagnostic apparatus with a stethoscope which automatically records the name of a disease of a patient and displays the name of the disease on monitors by auscultation comprising:a stethoscope with a microphone 1 for auscultating a patient and inputting auscultated sounds; a filter 2 for filtering the noise coming from outside the body of a patient from the auscultated sounds inputted through said stethoscope microphone 1; an amplifier 3 for amplifying the frequency of the auscultated sounds filtered by said filter 2; a digital converter 4 for converting the analogue waveform data of the amplified auscultated sounds into digital data; a computer 5 for inputting the digital data of the auscultated sounds converted by the digital converter 4 for comparison, with search operations, with the standard data of the auscultated sounds of various diseases inputted beforehand; a recording device 6 which automatically records the computer output; and a plurality of monitors 7 for displaying the names of diseases.