Patent ID: 8920343
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for acquiring and processing physiological sounds comprising: a sensor comprising a diaphragm, wherein said sensor is configured to be positioned on a body surface, and said sensor is configured to convert analogue signals, in response to vibration of said diaphragm by said physiological sounds, into an electrical output representative of said physiological sounds; an analogue to digital converter operatively coupled to said sensor, wherein said analogue to digital converter is configured to convert said electrical output into a stream of digital data; a processing unit operatively coupled to said analogue to digital converter, said processing unit configured to receive and process said stream of digital data into a processed signal representative of said physiological sounds; and a display device operatively coupled to said processing unit, said display device configured to display a plurality of icons, wherein each icon of said plurality of icons displayed respectively correspond to at least one operation of a plurality of operations that said processing unit is configured to perform, wherein a sequence of said plurality of operations is configured for customization by a user through insertion of an additional icon in said plurality of icons displayed and modification of at least one operation of said plurality of operations by said user through interaction with at least one icon of said plurality of icons displayed, and wherein said processing unit is further configured to process said processed signal by said customized sequence, and said display device further is configured to display a characterization of said processed signal.