Patent ID: 6939308
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for visualizing the acoustic window of a person, which comprises: (i) causing a person to assume a supine position; (ii) drawing a series of indicia on the chest of the person along the left sternal border at the beginning of each intercostal space for each of a selected plurality of intercostal spaces 1 to 6 of the person; (iii) placing a probe at the left sternal border of each of the selected intercostal spaces and moving said probe along each of the intercostal spaces until lung tissue is encountered; (iv) placing an indicator on the chest of the person to identify as to where at each intercostal space lung tissue is encountered; and (v) drawing a series of lines connecting said lung indicator indicia to the left sternal border on the chest of the person, wherein said lines indicate the bounds of the acoustic window perimeter of one corresponding intercostal space.