Patent ID: 9064428
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. An auscultation system comprising: a simulation unit comprising a mannequin; at least one speaker; a first proximity sensor embedded within the mannequin; an auscultation device operable to ascertain when the auscultation device is in proximity to the first proximity sensor; a first database storing a plurality of sound files; a first controller operable to: a second controller, remote from the first controller, operable to: (1) receive a communication from the auscultation device to the second controller that the auscultation device is in proximity to the first proximity sensor; (2) override the first controller; and (3) control the first controller to select a sound to be transmitted to the at least one speaker in response to the communication from the auscultation device to the second controller that the auscultation device is in proximity to the first proximity sensor.