Patent Publication Number: US-2010125224-A1

Title: Medical diagnosis method and medical diagnostic system

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     The present disclosure claims priority under 35 United States Code, Section 119 on the U.S. Provisional Patent Application numbered 61/115,277 filed on Nov. 17, 2008, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference. 
    
    
     FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     The present disclosure relates generally to medical diagnostic systems, and more particularly, to a medical diagnostic system for diagnosing sounds generated from internal organs of a patient. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     Often in medical field, a medical practitioner, such as a doctor or a nurse, determines a patient&#39;s health by diagnosing sounds generated from internal organs of the patient. Majority of the ailments or diseases of the patient may be detected by diagnosing such sounds generated from the internal organs of the patient. Such sounds may be generated from the internal organs including, but not limited to, heart, lungs, abdomen and artery. 
     Conventionally, the medical practitioner uses stethoscope to listen to such sounds. However, in order to detect a disease within the body of the patient, the medical practitioner needs to wear the stethoscope over head or ears for listening to the sounds generated from the internal organs of the patient. Further, the medical practitioner needs to listen to the sounds from the internal organs of the patient with full concentration and consciousness for the sounds, which might result into a compromise with accuracy in diagnosing the sounds. Furthermore, such diagnosis of the sounds requires considerable amount of time of the medical practitioner and the patient. 
     Accordingly, there is a need for a method and system that is capable of diagnosing sounds generated from internal organs of a patient with enhanced accuracy. Further, the method and system should be able to be used by a medical practitioner in a convenient and time efficient manner for the diagnosis of the sounds. 
     SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the prior art, the general purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a method and system for diagnosing sounds generated from internal organs of a patient, configured to include all the advantages of the prior art, and to overcome the drawbacks inherent therein. 
     Accordingly, an object of the present disclosure is to provide a method and system for providing diagnosis of sounds generated from internal organs of a patient. 
     Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a system for providing diagnosis of sounds generated from internal organs of a patient, where the system is comfortable in usage and is not required to be worn over head or ears. 
     Yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide a method and system that provides diagnosis of sounds generated from internal organs of a patient with enhanced accuracy and in a time efficient manner. 
     In light of the above objects, in one aspect of the present disclosure, a medical diagnosis method is provided. The medical diagnosis method includes recording at least one sound generated from a portion of an internal organ of a patient. Further, the medical diagnosis method includes comparing the at least one sound to a pre-recorded sound of a plurality of pre-recorded sounds for identifying a sound from the at least one sound. Thereafter, the medical diagnosis method includes storing the sound to a memory location based on the identification of the sound from the at least one sound. The sound is stored in form of an electronic file. The electronic file corresponding to the sound is capable of providing diagnostic inputs for a diagnosis of the sound. 
     In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a medical diagnostic system. The medical diagnostic system comprises a recorder, a sound identification module and a memory. The recorder is configured to record at least one sound generated from a portion of an internal organ of a patient. The sound identification module is communicably coupled to the recorder and is configured to compare the at least one sound to a pre-recorded sound of a plurality of pre-recorded sounds for identifying a sound from the at least one sound. Further, the memory is communicably coupled to the sound identification module. The memory is configured to store the sound identified by the sound identification module in form of an electronic file. The electronic file corresponding to the sound is capable of providing diagnostic inputs for a diagnosis of the sound. 
     These together with other aspects of the present disclosure, along with the various features of novelty that characterize the present disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed hereto and form a part of this present disclosure. For a better understanding of the present disclosure, its operating advantages, and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawing and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The advantages and features of the present disclosure will become better understood with reference to the following detailed description and claims taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like elements are identified with like symbols, and in which: 
         FIG. 1  is an exemplary block diagram of a medical diagnostic system for providing diagnosis of sounds generated from internal organs of a patient, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2A  illustrates an exemplary perspective view of the medical diagnostic system in a flip-open position, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2B  illustrates an exemplary perspective view of rear side of the medical diagnostic system, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 3  illustrates a front perspective view of the medical diagnostic system, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure; and 
         FIG. 4  illustrates an exemplary flowchart of a medical diagnosis method, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the description of several views of the drawings. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     The exemplary embodiments described herein detail for illustrative purposes are subject to many variations in composition, structure, and design. It should be emphasized, however, that the present disclosure is not limited to a medical diagnostic system for providing diagnosis of sounds generated from internal organs of a patient, as shown and described. It is understood that various omissions and substitutions of equivalents are contemplated as circumstances may suggest or render expedient, but these are intended to cover the application or implementation without departing from the spirit or scope of the claims of the present disclosure. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. 
     The terms “a” and “an” herein do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one of the referenced items. 
     The present disclosure provides a medical diagnostic system and a method thereof for diagnosing sounds generated from internal organs of a patient. The medical diagnostic system is configured to record the sounds generated from various portions of the internal organs of the patient. Herein, the internal organs may include, but are not limited to, heart, lungs and abdomen. Further, the medical diagnostic system of the present disclosure is also capable of providing diagnosis of bruit sounds from any artery of the patient. The bruit sound may occur due to obstruction faced by blood due to blockage in the artery. For the purpose of this description, artery is also considered as an internal organ of the patient. Diagnosis of the sounds from the internal organs may help in detecting any disease or ailment in the body of the patient. The medical diagnostic system may detect and store such sounds from the internal organs at a memory location. Further, various attributes of the stored sound may be displayed, printed or used for future diagnosis or references by a medical practitioner, such as may be a doctor, a nurse or the patient himself. 
       FIG. 1  is an exemplary block diagram of a medical diagnostic system  100 , according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The medical diagnostic system  100  (hereinafter referred to as “the system  100 ”) may be used for diagnosing sounds generated from the internal organs of the patient in order to determine patient&#39;s health. 
     The system  100  includes a recorder  102 , a sound identification module  104  communicably coupled to the recorder  102  and a memory  106  communicably coupled to the sound identification module  104 . The system  100  may be placed over the body of patient above an internal organ for diagnosing the sound generated from the internal organ of the patient. More specifically, the system  100  may be placed over the body of the patient by aligning the system  100  above a portion of the internal organ, which sounds needs to be diagnosed. 
     The recorder  102  is configured to record or read (hereinafter referred to as “record”) sounds from various portions of the internal organ of the patient. The recorder  102  may record the sounds by press of a button (not shown) of the system  100 . The system  100  may include a plurality of buttons (not shown) corresponding to various portions of internal organs of the patient. Each button may be used to record a sound from a particular portion of a particular internal organ of the patient. For example, the heart may have portions including, but not limited to, an aortic valve, a pulmonary artery valve, a tricuspid valve and a mitral valve. Accordingly, there may be separate buttons to actuate the recorder  102  to record sounds from the portions of the heart. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, there may be four separate buttons for recording the sounds generated from the four portions of the heart. 
     Similarly, the lungs may include portions including, but not limited to, anterior chest wall, posterior chest wall, right base area, and left base area. Further, the abdomen may have four portions including, but not limited to, right flank, left flank, cardia and umbilicus. Further, the bruit sound may also be recorded from arteries at various portions within the body of the patient, such as carotid arteries, renal arteries at flank, abdominal aorta at cardia region of the abdomen, and around umbilicus portion. The recorder  102  may be a high sensitive digital recording device, which is capable of detecting and recording the sounds. The recorder  102  will record the sounds from the various portions of the heart, the lungs, the abdomen and the arteries. In one embodiment, the recorder  102  may include four separate microchips based digital recording devices for recording sounds generated from the heart, lungs, abdomen and arteries of the patient. The recorder  102  is configured to record sounds generated from a portion of an internal organ when a button corresponding to the portion is actuated. Further, the recorder  102  is also configured to record multiple sounds for a single portion of an internal organ. For this, the system  100  may be equipped with a special button to record multiple instances of the sounds from the single portion of the internal organ. 
     In a typical application of the system  100  for diagnosis of an internal organ, the recorder  102  records at least one sound from a portion of the internal organ. The at least one sound recorded by the recorder  102  is hereinafter referred to as “recorded sound(s)”. Further, the sound identification module  104  may identify a sound from the recorded sound(s) as a reading of the sound for the portion of the internal organ. The sound identification module  104  may identify the sound as the reading by comparing the recorded sound(s) to a plurality of pre-recorded sounds. 
     The identification of the sound as the reading from the recorded sound (s) for the portion of the internal organ is based on the plurality of pre-recorded sounds. The plurality of pre-recorded sounds may be stored in the memory  106  or may be accessed by the system  100  from an external source. Each of the plurality of pre-recorded sounds may be related to a particular portion of a particular internal organ of the patient. More specifically, a pre-recorded sound may be a sample sound corresponding to a particular portion of an internal organ. It will be apparent to a person skilled in the art that the plurality of pre-recorded sounds may be recorded before using the system  100  for diagnosing the sounds from the internal organ of the patient. The sound identification module  104  is configured to compare the recorded sound(s) to a pre-recorded sound of the plurality of pre-recording sounds. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the sound identification module  104  may be configured to identify multiple sounds from the recorded sound(s) as the readings for the portion of the internal organ. Such readings of the sounds may be diagnostic inputs to the medical practitioner for the portion. 
     Further, the sound identified by the sound identification module  104  may be stored to a location in the memory  106  of the system  100 . The sound is stored in the memory  106  in form of an electronic file. The electronic file is capable of providing diagnostic inputs for a diagnosis of the sound to the medical practitioner. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the electronic file may include various attributes of the sound that may provide the diagnostic inputs, such as a visual attribute, a printable attribute, an audible attribute, and the like. Herein, the visual attribute of the sound may refer to any plot or graph representing the sound, such as amplitude of various sound instances corresponding to the sound. Further, the printable attribute of the sound may be printed on a physical media. The printable attribute of the sound may represent the sound on the physical media upon printing, which may provide the diagnostic inputs to the medical practitioner for the diagnosis of the sound. Similarly, the audible attribute of the sound will allow the sound to be heard by the medical practitioner. Further, the electronic file may also include other attributes of the sound, which will allow the sound to be transmitted to an external destination, or shared between the system  100  and an external device. 
     It would be apparent to those ordinary skilled in the art that the system  100  is capable of replaying, printing, transmitting, saving or sharing the readings of the sound corresponding to the portion of the internal organ of the patient. Accordingly, the system  100  may provide an accurate record of the readings of the sounds from various portions of the internal organ for the diagnosis by the medical practitioner, or for future references of the readings of the sounds. 
     Physical representations of the system  100  and its components are shown in  FIGS. 2 and 3 , embodying the present disclosure. The system  100  will further be described herein in conjunction with  FIGS. 2A ,  2 B and  3 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 2A , an exemplary perspective view of the system  100  is shown, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The system  100  may look like a regular cell phone or a flip-open Personal Digital Assistance (PDA) device. However, it will be apparent to a person skilled in the art that the system  100  may be of various shapes and designs. Further, it would be apparent to those skilled in the art that the system  100  is portable and the medical practitioner may wear the system  100  on his/her belt, pocket, and the like. Furthermore, the system  100  is not required to be worn over head or ears as opposed to conventional stethoscopes. The  FIG. 2A  illustrates the system  100  in a flip open position that shows a flip-open perspective view  200  of the system  100 . 
     The flip-open perspective view  200  of the system  100  represents a key area  202  and a display screen  204 . The key area  202  includes various keys to type in name of a patient. Further, an enter key (shown in the key area  202 ) may be pressed after entering the name of the patient by using the key area  202 . The system  100  includes a base  206  of the key area  202 . The system  100  includes an on/off button  208 , a battery charging port  210  and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port  212  placed on a side of the base  206 . The display screen  204  includes a battery indicator  214  for the system  100 . 
     The display screen  204  will be communicably coupled to the memory  106 . The display screen  204  is configured to display the display attributes corresponding to the sound. By seeing the display attributes corresponding to the sound on the display screen  204 , the medical practitioner may analyze the sound for the diagnosis of the sound. The on/off button  208  is used to switch ON and switch OFF the system  100 . The battery charging port  210  is used for charging the system  100 . The battery charging port  210  may be connected to an external power source through a suitable adaptor. Further, the USB port  212  is utilized for connecting the memory  106  of the system  100  to a peripheral device (not shown). The USB port  212  may be used to connect the system  100  to the peripheral device, such as a printer. The printer may be utilized by pressing a “print” key provided in the key area  202 . Other examples of the peripheral device may include, but are not limited to, a personal computer, a facsimile and a photocopier machine. Accordingly, the medical practitioner may access the sound through the peripheral device for the diagnosis of the sound. 
     The recorder  102  may be configured on a rear side of the base  206 . The recorder  102  includes a hypersensitive diaphragm microphone configured to tap the sounds generated from various portions of the internal organs, shown in a perspective view  250  of rear side of the system  100  in  FIG. 2B . Referring now to  FIG. 2B , the base  206  representing a hypersensitive diaphragm microphone  216  is shown, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The hypersensitive diaphragm microphone  216  may be a sensitive digital recording device. The hypersensitive diaphragm microphone  216  may be placed on the portion of the internal organ of the patient to record at least one sound generated from the portion. Further, for using the system  100  for diagnosing the sound, the system  100  may be flipped off and a front cover of the system  100  is used, which is described in conjunction with  FIG. 3 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 3 , a front perspective view illustrating a front cover  300  of the system  100  is shown. The front cover  300  of the system  100  is utilized for diagnosing sounds generated from a portion of an internal organ of a patient. The name of the patient entered from inside region of the system  100 , i.e., from the key area  202 , may be shown on the front cover  300 . For example, the name of the patient “JOHN DOE” is shown in  FIG. 3 . The front cover  300  includes a diagnostic window  302  and a plurality of buttons corresponding to internal organs of the patient. As shown in  FIG. 3 , buttons  304   a ,  304   b ,  304   c ,  304   d  are used for the various internal organs of the patient, for example, button  304   a  may be used for diagnosing sounds generated from the heart of the patient. Similarly, buttons  304   b ,  304   c  and  304   d  may be used for lungs, abdomen and artery, respectively, of the patient. Hereinafter, the buttons ( 304   a ,  304   b ,  304   c  and  304   d ) for the internal organs of the patient will be collectively referred to as “the buttons  304 ”. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the buttons  304   a ,  304   b ,  304   c ,  304   d  may also act as light indicators, which upon activation indicate the diagnosis of sounds generated from their corresponding portion. 
     Further, each of the buttons  304  may also be provided with a set of buttons for diagnosing different portions of their corresponding internal organ. Each internal organ of the patient may have different portions and the sounds generated from these portions may be recorded by (de)pressing their corresponding buttons shown on the front cover  300  of the system  100 . For example, the heart may have four portions such as a portion related to aortic valve (hereinafter referred to as “aortic valve”), a portion related to pulmonary artery valve (hereinafter referred to as “pulmonary artery valve”), a portion related to tricuspid valve (hereinafter referred to as “tricuspid valve”) and a portion related to mitral valve (hereinafter referred to as “mitral valve”). For each portion of the heart, the front cover  300  may have a separate button, for example, a button  306   a   1  (represented by “A”) corresponds to the aortic valve of the heart. Similarly, a button  306   a   2  (represented by “P”), a button  306   a   3  (represented by “T”) and a button  306   a   4  (represented by “M”) correspond to the pulmonary artery valve, the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve of the heart, respectively. 
     Further, the lungs may also include four portions. The portions of the lungs may include a portion of anterior chest wall (hereinafter referred to as “anterior chest wall”), a portion of a posterior chest wall (hereinafter referred to as “posterior chest wall”), a portion of a right base area (hereinafter referred to as “right base area”) and a portion of a left base area (hereinafter referred to as “left base area”). For these portions of the lungs, the front cover  300  may have separate buttons, for example, a button  306   b   1  (represented by “A”) for the anterior chest wall of the lungs. Similarly, a button  306   b   2  (represented by “P”), a button  306   b   3  (represented by “RB”) and a button  306   b   4  (represented by “LB”) are used for the posterior chest wall, the right base area and the left base area of the lungs, respectively. 
     Furthermore, the abdomen may include four portions, such as right flank, left flank, cardia, and umbilicus. The front cover  300  may have separate buttons such as a button  306   c   1  (represented by “RF”) for the right flank, a button  306   c   2  (represented by “LF”) for left flank, a button  306   c   3  (represented by “CA”) for the cardia and a button  306   c   4  (represented by “UM”) for the umbilicus. In addition to this, the front cover  300  may have buttons  306   d   1  and  306   d   2  for the arteries, such as for right and left carotid of the patient. Hereinafter, the buttons for different portions of the internal organs of the patient will be collectively referred to as ‘the buttons  306 ’. 
     The front cover  300  may be used to initiate the diagnosis by pressing any button on the front cover  300 . In an embodiment of the present disclosure, an indicator, such as a green light may be turned on, which indicates that the button has been activated. The medical practitioner may press a button from the buttons  304  and/or the buttons  306  for recording at least one sound generated from a portion of an internal organ corresponding to the pressed button. Further, the at least one recorded sound (hereinafter recorded sound(s)) may be compared against a pre-recorded sound by the sound identification module  104  of the system  100  to identify a sound as a reading for the diagnosis. Further, the identified sound is stored in a memory, such as the memory  106 . The sound identification module  104  is not visible in  FIGS. 2 and 3 , however it would be apparent to those skilled in the art that the sound identification module  104  may be fitted inside the base  206  of the system  100 . In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the sound identification module  104  may be a microchip based device, incorporating microchip processors. The microchip processors will be configured to identify the sound from the recorded sound(s) and will send the sound for storing in the memory  106 . 
     Further, the front cover  300  may include a special button such as a button  308  for taking multiple recordings of sounds at one portion of an internal organ. For example, if the medical practitioner wants to take multiple recordings of the posterior part of the lungs, the medical practitioner may press the “P” button for the posterior part and then press the button  308 . In this way, the user may take multiple recordings that may be displayed on the diagnostic window  302 . In one embodiment, if the medical practitioner wants to take multiple readings of sounds between one portion to another portion of an internal organ, the user may press the button  308  in unison with buttons related to both portions. For example, the medical practitioner may wish to take recordings along left sternal border, the medical practitioner may press the “T” button, and the button  308 . Thereafter, the base  206  may be moved along the left sternal border, as shown by an arrow  310 . In this manner, the medical practitioner will be taking multiple readings along the arrow  310 . 
     Further, the front cover  300  may include other buttons for commands like “delete”, “delete all” and “save” for deleting and saving the readings of the sounds. The system  100  may produce a beep to indicate that the system  100  has completed its task of saving or deleting the readings. The medical practitioner may then move the base  206  to take further readings of a next portion and press the corresponding button for diagnosing the sound generated from the next portion. Further, the medical practitioner may wish to perform various functions related to the detected sound such as display, save or print. These functions have already been explained in conjunction with  FIGS. 2A and 2B . The present disclosure also provides a medical diagnosis method for providing diagnosis of sounds generated from the internal organs of the patient, which will be described in conjunction with  FIG. 4 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 4 , an exemplary flowchart of a medical diagnosis method  400  (hereinafter referred to as “method  400 ”) for diagnosing sounds from internal organs of a patient is illustrated, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The method  400  may be carried out in a medical diagnostic system such as the system  100 . The method  400  is described by taking references from the FIGS.  1 ,  2  and  3  for the purposes of this description only, and it should not be inferred that the scope of the method  400  is limited by the description of  FIGS. 1 ,  2  and  3 . Further, the order in which the method  400  is described is not intended to be construed as a limitation, and any number of the described method blocks may be combined in any order to implement the method  400 , or an alternative method. 
     The method  400  commences at  402 . At  402 , the method  400  records at least one sound (hereinafter referred to as “the recorded sound (s)”) from a portion of an internal organ of the patient. The system  100  may temporarily store the recorded sound (s) in a memory such as the memory  106  of the system  100 . The recorded sound(s) are taken from the portion of the internal organ by pressing a button related to the portion of the internal organ. The button may be pressed after placing the base  206  of the system  100  over the portion of the internal organ. 
     It would be apparent to those skilled in the art that various portions of the internal organs, such as heart, lungs, abdomen and artery may generate different sounds, which may be recorded with the press of their corresponding buttons. For example, a portion related to aortic valve of the heart (that may be accessed through button  306   a   1  (“A”) of the front cover  300  of the system  100 , as shown in  FIG. 3 ) may record sounds such as a systolic murmur, diastolic murmur, increased S 2  sound, ejection click and decreased S 2  sound. Similarly, the pulmonary artery valve of the heart (that may be accessed through button  306   a   1  (“P”) of the front cover  300 , as shown in  FIG. 3 ) may record sounds including, but not limited to, a systolic murmur, diastolic murmur, increased S 2  sound, ejection click, decreased S 2  sound and continuous rumbling murmur. The tricuspid valve (that may be accessed through “T” button of the front cover  300 , as shown in  FIG. 3 ) may record sounds including, but not limited to, systolic murmur, diastolic murmur, increased S 1  sound, and decreased S 1  sound. The mitral valve section of the heart (that may be accessed through “M” button of the front cover  300 , as shown in  FIG. 3 ) may record sounds including, but not limited to, a systolic murmur, diastolic murmur, S 1  sound, opening snap, S 3  sound, S 4  sound, gallop sound, splitting of S 1  sound and decreased S 1  sound. 
     Similar to the different portions of the heart, different portions of the lungs may also generate different sounds, which may be recorded with the press of their corresponding buttons. For example, the anterior chest wall (that may be accessed through “A” button of the front cover  300  shown in  FIG. 3 ) may include sounds such as vesicular sound, bronchovesicular sound, bronchial sound, rales, rhonchi and friction rub. The other portions of the lungs, such as the posterior chest wall (that may be accessed through “P” button of the front cover  300  shown in  FIG. 3 ), the right base area (that may be accessed through “RB” button of the front cover  300  shown in  FIG. 3 ) and the left base area (that may be accessed through “LB” button of the front cover  300  shown in  FIG. 3 ) may record sounds similarly as the sounds recorded by button related to the anterior chest wall section. 
     Further, the buttons related to the abdomen, when pressed, may record various sounds such as normal borborygmi, increased borborygmi (hyperactivity), decreased borborygmi (hypoctivity), and no borborygmi (iLeus). Additionally, buttons related to the artery may be utilized to record bruit sounds generated from various arteries of the patient. The bruit sounds may be recorded from carotid arteries at the neck, renal arteries at the flank, abdominal aorta at the cardia region of the abdomen, and around the umbilicus area. 
     Further, at  404 , the method  400  determines a sound from the recorded sound(s) as a reading for the portion. The reading of the sound may be further analyzed by the medical practitioner for the diagnosis of the sound generated from that portion. The sound may be determined by comparing the recorded sound(s) to a pre-recorded sound of the plurality of pre-recorded sounds. The plurality of pre-recorded sounds may be sounds that may be recorded in the system  100  before using the system  100  for the diagnosing of the sounds. The pre-recorded sounds may be sample sounds corresponding to various portions of internal organs of a typical patient. In one embodiment, the system  100  may detect multiple recordings for the portion by use of a special button as already explained in conjunction with  FIG. 3 . 
     Thereafter, at  406 , the method  400  provides storing of the identified sound to a location in the memory. The identified sound is stored in form of an electronic file. The location in the memory where the identified sound is stored may correspond to the button that was pressed for the recording of the at least one sound at  402 . More specifically, the location for the storage of the determined sound may be based on the portion for which the sound is determined. The stored sound may be accessed from the memory by using the same button. In this way, the sound once stored may be accessed at any time for future reference by the medical practitioner. 
     The electronic file is capable of providing diagnostic inputs for a diagnosis of the sound to the medical practitioner. The electronic file corresponding to the sound may include various attributes of the sound, such as a visual attribute, a printable attribute, an audible attribute, and the like. The visual attribute of the sound may be displayed on a display screen, such as the display screen  204 . A medical practitioner may further diagnose the sound by seeing the visual attribute of the sound. Herein, the visual attribute may include a graph or plot representing the sound, which may provide the diagnostic inputs to the medical practitioner for the diagnosis of the sound. Further, a printable attribute of the sound may be printed on a physical media. Furthermore, an audible attribute of the sound may be heard by the medical practitioner in order to diagnose the sound. 
     As described above, the present disclosure describes a medical diagnostic system and a medical diagnosis method for providing diagnosis of sounds generated from internal organs of a patient. The various embodiments of the present disclosure may be utilized for providing assistance to a medical practitioner in determining the health of the patient by diagnosing these sounds. Such sounds may be stored in the medical diagnostic system that may be analyzed as per the convenience of the medical practitioner without disturbing the patient again and again for checkups. Accordingly, the medical diagnostic system may reduce the chances of wrong diagnosis of the sounds. Further, the medical diagnostic system may help the medical practitioner to look after many patients at a time, as there is provision of storing the sounds of each patient in the medical diagnostic system. Further, the stored sounds (their attributes) may be displayed, printed, heard, transmitted and shared, which may enhance the accuracy of the diagnosis as there may be less degree of usage of the ears and brain with full concentration on the part of the medical practitioner. Further, this also helps in diagnosing the sounds in a time efficient manner. 
     The foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the present disclosure have been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the present disclosure to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the present disclosure and its practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the present disclosure and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is understood that various omissions and substitutions of equivalents are contemplated as circumstance may suggest or render expedient, but such are intended to cover the application or implementation without departing from the spirit or scope of the claims of the present disclosure.