Patent ID: 8870791

Claim:
A system for acquiring, processing and transmitting physiological sounds comprising: a first apparatus comprising: a sensor comprising a diaphragm, wherein said diaphragm 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 signal representative of said physiological sounds; an analogue to digital converter operatively coupled to said sensor, said analogue to digital converter configured to convert said electrical signal into a first signal; a first processing unit operatively coupled to said analogue to digital converter, said first processing unit configured to process said first signal into a first processed signal; and a first wireless network device operatively coupled to said first processing unit, said first wireless network device configured for transmission of a signal representative of said first processed signal away from said first apparatus, and said first wireless network device configured to receive transmission of an input towards said first apparatus; and a second apparatus comprising: a second wireless network device operatively coupled to said first wireless network device over a wireless network, said second wireless network device configured to receive said transmitted signal representative of said first processed signal over said wireless network; a second processing unit operatively coupled to said second wireless network device, said second processing unit configured to process a signal representative of said transmitted signal into a second processed signal; a display device operatively coupled to said second 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 second 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 second processing unit is further configured to process said second processed signal by said customized sequence, and said display device is further configured to display a characterization of said second processed signal; and an electronic memory operatively coupled to said second processing unit, said electronic memory configured to store said second processed signal.