PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16087664
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["381", "067000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides a method to convert any passive stethoscope into a wireless and tubeless stethoscope. A device is mounted onto an exit port on the stethoscope chest piece. The device transduces the acoustic signals from the chest piece into electrical signals, and then wirelessly transmits the signals to a second location to be amplified, filtered, recorded, and played back for the operator with improved sound quality and level. The elimination of tubing further decreases infection risk, increases mobility for the operator, provides a means for telemedicine, and extends access to patient health information and history through electronic medical records.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for converting a sound conductor, wherein the source and sink have a physical connection between them, into a wireless audio transmitter, wherein the source and sink do not need a physical connection between them to provide the function of the system, comprising:\n a housing with at least one aperture that creates an acoustic pathway to an acoustic membrane or casing consisting of a tympanic membrane with the housing also comprising at least one acoustic receiving unit located along the acoustic pathway entering the housing and configured to convert mechanical sound waves to electrical signals with the housing also comprising at least one circuit configured to wirelessly transmit data from the acoustic receiving unit to a remote secondary device configured to be capable of playing back the audio and/or transmitting the signal to a tertiary device configured to play back the audio

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53425
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12038142', '12924902', '14853211', '14882921', '12910086']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6686271269768429
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4762219283576602
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6493866071149246
- Mean Citation Score: 149.50841599999995
- Max Citation Score: 155.91828999999996
- Similarity Product: 109.1180154987192

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 0
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 0

Dataset: test