Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-01
2008-07-01
Winakur, Eric F. (Department: 3768)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C381S067000, C181S131000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07393326
ABSTRACT:
The invention concerns an apparatus for early screening of cardiovascular diseases through dual stethoscopic and Doppler detection with means ensuring coherence between the two types of detection. According the invention, the medical screening and diagnosis apparatus comprises a sound transmitting linking conduit (3, 33) connected, on one end, to a housing (100) forming at least partly an ear trumpet (1′) provided with a membrane (2), and, on the other end, at least an earphone (4) for listening to a stethoscopic signal from the ear trumpet (1′). The invention is characterized in that the housing (100) of the apparatus contains at least an ultrasound probe (8) designed to enable convergence of reception of the ultrasonic and stethoscopic signals. The probe is connected to a transducer processing circuit (37) capable of supplying, from a Doppler signal, an audio signal by coupling the processing circuit to a loudspeaker (34) in contact with the ear trumpet for stethoscopic-type listening, and a video signal by coupling the processing circuit (37) to display means (39) to provide visual information.
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Dickinson Wright PLLC
Fernandez Katherine L
Winakur Eric F.
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