METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING AND PROCESSING ACOUSTIC ENERGY EMITTED BY AT LEAST ONE ORGAN IN A BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM

摘要

In some embodiments, an apparatus for acquiring, processing and transmitting physiological sounds, which may include acoustic sounds from at least one organ in a biological system, may include a sensor for acquiring physiological sounds. Analogue signals representative of the physiological sounds are converted into an electrical output. The electrical output is converted to digital data. A processing unit processes the digital data in a manner selected by a user.

主权项

1. A system for acquiring and processing physiological sounds comprising:
an apparatus comprising:
a sensor configured to convert an analogue signal into an electrical output representative of said physiological sounds;an analogue to digital converter operatively coupled to said sensor, wherein said analogue to digital converter is configured to convert said electrical output into a stream of digital data; anda parallel to serial converter operatively coupled to said analogue to digital converter, said parallel to serial converter configured to receive at least a portion of said stream of digital data as at least one input of a plurality of inputs, and said parallel to serial converter further configured to convert said plurality of inputs into a serial output.