Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10939893-B2
Application number	US-201715573329-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2017
Priority date	Apr 10, 2017
Publication date	Mar 9, 2021
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021

Abstract

A Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor includes: a housing; a mainboard; a loudspeaker installed in the housing and electrically connected to the mainboard; and an ultrasonic transducer installed in the housing, electrically connected to the mainboard, and comprising at least one transduction wafer configured to generate an impulse wave, in which the ultrasonic transducer is internally provided at a head end of the housing, and the loudspeaker and the mainboard are internally provided at a tail end of the housing. By arranging the loudspeaker, the mainboard and the ultrasonic transducer in the housing, the Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor can have a compact structure and a small volume. Moreover, it is possible to reduce positive feedback of a sound system and a probability of a self-excited whistle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor, comprising:
a housing;
a mainboard;
a loudspeaker installed in the housing and electrically connected to the mainboard; and
an ultrasonic transducer installed in the housing, electrically connected to the mainboard, and comprising at least one transduction wafer configured to generate an impulse wave,
wherein the ultrasonic transducer is internally provided at a head end of the housing, and the loudspeaker and the mainboard are internally provided at a tail end of the housing,
wherein the housing comprises an upper housing and a lower housing detachably connected to each other, the upper housing and the lower housing are provided with a partition plate separately, and the respective partition plates of the upper housing and the lower housing are disposed opposite to each other, so as to define a first chamber.

2. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises the first chamber and a second chamber spaced apart therein; the mainboard and the loudspeaker are located in the first chamber, the loudspeaker is located at a first side of the mainboard in the first chamber; the ultrasonic transducer is located in the second chamber.

3. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises a head housing; the partition plates of the upper housing and the lower housing, along with the head housing, define the second chamber.

4. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 3 , wherein the head housing is provided with a touch sensor, and the touch sensor is electrically connected with the mainboard.

5. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the lower housing comprises a battery compartment recessed, and the recessed battery compartment is defined in the first chamber;
the ultrasonic transducer and the loudspeaker are located at two sides of the battery compartment in a length direction of the housing respectively.

6. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 5 , wherein the battery compartment is internally provided with a battery spring, the battery compartment is also provided with a battery spring bore, and a part of the battery spring extends out of the battery spring bore and is fixed to the mainboard by welding.

7. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 1 , further comprising a display screen electrically connected to the mainboard and located at a second side of the mainboard opposite to the first side in the first chamber.

8. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 7 , wherein the mainboard is provided with a display screen support, and the display screen is fixed on the display screen support.

9. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 7 , wherein the display screen corresponds to a display window formed in the upper housing.

10. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the mainboard is connected with the ultrasonic transducer through a wire harness, and at least one of the respective partition plates of the upper housing and the lower housing is provided with a wire-passing hole.

11. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 1 , further comprising a fixing sleeve fitted over the loudspeaker and fixed to the lower housing, the lower housing being provided with a sound hole corresponding to the loudspeaker.

12. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 11 , wherein the loudspeaker has a lower edge, the fixing sleeve is provided with an annular groove, and the lower edge of the loudspeaker is entirely inserted into the annular groove.

13. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the lower housing comprises a lower housing body defining a battery compartment; and a battery compartment cover body detachably mounted to the lower housing body.

14. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 1 , wherein respective inner surfaces of the upper housing and the lower housing are provided with a touch sensor separately, and the touch sensor is electrically connected with the mainboard.

15. The Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the mainboard is provided with an earphone socket, and the housing is provided with an earphone jack corresponding to the earphone socket.

Assignees

• Edan Instruments Inc

Inventors

• Huang Dong
• Chen Dewei
• Wu Yong

Classifications

• H05K5/13

  assembled by screws · CPC title

• A61B8/4427

  Device being portable or laptop-like · CPC title

• A61B8/4444

  related to the probe · CPC title

• A61B8/0866

  involving foetal diagnosis; pre-natal or peri-natal diagnosis of the baby · CPC title

• A61B5/00

  Measuring for diagnostic purposes (radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00); Identification of persons · CPC title