Biological sound measurement device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11857360-B2
Application number	US-202117305488-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2021
Priority date	Jan 11, 2019
Publication date	Jan 2, 2024
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024

Abstract

Provided is a biological sound measurement device capable of smoothly performing tasks from measurement initiation to result confirmation, that includes a sound measurement unit including a contact surface configured to be brought into contact with the body surface of a subject, a gripping portion supporting the sound measurement unit and configured to be gripped by a measurer, and a display unit provided to the gripping portion and configured to display an analysis result of a biological sound measured by the sound measurement unit. The gripping portion is configured to be gripped by the measurer in a state in which an index finger of the measurer is placed on a back surface of the sound measurement unit, and the display unit is provided on a surface of the gripping portion on the body surface side in a state in which the contact surface is in contact with the body surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A biological sound measurement device configured to measure a biological sound of a subject, comprising:
a sound measurement unit including a contact surface configured to be brought into contact with a body surface of the subject;
a gripping portion supporting the sound measurement unit and configured to be gripped by a measurer;
a display unit provided to the gripping portion and configured to display an analysis result of the biological sound measured by the sound measurement unit; and
an operation unit being configured to at least turn a power source on and off, wherein
the gripping portion being configured to be gripped by the measurer in a state in which an index finger of the measurer is placed on a back surface of the sound measurement unit,
the display unit and the operation unit are provided on a surface of the gripping portion facing to the body surface in a state in which the contact surface is in contact with the body surface, and
a head portion is provided on one end side of the gripping portion, and the head portion is provided with the sound measurement unit that protrudes toward one side in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the gripping portion.

2. The biological sound measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit includes one or a plurality of light emitting elements and is configured to display the analysis result by changing a light emission position or a light emission color of the one or plurality of light emitting elements.

3. The biological sound measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit is provided between the sound measurement unit and the operation unit disposed on the surface of the gripping portion facing to the body surface in the state in which the contact surface is in contact with the body surface.

4. The biological sound measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the gripping portion comprises a recessed portion for placement of the index finger, the recessed portion being provided on the back surface of the sound measurement unit, and
the display unit is provided at a portion of the surface of the gripping portion facing to the body surface in the state in which the contact surface is in contact with the body surface, so that the portion of the surface of the gripping portion, on which the display unit is provided, is adjacent to a region of the surface of the gripping portion facing to the body surface in the state in which the contact surface is in contact with the body surface, the region overlapping the recessed portion in a state of viewing from a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the gripping portion.

Assignees

• Omron Healthcare Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fukutsuka Masayuki
• Morita Katsuyoshi
• Inoue Kosuke
• Yakura Nobuki
• Fukunaga Seiji
• Ogihara Tsuyoshi
• Yumoto Masahiko
• Takuma Yuki

Classifications

• A61B7/04 Primary

  Electric stethoscopes · CPC title

• A61B5/7445

  Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units · CPC title

• H04R1/46

  Special adaptations for use as contact microphones, e.g. on musical instrument, on stethoscope (throat mountings H04R1/14) · CPC title

• A61B2560/0425

  Ergonomically shaped housings (A61B2560/0418 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B7/003 Primary

  Detecting lung or respiration noise · CPC title