TWM579012U - Digital stethoscope - Google Patents

Abstract

A digital stethoscope includes a main body, an ear tube, a sounding member, a lever and a linkage body. The body includes a channel and a first perforation; the ear tube is coupled to the body via the channel. The sound transmitting member is disposed on the first opening of the bottom of the main body and includes a chest piece. The lever engages the body through the first aperture and is slidable between a first position and a second position of the first aperture. The speaker is disposed in the first through hole; the microphone is disposed above the second through hole; when the lever is in the first position of the first through hole, the speaker covers the third opening of the channel, and the microphone covers the second part of the chest piece The opening, the digital stethoscope is in the digital auscultation mode; and when the lever is in the second position of the first perforation, the speaker is away from the third opening of the channel, and the microphone is away from the second opening of the chest piece, and the digital stethoscope is in the general auscultation mode.

Description

Digital stethoscope

This creation is about a digital stethoscope, especially a digital stethoscope that can be switched to a general stethoscope when the battery is exhausted.

A stethoscope is a medical instrument that listens to sounds inside the body, such as the heart and lungs. The front end of the stethoscope is a large membrane cavity, and the end of the ear is narrowed by the lumen, and the gas vibration amplitude is larger than that of the lumen, which can amplify the sound wave vibration in the patient.

Digital Stethoscopes use new techniques to design stethoscopes that enable health care providers to have better equipment to improve care quality. Capturing the sound in the body, then converting it to an electronic signal and amplifying, filtering and other signal processing can improve the sound signal provided to the physician and improve the diagnostic quality. Reducing the electronic signal capable of representing the human body sound to a digital form is more advantageous for use in the use of a large number of computer-related technologies currently in widespread use for data storage, transmission and processing. Such applications include incorporating recorded human voice into transformed electronic cases, and replaying the human sound for analysis by one or more physicians. Additional advantages are achieved when digital audio files are transmitted over an electronic data network. These advantages include the use of remote diagnostics, collaborative consultation with healthcare professionals in different locations, and the use of remotely located healthcare services, including automated expert system diagnostics and community-level analysis of data from multiple patients.

However, the digital stethoscope has been exhausted. If the battery of the digital stethoscope is exhausted, and the doctor does not have a traditional stethoscope, it cannot be used. Therefore, there is a need to design a structural device that allows the digital stethoscope to continue to auscultate the patient without power.

The purpose of this creation is to reveal a digital stethoscope that can be converted into a conventional stethoscope when the battery is exhausted, allowing the doctor to continue using it.

According to the above objective, a digital stethoscope includes: a main body including a channel, a first through hole and a first opening; and a sound transmitting member disposed at the bottom of the body and including a chest piece, The chest piece includes a second opening that is aligned with the first opening; a lever that engages the body through the first hole and slides between a first position and a second position of the first hole And comprising a second through hole; and a linkage body comprising: an assembly comprising: a first through hole disposed at a side of the assembly; a second through hole disposed at a bottom of the assembly; And a bump is disposed at the bottom of the assembly and adjacent to the second through hole, the bump is engaged with the second through hole of the lever, so that the lever is interlocked with the linkage; a speaker is disposed on the a first through hole; and a microphone disposed above the second through hole.

Another object of the present invention is to disclose a digital stethoscope that allows a doctor to switch between a digital stethoscope and a general stethoscope, making it easier for the doctor to use.

According to the above objective, a digital stethoscope includes a body including a channel, a first through hole and a first opening, and a sounding member disposed on a first opening of the bottom of the body and including a first opening Listening to the chest piece, the chest piece includes a second opening aligned with the first opening; a lever passing through the first hole to engage with the body, sliding to a first position of the first hole and a Between the second positions, and comprising a baffle, the baffle is located above the chest piece, and the baffle comprises a third opening; and a speaker disposed inside the body and adjacent to the channel; and a A microphone is disposed at the bottom of the body and above the baffle.

The advantage of this creation is that it can be switched between the general stethoscope and the digital stethoscope, so that the medical staff can use the digital stethoscope at any time without worrying about the exhaustion of power.

10‧‧‧ digital stethoscope

11‧‧‧ Subject

111‧‧‧ channel

112‧‧‧First perforation

113‧‧‧ first opening

114‧‧‧ third opening

115‧‧‧ first position

116‧‧‧second position

12‧‧‧ ear tube

121‧‧‧Headphone plug

13‧‧‧Sounds

131‧‧‧ Listening to the chest piece

132‧‧‧Auscultation film

133‧‧‧ second opening

14‧‧‧

141‧‧‧Second perforation

15‧‧‧Continuous body

151‧‧‧assemblies

152‧‧‧Speaker

153‧‧‧ microphone

154‧‧‧ first through hole

155‧‧‧Second through hole

156‧‧‧Bumps

157‧‧‧Circuit board

158‧‧‧ screws

16‧‧‧Handset jack

40‧‧‧ digital stethoscope

41‧‧‧ Subject

411‧‧‧ channel

412‧‧‧First perforation

413‧‧‧ first opening

414‧‧‧ first position

415‧‧‧ second position

42‧‧‧ ear tube

43‧‧‧Sounds

431‧‧‧ Listening to the chest piece

432‧‧‧Auscultation film

433‧‧‧ second opening

44‧‧‧

441‧‧‧Baffle

442‧‧‧ third opening

45‧‧‧Speaker

46‧‧‧ microphone

1 is a perspective view of a digital stethoscope of a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the digital stethoscope of the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the linked body of the first embodiment of the present invention; 3 is an exploded view of the linked body of the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4a is a perspective view of the digital stethoscope of the present invention; FIG. 4b is another perspective view of the digital stethoscope of the present invention; Figure 5 is a perspective view of a digital stethoscope of a second embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of a digital stethoscope of a second embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is another cross-sectional view of the digital stethoscope of the second embodiment of the present invention.

The technical means adopted by the present invention for achieving the intended purpose are further explained below in conjunction with the drawings and the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view of a digital stethoscope of a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the digital stethoscope of the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the digital stethoscope 10 includes a main body 11, an ear tube 12, a sounding member 13, a lever 14, and a linkage body 15.

The main body 11 includes a channel 111, a first through hole 112 and a first opening 113. The ear tube 12 is connected to the main body 11 via the channel 111. The ear tube 12 is a sound ear tube and includes an earpiece plug 121. The earphone plug 121 is disposed on one side of the ear tube 12. The sounding member 13 is disposed at the bottom of the main body 11. The sounding member 13 includes a chest piece 131 and an auscultation film 132. The chest piece 131 includes a second opening 133. The second opening 133 is located at the center of the chest piece 131 and is aligned with the first opening 113. The auscultation film 132 is disposed below the chest piece 131. The lever 14 is engaged with the main body 11 through the first through hole 112 , and is slid to the first position 115 and the second position 116 of the first through hole 112 , and the lever 14 includes a second through hole 141 . In addition, the digital stethoscope 10 further includes an earpiece jack 16 disposed on the main body 11 and adjacent to the third opening 114 of the channel 111, the earphone plug 121 being engageable with the earpiece jack 16.

3 is an exploded view of the interlocking body of the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4a is a perspective view of the digital stethoscope of the present invention, and FIG. 4b is another perspective view of the digital stethoscope of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4a and FIG. 4b, and referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the linkage body 15 includes an assembly 151 and a speaker 152. With a microphone 153. The assembly 151 includes a first through hole 154, a second through hole 155 and a protrusion 156. The first through hole 154 is disposed at a side of the assembly 151, and the second through hole 155 is disposed in the assembly. The protrusion 156 is disposed at the bottom of the assembly 151 adjacent to the second through hole 155. The speaker 152 is disposed in the first through hole 154. The microphone 153 is disposed above the second through hole 155. The protrusion 156 passes through the second through hole 141 of the lever 14, so that the linkage body 15 and the lever 14 joints.

The circuit board 157 further includes a circuit board 157 electrically connected to the microphone 153. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the circuit board 157 is fixed to the microphone 153 via a screw 158. However, in different embodiments, the microphone 153 can also be coupled to the circuit board 157 by means of adhesive bonding, but it is not limited herein.

The surface area of the speaker 152 is the same as the cross-sectional area of the third opening 114 of the channel 111, so that the speaker 152 can cover the third opening 114 of the channel 111. The second through hole 141 of the lever 14 is engaged with the protrusion 156 of the assembly 151 of the linkage body 15, so that the lever 14 can drive the linkage body 15 to move. When the lever 14 is at the first position 115 of the first through hole 112, the speaker 152 covers the third opening 114 of the channel 111, and the microphone 153 covers the second opening 133 of the chest piece 131. The stethoscope 10 is in a digital auscultation mode. When the lever 14 is in the second position 116 of the first through hole 112, the speaker 152 is away from the third opening 114 of the channel 111, and the microphone 153 is away from the second opening 133 of the chest piece 131, the digital stethoscope 10 In the general auscultation mode, that is, the mode using a traditional stethoscope.

The microphone 153 and the speaker 152 are placed in a linkage body 15, and the positions of the microphone 153 and the speaker 152 are switched by the lever 14. When the digital stethoscope 10 is placed in the digital mode, it is picked up by the electronic microphone 153, and after being processed by the circuit board 157, it is played by the speaker 152 and transmitted to the human ear via the ear tube 12. When the power is exhausted, or the user wants to switch to the traditional auscultation function for diagnosis, the switch 14 is used to switch to the normal mode, at which time the microphone 153 and the speaker 152 are disposed in a linked body. When the moving body 15 moves, the microphone 153 is simultaneously separated from the position of the second opening 133 of the chest piece 131, and the speaker 152 on the linking body 15 is also separated at the same time. At this time, the second opening 133 to the passage 111 is in an air conduction state, and the sound is transmitted from the second opening 133 to the passage 111 to the ear tube 12.

5 is a perspective view of a digital stethoscope of a second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a digital stethoscope of a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is another cross-sectional view of the digital stethoscope of the second embodiment of the present invention. . As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, the digital stethoscope 40 includes a main body 41, an ear tube 42, a sounding member 43, a lever 44, a speaker 45, and a microphone 46.

The main body 41 includes a channel 411, a first through hole 412 and a first opening 413. The ear tube 42 is a sound ear tube. The ear tube 42 allows sound to be transmitted from the main body 41 to the ear through the channel 411. Tube 42. The sounding member 43 is disposed on the first opening 413 at the bottom of the main body 41 and includes a chest piece 431 and an auscultation film 432. The chest piece 431 includes a second opening 433. The second opening 433 is located at the center of the chest piece 431. The auscultation film 432 is disposed below the chest piece 431. The lever 44 is engaged with the main body 41 through the first through hole 412 to slide between the first position 414 and the second position 415 of the first through hole 412. The lever 44 includes a baffle 441. The baffle 441 is located above the chest member 431. The lever 44 further includes a third opening 442.

The speaker 45 is disposed in the main body 41 and adjacent to the channel 411. The microphone 46 is disposed at the bottom of the main body 41 and above the baffle 441. When the lever 44 is in the first position 414, the third opening 442 of the lever 44 is located above the second opening 433 of the chest piece 431 to expose the microphone 46 so that sound can be directly transmitted to the microphone 46. And transmitted to the speaker 45 via the microphone 46, the digital stethoscope 40 of the present creation is in the digital auscultation mode. When the lever 44 is located at the second position 415, the baffle 441 shields the second opening 433 of the chest piece 431, and the sound is directly transmitted to the channel via the second opening 433. 411, and then transmitted to the ear tube 42, the digital stethoscope 40 is in a general auscultation mode, that is, a mode using a conventional stethoscope.

Through the digital stethoscope of this creation, when the power of the digital stethoscope is sufficient, it can be in the digital mode, and when the power of the digital stethoscope is insufficient, the sliding mode can be switched to the normal mode. When the slide button is switched between the first position and the second position, and the digital stethoscope has electric energy, the air and the microphone are simultaneously used for sounding, and the speaker is audible, and the patient can be heard. The real sound, you can also do the recording function.

Although the technical content of the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with the art, and some modifications and refinements that do not depart from the spirit of the present invention should be included in the creation. Therefore, the scope of protection of this creation is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application.

Claims (10)

A digital stethoscope comprises: a body comprising a channel, a first through hole and a first opening; a sounding member disposed at the bottom of the body and including a chest piece, the chest piece comprising a second opening Aligning with the first opening; a lever passing through the first through hole to engage with the main body, sliding between a first position and a second position of the first through hole, and comprising a second through hole; And a linked body comprising: an assembly comprising: a first through hole disposed at a side of the assembly; a second through hole disposed at a bottom of the assembly; and a bump disposed on the a bottom of the assembly and adjacent to the second through hole, the bump is engaged with the second through hole of the lever, so that the lever is interlocked with the linkage; a speaker is disposed in the first through hole; A microphone is disposed above the second through hole. The digital stethoscope of claim 1, wherein the speaker covers a third opening of the channel when the first position of the first hole is in the first position, the microphone covering the second opening of the chest piece The sound is transmitted to the speaker via the microphone, and the digital stethoscope is in a digital auscultation mode. The digital stethoscope of claim 2, wherein when the lever is in the second position of the first perforation, the speaker is away from the third opening of the channel, and the microphone is away from the second of the chest piece An opening through which sound is transmitted to the channel, the digital stethoscope being in a conventional auscultation mode. The digital stethoscope of claim 1, further comprising an ear tube connected to the main body via the channel, and comprising a receiver plug, the earphone plug being disposed at a side of the ear tube. The digital stethoscope of claim 1, wherein the sounding member further comprises an auscultation film disposed under the chest piece. The digital stethoscope of claim 1, wherein the linkage further comprises a circuit board electrically connected to the microphone. A digital stethoscope comprises: a body comprising a channel, a first through hole and a first opening; a sounding member disposed on a first opening at the bottom of the body and including a chest piece, the chest piece The piece includes a second opening that is aligned with the first opening; a lever that engages the main body through the first through hole and slides between a first position and a second position of the first through hole, and a baffle is disposed above the chest piece, and the baffle includes a third opening; a speaker disposed inside the body and adjacent to the channel; and a microphone disposed at the bottom of the body And located above the baffle. The digital stethoscope of claim 7, wherein when the lever is in the first position, the third opening of the lever is located above the second opening of the chest piece, and the sound is transmitted to the speaker via the microphone. The digital stethoscope is in a digital auscultation mode. The digital stethoscope of claim 7, wherein when the lever is in the second position, the shutter shields the second opening of the chest piece, and the sound is transmitted to the channel via the second opening, the digital stethoscope is in a conventional Auscultation mode. The digital stethoscope of claim 7, wherein the sounding member further comprises an auscultation film disposed under the chest piece.