Telemedical Stethoscope with Segmented Auscultation Modes
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional stethoscopes lack the ability to designate auscultation objects and regions, leading to inaccuracies in disease diagnosis due to the comparison of filtered data with standard data for various diseases, resulting in lower accuracy and more errors in determining disease names.
Innovation Solution
A telemedical stethoscope with designated auscultation modes (heart, pulmonary, neck carotid artery, and bowel regions) that filters and amplifies specific auscultation sounds, converts them into digital signals, and compares them with standard data to automatically determine disease names, enhancing diagnosis accuracy and allowing for remote data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional stethoscopes compare filtered auscultation data with standard data for various diseases, then the device can perform general disease screening, but the diagnosis accuracy deteriorates due to lack of specific auscultation region designation
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the auscultation function into four distinct modes (heart region, pulmonary region, neck carotid artery region, and bowel region) with each mode having designated auscultation regions and sequences. This segmentation allows the device to focus on specific body regions for each disease type, improving diagnosis accuracy by comparing auscultation data only with relevant standard data for that specific region, rather than comparing with all possible disease standards.
2Reliability
If the stethoscope filters auscultation data without region designation, then the device can process general sounds, but the determination of disease names produces more errors due to broader comparison scope
Solution Approach 1:
The invention applies local quality by associating specific auscultation regions and sequences with each disease type. For example, heart diseases are diagnosed by auscultating specific heart regions in a designated sequence, while pulmonary diseases use specific lung regions. This localized approach ensures that the filtering and comparison processes are tailored to the anatomical and physiological characteristics of each disease, thereby improving reliability of disease name determination.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the stethoscope amplifies auscultation sounds for multiple people to hear, then the device enables group listening, but the ability to transmit data remotely for telemedicine is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The invention integrates multiple functions into a single device: it provides local amplification through a speaker for group listening, while simultaneously equipping a transceiver unit for remote data transmission. This multi-functionality allows the device to serve both purposes - enabling doctors to listen together in the same room and facilitating telemedicine consultations by transmitting auscultation data to remote locations, thereby achieving both adaptability and productivity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The stethoscope improves diagnosis correctness by limiting the search scope to specific standard data for each mode, accurately determining disease names and storing data for telemedicine services and personal health management.
Implementation Method 1
an auscultation microphone M embedded in a sound collecting plate 1a
Implementation Method 2
a transceiver unit 2-14 to transmit and receive the determined disease name
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a telemedical stethoscope, which automatically diagnoses a disease, and records visually and auditorily, and stores the stethoscope data on a screen. The present invention enhances primary diagnosis and treatment effect for a patient by transmitting/receiving the data to/from a doctor at a medical center and by receiving a telemedicine service. In addition, the present invention transmits the data to a health management program so as to be used for personal healthcare and disease prognosis decision of a patient.