Patents
US 10548562 B2: Stethoscope with extended detection range
- Granted
- 2020-02-04
- Filed
- 2018-05-15 application 15979529
- Type
- Utility · 15 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An improved stethoscope design with an extended detection range for sounds above and below the range of human hearing and artificial intelligence connection to other clinical data for analysis, wherein the stethoscope assesses spatial distribution of bodily sounds using a sensor array as well as amplifies the volume of bodily sounds and provides for recording, receiving and processing same.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg200204.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of South Carolina 570 patents | US company or organization | Columbia, SC | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY 1 patents | US company or organization | Socorro, NM | NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology College or university EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY Nonprofit EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hoppmann | Columbia, SC | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Toufic Robert Haddad | Columbia, SC | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Keith Barron | Columbia, SC | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Andrei Zagrai | Socorro, NM | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61B | Diagnosis; surgery; identification | A61B7/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F3/165 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04R | Loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers; electric hearing aids; public address systems | H04R1/46 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-14 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ZAGRAI, ANDREI signed 2019-10-11 | NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY SOCORRO, NM | 50701/65 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2019-03-15 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BARRON, KEITH REEVES, JR. signed 2019-03-12 HADDAD, TOUFIC ROBERT signed 2019-03-13 HOPPMANN, RICHARD signed 2019-03-13 | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA, SC | 48608/675 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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