US 11,771,785 B2
Untethered disenfecting stethoscope system
Daryoush Bassiri, Tustin, CA (US); and Phil Martie, Long Beach, CA (US)
Filed by Bassiri, Inc., Tustin, CA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/872,151.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,094, filed on May 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0353116 A1, Nov. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 7/02 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/24 (2013.01) [A61B 7/02 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/121 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 21/6263 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for sterilizing and wireless tethering of a stethoscope, the system comprising:
a portable electronic device configured to be coupled to a stethoscope and having a wireless transmitter configured to transmit a signal; and
an enclosure defining a cavity for housing the stethoscope and having:
a plurality of light emitting elements configured to emit light at a wavelength designed to damage or destroy microbes,
a wireless receiver configured to receive the signal transmitted by the wireless transmitter of the portable electronic device,
a controller coupled to the wireless receiver and configured to determine a notification event in response to the portable electronic device being further from the enclosure than a predetermined distance based on the signal received by the wireless receiver,
a frame at least partially defining the cavity,
a door configured to open to allow access to the cavity and to close to enclose the stethoscope within the cavity,
a back cover,
a front board having a first plurality of light emitting elements of the plurality of light emitting elements and configured to be coupled to the door,
a back board having a second plurality of light emitting elements of the plurality of light emitting elements and configured to be coupled to the back cover, and
a circuit board configured to support the controller.