US 12,458,319 B2
Free standing auscultation device
Daniel J. Rogers, Grant, MN (US); William Bedingham, Woodbury, MN (US); and J. Peter Robinson, Lancashire (GB)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Appl. No. 18/253,984
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/062865
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/125935, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/199,176, filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/IB2021/061188 (WO), filed on Dec. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008836 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 7/04 (2013.01) [A61B 2503/06 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0204 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An auscultation device, comprising:
a chest piece including a diaphragm;
a digital stethoscope component graspable by a user; and
a connector extending between and fluidically coupling the chest piece and the digital stethoscope component;
wherein the weight of the auscultation device and the length of the connector are selected to allow the auscultation device to free stand on a horizontal surface.