US Patent Issued to SHANZHI MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (HANGZHOU) on July 22 for "Device and method for detecting physiological sound" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,454, issued on July 22, was assigned to SHANZHI MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (HANGZHOU) Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Device and method for detecting physiological sound" was invented by Junjie Bian (Hangzhou, China), Wenchu Zou (Hangzhou, China) and Xuhui Zou (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for detecting physiological sounds includes a thin film and a conductive element for conducting sounds to the thin film when contacting a skin of a live being. The conductive element is located on the thin film. The device of the invention can significantly improve the detection sensitivity and resolution of physiological sounds, an...