Patent 11850088 was granted and assigned to Zoll Medical Corporation on December, 2023 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A wearable medical device comprises a harness, a therapy electrode and an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensing electrode included within the harness, an audio transducer coupled to the therapy electrode or to the ECG electrode and configured to monitor heart sounds of a user of the wearable therapeutic device, and a controller configured to receive signals from the audio transducer regarding the heart sounds of the user and to transmit data regarding the heart sounds to an external system for processing and analysis.