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Date of Patent
January 8, 2013
Patent Application Number
12315165
Date Filed
November 25, 2008
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A method for acquiring, externally or internally, for utility purposes a subject's anatomical heart-sound information including (a) for a selected time period, applying continuous, near-sensor-mechanical-resonance, vibratory stimulation to an acoustic sensor placed on or within the subject's anatomy, and (b) during that time period, detecting, as direct indications of heart sounds, changes in the sensor's physical resonance properties produced by heart sounds arriving at the sensor.
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