US PATENT SUBCLASS 181 / 131
.~.~.~ Stethoscope


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181 /   HD   ACOUSTICS

126  DF  ANATOMIC OR PROSTHETIC RELATION {2}
128  DF  .~ Ear and mouth {4}
130  DF  .~.~ Auditory canal insert {5}
131.~.~.~ Stethoscope


DEFINITION

Classification: 181/131

(under subclass 130) Subject matter having a sensing element which is to be used in contact with a source of sound and a sound conducting element guiding the sound to an ear contacting element.

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135, for subcombination of stethoscope.

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73, Measuring and Testing,

585, 591 and 649+, where the stethoscope is part of a testing device which tests articles or mechanisms by sensing the vibrations produced therein.

381, Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 67, for a stethoscope comprising a vibration-electric transducer which senses vibrations of the body by virtue of physical contact between the transducer and the body, there being no acoustical transmission through the air, and in accordance with said vibrations controls an electric current which is applied to a hearing or listening device.