Thomas H Noffsinger
Veterinary in Benkelman, NE

2009013, May 28, 2009

Nov 7, 2008

12/267448

Thomas H. Noffsinger - Benkelman NE, US
Garrett W. Taylor - Oakley KS, US
Wade A. Taylor - Oakley KS, US

A61B 5/08

600529

A system and method are provided for diagnosis of bovine respiratory diseases using auscultation techniques wherein the acoustic characteristics of a recorded spectrogram is compared with existing data enabling a caregiver to make a diagnosis for a diseased animal. Lung sounds are obtained by use of an electronic stethoscope, and the sounds are stored as digital data. Signal conditioning is used to place the data in a desired format and to remove undesirable noise associated with the recorded sounds. An algorithm is applied to data, and lung scores are calculated. The lung scores are then categorized into various levels of perceived pathology/disease within the animal based upon baseline data that categorizes the lung scores. From the lung scores, a caregiver may then associate a diagnosis, prognosis, and a recommended treatment. Analysis software in the present invention generates the lung scores from the recorded sounds, and may also provide the user a visual display of presumptive diagnoses as well as recommended treatments.

2012021, Aug 23, 2012

Apr 9, 2012

13/442569

Randolph K. Geissler - Hudson WI, US
Garrett W. Taylor - Oakley KS, US
Wade A. Taylor - Oakley KS, US
Thomas H. Noffsinger - Benkelman NE, US
Steve A. Lewis - Bloomington MN, US
Scott A. Nelson - Egan MN, US

PIERSON PRECISION AUSCULTATION - Oakley KS

A61B 7/04, A61B 5/00, A61B 5/01, A61B 5/08

600301, 600529, 600586

A system and method are provided for diagnosis of animal respiratory diseases using auscultation techniques. Animal lung sounds are recorded and digitized. Lung sounds are obtained by an electronic digital stethoscope or a wireless audio digital recording unit. The sounds are stored as digital data, and one or more algorithms are applied to the data for producing an output to the user indicative of the health of the animal. The acoustic characteristics of the sound are compared with baseline data in the algorithms. One embodiment includes a digital stethoscope with an integral display. Another embodiment provides a system for gathering information about an animal to include not only auscultation data, but also information from other field devices such as temperature probes or weigh scales. The combined information can be analyzed by system software to generate detailed information to a user to include a diagnosis and recommended treatment options.

2013015, Jun 13, 2013

Feb 6, 2013

13/760968

Kurt Brattain - Chaska MN, US
Randolph K. Geissler - Hudson WI, US
Garrett W. Taylor - Oakley KS, US
Wade A. Taylor - Oakely KS, US
Thomas H. Noffsinger - Benkelman NE, US
Steve A. Lewis - Bloomington MN, US
Scott A. Nelson - Egan MN, US

A61B 5/00, A61B 7/00

600529

A system and method are provided for diagnosis of animal respiratory diseases using auscultation techniques. Animal lung sounds are recorded and stored as digitized data. Algorithms are applied to the data producing an output indicative of the health of the animal. Another method determines effectiveness of antibiotics administered to animals based upon observed relationships between lung score categories obtained from auscultation. A comparison is made between sample populations of animals that receive different classifications of antibiotics, and this data is compared to lung score categories observed for each of the animals that received the antibiotics. A statistical analysis is conducted to confirm statistical differences in case fatality rates between lung score categories. Insignificant differences in mortality rates across a range of lung score categories indicates the particular antibiotic administered is not effective, whereas a reduced fatality rate associated with lower lung scores indicates a level of antibiotic effectiveness.