stethoscope

New kit attempts to transfer low cost mobile phones into high tech stethoscopes for low resource areas

Sep 23, 2011 by
mHealth News
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A simple kit developed by Oxford University and the University of Cape Town turns a low cost mobile phone, not a smartphone, into an advanced stethoscope.

Mobile Digital Stethoscope monitoring in Canada allows for sharing of patient’s heartbeats remotely

Sep 14, 2010 by
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A large Canadian telemedicine network has picked up Zargis Medical’s digital stethoscope system, complete with mobile analytic capabilities and data sharing options.

Connect Your Stethoscope to Your iPhone, Thinklabs’s Stethoscope Medical App – 3M/Zargis Not Far Behind

Feb 25, 2010 by
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Whether diagnosing a heart defect in a newborn or discovering a life-threatening rumble in a elderly man’s abdomen, I think all clinicians can relate to that surge of excitement we feel when we discover something that we could use to help a patient. But as I’ve progressed through my training, I’ve also observed how these findings inevitably lead to confirmatory tests – echocardiograms, ultrasounds, and so on. Our clinical acumen is simply not good enough. I’ve often heard the argument [Read more]

Apple Patents Show Interest in Mobile Vital Sign Monitoring Systems

Dec 15, 2009 by
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We’re currently still waiting to see when Apple will attempt to directly link its mobile devices to possible health care monitoring devices.  Although AirStip OB provides some sort of monitoring system, its still not an example of a completely mobile one.  This might be changing with Apple’s increasing interest in the fitness arena, especially in regards to it’s partnership with Nike.  According to Apple Insider, a iPod nano-compatible heart rate monitor is already on the way. Mobihealthnews actually had this [Read more]

iStetho Adaptor and iStethoscope app are Making Some Sound Waves, but Digital Connectivity is Still Lacking

Nov 18, 2009 by
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I’ve been sent multiple emails from friends and our readers about the iStetho Adaptor and iStethoscope Pro App combination for the iPhone.  I saw this coming a few weeks ago in a prior post, but through a different avenue.  In that post I thought the iPhone to stethoscope connection would first happen via a bluetooth stethoscope. I must say though, this is definitely a really innovative way to connect the basic stethoscope and the iPhone.  However, unlike what other tech [Read more]

Diagnose a Heart Murmur with a Stethoscope? There’s an App for that…in the Future?

Oct 26, 2009 by
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This past week Reuters reported on how Zargis Medical(auscultation software) was cleared as a developer for iPhone apps and more importantly, peripherals for the iPhone. The following is a quote from Zargis Medical in the article: The future of healthcare delivery is about connectivity and mobility. Zargis’ expertise in computer-aided auscultation and our advanced medical software platform positions us perfectly to create diagnostic software and peripherals that are a natural fit for smartphones. We intend to improve healthcare efficiency by [Read more]

iMurmur App Helps You Learn Heart Sounds Via Your iPhone [App Review]

Jul 22, 2009 by
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This is one of our favorite medical applications. It helps you learn your heart sounds by giving you examples of key pathologic heart murmurs.