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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 I’ve often heard the argument that, for this reason, the stethoscope is an outdated tool. Perhaps it almost was. Companies like Thinklabs, however, feel very differently and are reinventing the stethoscope to meet the needs of modern medicine. Meet Thinklabs’ ds32a digital stethoscope with the Stethoscope Medical App for the iPhone. Together, they not only improve the clinician’s ability to hear sounds, but also to review and share the audio and waveforms – all on the iPhone.

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 helping clinicians bring medical technology to the patient, rather than the other way around,” stated Zargis CEO John Kallassy.

If you delve deeper into Zargis Medical, you see how they are heavily vested in diagnostic cardiology software. They have created the worlds first FDA-cleared medial software to identify and classify suspected systolic and diastolic heart murmurs. Of particular interest is how they have integrated their software with the Littmann Bluetooth Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200. In their setup, the stethoscope communicates via bluetooth to a laptop with the Zargis auscultation software.

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