The stethoscope, an inseparable tool for those who practice medicine, could begin to disappear from hospitals around the world with the arrival of a new application for the iPhone. Its aboutiStethoscope, a software program that costs less than a dollar and thatturns the phone into a digital stethoscope to monitor the heartbeat and other sounds of the human body, in addition to recording its waves.
According to its creator, Peter Bentley, a researcher at the University of London, more thanthree million doctors have already downloaded the iStethoscope. ? Its use is very simple, you choose the listening mode, which can amplify or mute the sound, and you place the microphone of the phone directly on the skin and on the heart ,? explained Bentley. “If the device is placed in the correct position, you can get a clear and clear sound from the heart.”
The software could allowsave lives in remote placesas physicians can e-mail a patient’s heart sound record for advice from specialists anywhere in the world.
The idea for the iStethoscope came about when the researcher was writing a book on computer science and the software was initially going to be an experiment. ? To my surprise, I began to receive many calls from interested cardiologists; One even traveled from the United States to help me improve the application, and a specialist in digital stethoscopes also collaborated with me ,? Bentley explains.
The program has several modes to improve results, including sample heart rate, audio propagation, audio filters, and accelerometer to update the rate.
