It has changed the icon of medical practice where we tried to hear the human body using a hollow tube.
This new reinvented digital stethoscope is the smallest and the most powerful stethoscope in the world which fits in your palm and amplifies 100 times the vital sounds using audio headphones.
The device can be connected to tablets and smartphones to visually display the waveform of the audio using a matching app, which can also record and zoom for further clarification.
Thinklabs provides a library of pre-recorded heart sounds with the iMurmur app that can be used to learn and maybe even compare against one’s own patients. The standard package comes with a set of in-ear headphones. For the stylish physician there’s also the Beats Package that comes with Dr. Dre’s Executive headphones that feature noise canceling technology.
Its beyond "Bell" and "Diaphragm" to multiple filter choices where the frequencies can be set for low, midrange or higher frequencies. You wouldn't miss any of the sounds be it S3, valves and murmurs, and lung sounds. It will also filter out ambient noise frequencies. The Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery requires only one or two charges a week with a typical workload, designed for 100 - 125 patient exams per charge. Battery indicator mode indicates the battery capacity.
It has open up a world of possibilities for Telemedicine, Education, Research and Electronic Medical Records (EMR).
Special Implications for PTs -
Being a health profession it is very important to keep track of vitals of patients. Thinklabs One Digital Stethoscope will be of gr8 help to PTs for practicing not only in the emergency care but in regular practice too. It will also help in academics and research.
Time to put your old stethoscope aside and switch to Thinklabs One