{"id":45854,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/IStethoscope","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/IStethoscope","latest":{"id":1267677,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:08:20Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Istethoscope.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Cardiovascular diseases, Maternal mortality, Child mortality\n| classification = Diagnosis\n| scope = Commercialized\n| made = No\n| replicated = No\n| manufacturer-location = London, United Kingdom\n}}\n\nWhile regular stethoscopes can pick up heartbeats, they do not record the data automatically; stethoscopes are also an extra device for doctors to carry around.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nThe iStethoscope is a mobile app able to pick up a heartbeat by using an iPhone's built-in microphone. It can record and play back eight seconds of heartbeat, and display a phonocardiograph and a spectrogram, which can then be emailed to a specialist. This allows doctors to have the capability to accurately hear a heartbeat at all times without having to carry around a stethoscope. It also would allow less trained medical workers to record their patients' heartbeats and send it to a doctor for consultation.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: Peter Bentley\n* Manufacturer location: University College London\n\n== When and where it was tested/implemented ==\n\nIt's currently being used in UK hospitals.\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Other internally generated reports ===\n\n* \"IStethoscope Pro by The Undercover Scientist.\" Peter Bentley Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2013. Link Available [http://www.peterjbentley.com/istethoscopepro.html here]\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\n* \"IStethoscope: The IPhone App Which Is Already Replacing the Real Thing in Hospitals.\" Mail Online. N.p., 31 Aug. 2010. Web. 25 Mar. 2013. Link Available [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1307646/iStethoscope-The-iPhone-app-replacing-real-thing-hospitals.html here]\n\n{{Page data\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being, SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| language = en\n}}"}