iSTETHOSCOPE

iStethoscope is an application for the iPhone created by peter Bentley, a university college London researcher. This application can use the sensors present in the iPhone to monitor the heart beat. This application may replace the traditional stethoscope in the future. Smartphones are very powerful device with many sensors, cameras, high quality microphones with amazing displays. By using this application the heart beat can be heard and the waveform can be seen in the display. This application is downloaded by more than three million doctors and is used by many doctors in London hospitals. This application when pressed against the chest where its built in microphone can pick up the heart beat and after that the iphone when shaken it gives the last ten seconds recording shows the cardiogram wave form in the display. This diagrams can also be emailed to any specialist. This iPhone applications can help in saving lives, saving money and improving health care in dramatic fashion.

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