3M is announcing the new Littmann Scope-to-Scope Tele-Auscultation System that allows physicians to remotely listen to patients using a stethoscope as though they’re on-site. Using Bluetooth connectivity, the system transfers in real time audio gathered on one Littmann Model 3200 stethoscope to another anywhere in the world. It is truly amazing how the stethoscope, from being a medical diagnostic device, has moved to also become a communication and telemedicine device.
Allows clinicians to provide world-class patient care by hearing internal sounds of the body clearly across data networks in real-time, from anywhere in the world Uses the Bluetooth® enabled Littmann® Model 3200 electronic stethoscope Offers a user-friendly design and phenomenal sound quality Requires one-time software set-up that takes only a few minutes to complete At the patient site, the Scope-to-Scope Software digitally captures heart sound with a state-of-the-art sound sensor, wirelessly transfers the sound to software using the Bluetooth® enabled Littmann® Model 3200 electronic stethoscope, and sends the sound across the Internet securely At the consultant site, the sound is delivered to the eartips of the consultant who hears the patient’s internal sounds as if the patient were in the room
Press release: New 3M™ Littmann® Scope-to-Scope Software Transforms Tele-Auscultation Experience …