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With its high sensitivity, patient comfortability and ability to transfer recorded data over long distances. Recording of lung sounds also help to identify asthma.
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TECHNOLOGY NEED Auscultation of heart and lung sounds forms the core of cardiopulmonary assessment by providing important initial cues in patient evaluation. Continuous monitoring of heart and lung sounds is of essential importance in medical diagnosis for patients with lung, cardiac, and sleep disorders and in detection of critical conditions in operating rooms. The recording of vital signs of heart require the patients to feel comfortable to avoid artifacts. Monitoring lung abnormality during sleep can prevent infant death due to asthmatic attacks. Currently available stethoscopes are hand-held and bigger in size, making it uncomfortable for patients especially infants, during continuous monitoring. INVENTION DESCRIPTION/SOLUTION Researchers at UT Arlington have developed a wireless stethoscope with a form factor as small as a Band-Aid. The placement of the device can either be on the chest or on the back and allows patients to perform their daily activities. Physicians can choose between different modes of frequencies, thereby allowing diagnosis of wide range of abnormalities of the heart and the lung. With its high sensitivity, patient comfortability and ability to transfer recorded data over long distances, this device is one of its kind. Recording of lung sounds also help to identify asthma triggered by acid reflux disease, and chronic coughing. APPLICATIONS Cardio/pulmonary abnormalities detection Sleep disorder studies Management of Asthma KEY BENEFITS Small size Continuous recording Long lasting battery Prolonged recording User friendly Multiple Frequency options