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Stethoscope

The stethoscope (from Ancient Greek στῆθος (stêthos) 'breast' and σκοπέω (skopéō) 'to look') is a medical device for auscultation, or listening to internal sounds of an animal or human body. It typically has a small disc-shaped resonator that is placed against the naked skin, with either one or two tubes connected to two earpieces. A stethoscope can be…

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Industry
Medicine
Application
Auscultation
Classification
Medical device
Invented
1816 (210 years ago) (1816)
Inventor
René Laennec in 1816; binaural version by Arthur Leared in 1851

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related to Electronic · 17
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related to history · 14
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related to Binaural devices · 12
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related to 3D-printed · 10
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related to External links · 9
Stethoscope → BibNum, English, Heart Sounds, Laennec's, Medicine, Murmurs University, The, The Auscultation Assistant, Washington School
related to Acoustic · 8
Stethoscope → Acoustic, If, Rappaport, Rotating, Sprague, The, This, To
related to Doppler · 7
Stethoscope → Doppler, Hence, It, Moreover, Motion, Since, The Doppler
related to Fetal · 5
Stethoscope → Adolphe Pinard, French, It, Pinard, The
related to Current practice · 4
Stethoscope → Healthcare, Prevailing, Stethoscopes, Studies
is a · 2
Stethoscope → electronic device that measures the Doppler effect of ultrasound waves reflected from organs within the body, open-source medical device meant for auscultation and manufactured via means of 3D printing

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sounds auscultation medical stethoscopes diaphragm used acoustic sound electronic doppler device heart binaural ear placed invented waves two pressure also

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StethoscopeApplicationAuscultation1.00infobox
StethoscopeClassificationMedical device1.00infobox
StethoscopeIndustryMedicine1.00infobox
StethoscopeInvented1816 (210 years ago) (1816)1.00infobox
StethoscopeInventorRené Laennec in 1816; binaural version by Arthur Leared in 18511.00infobox
Stethoscopeis aelectronic device that measures the Doppler effect of ultrasound waves reflected from organs within the body0.90text
Stethoscopeis aopen-source medical device meant for auscultation and manufactured via means of 3D printing0.90text
heart failureinstance ofThis enables clinicians to screen for conditions0.80text
which would not be possible with a traditional stethoscope.Because the sounds are transmitted electronicallyinstance ofThis enables clinicians to screen for conditions0.80text
an electronic stethoscope can be a wireless deviceinstance ofThis enables clinicians to screen for conditions0.80text
can be a recording deviceinstance ofThis enables clinicians to screen for conditions0.80text
and can provide noise reductioninstance ofThis enables clinicians to screen for conditions0.80text

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