It was cleared for sale in the U.S. this month. The new-generation stethoscope wirelessly streams heart sounds to a smartphone app, which can save them to a patient’s electronic medical record.

The stethoscope has been around since 1816, and it’s gotten an AI makeover. Doctors use it to listen to our heart and lungs and interpret what they hear. Often, they need to do more tests ...

(photo credit: Assi Efrati) Swedish start-up Acorai won the ICI conference for innovation in cardiology in Tel Aviv with its new innovation: A smart stethoscope that can help diagnose heart problems.

A new study showed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled digital stethoscope helped doctors identify twice as many cases of heart failure compared to a control group that received usual ...

According to Eko, its AI algorithm can detect afib arrythmias with 99% sensitivity and 97% specificity using its Duo stethoscope. First cleared in June 2017, the device captures heart sounds ...