M3DICINE's Stethee stethoscope adds connected analytics, ditches the tubes

Brisbane, Australia-based M3DICINE is the latest device maker looking to distance physicians from their signature rubber-tubed stethoscopes. Today, the company announced the launch of Stethee, a wireless, artificial intelligence-boosted stethoscope that pairs with an iOS or Android app to quickly capture and analyze heart and lung data. "This most iconic and enduring symbol of healthcare is now reinvented, into an intelligent and sophisticated medical device -- a powerful diagnostic assistant that becomes more intelligent the more it is used," Dr. Nayyar Hussain, founder and CEO of M3DICINE, said in a statement. "The complementary Stethee Apps bring the power of machine learning and deep neural networks to health professionals worldwide who can use this data not only to monitor the progress and health of individual patients, but collectively to uncover new patterns and trends to help in the fight against heart and lung disease globally." Stethee, which was cleared by the FDA late last year, filters and amplifies the sounds of a patient's heart or lungs before sending the audio to a user's connected headphones via Bluetooth.