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.

Today is history in the making with the launch of Stethee, the world's first Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled stethoscope system, a made in Malaysia medical device for the global market. Stethee is also the first device in the world that evolved from the traditional stethoscope which has not been updated in the last 200 years. It will disrupt how we listen to the heart and lungs with detailed and accurate analysis. This cutting edge and innovative stethoscope will also empower remote and rural healthcare through simple and yet precise surveillance and detection of heart and lung diseases. The Stethee system includes three core products: the Stethee Pro, Stethee Vet and Stethee Edu.