TY - JOUR
T1 - Smartphone attachment for stethoscope recording
AU - Thompson, Jeff
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - With the ubiquity of smartphones and the rising technology of 3D printing, novel devices can be developed that leverage the "computer in your pocket" and rapid prototyping technologies toward scientific, medical, engineering, and creative purposes. This paper describes such a device: a simple 3D-printed extension for Apple's iPhone that allows the sound from an off-the-shelf acoustic stethoscope to be recorded using the phone's built-in microphone. The attachment's digital 3D files can be easily shared, modified for similar phones and devices capable of recording audio, and in combination with 3D printing technology allow for fabrication of a durable device without need for an entire factory of expensive and specialized machining tools. It is hoped that by releasing this device as an open source set of printable files that can be downloaded and reproduced cheaply, others can make use of these developments where access to cost-prohibitive, specialized medical instruments are not available. Coupled with specialized smartphone software ("apps"), more sophisticated and automated diagnostics may also be possible on-site.
AB - With the ubiquity of smartphones and the rising technology of 3D printing, novel devices can be developed that leverage the "computer in your pocket" and rapid prototyping technologies toward scientific, medical, engineering, and creative purposes. This paper describes such a device: a simple 3D-printed extension for Apple's iPhone that allows the sound from an off-the-shelf acoustic stethoscope to be recorded using the phone's built-in microphone. The attachment's digital 3D files can be easily shared, modified for similar phones and devices capable of recording audio, and in combination with 3D printing technology allow for fabrication of a durable device without need for an entire factory of expensive and specialized machining tools. It is hoped that by releasing this device as an open source set of printable files that can be downloaded and reproduced cheaply, others can make use of these developments where access to cost-prohibitive, specialized medical instruments are not available. Coupled with specialized smartphone software ("apps"), more sophisticated and automated diagnostics may also be possible on-site.
KW - 3D printing
KW - App
KW - Audio recording
KW - Fused deposition modeling
KW - STL
KW - Selective laser sintering
KW - Shapeways
KW - Smartphone
KW - Sound
KW - Stethoscope
KW - iPhone
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4939-2172-0_22
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4939-2172-0_22
M3 - Article
C2 - 25626549
AN - SCOPUS:84922069168
SN - 1064-3745
VL - 1256
SP - 327
EP - 334
JO - Methods in Molecular Biology
JF - Methods in Molecular Biology
ER -