According to BusinessWeek, an Israeli startup, aptly named Deep Breeze, has developed a high-tech replacement for the 200-year-old stethoscope. This noninvasive device can draw in seconds an image of ...

NEW YORK — Good news: More doctors could soon be using "smart" stethoscopes on patients. Eko Devices, a smart medical device startup, announced on Wednesday that its Eko Core product has been cleared ...

The image of a doctor with a stethoscope hanging around the neck may seem iconic, but in fact, this image may not last much longer, as hand-held ultrasound devices are predicted to replace ...

Everyone is familiar with the stethoscope--the archetypal medical gizmo that doctors drape around their necks and hold against patients' chests on countless TV shows, not to mention in real life. But ...

While it has been pushing antimicrobial cases for smartphones used in healthcare settings for the past few months, start-up RidRx's device offering received a lot more attention: iStetho Adapter ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope — the very symbol of the medical profession — is facing an uncertain prognosis. It is threatened by hand-held devices that are also ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Maria O'Toole Corey recently had her ode to her old stethoscope recognized by the American Nurse Journal. O'Toole says that one day while watching TV she felt inspired to ...

The iStetho Adapter, from start-up RidRx, converts an old stethoscope into an electronic one using an iPhone or iPod Touch and the iStethoscope Pro app. Elizabeth Armstrong Moore Elizabeth Armstrong ...