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Bengaluru startup brings stethoscope home 200 years after invention

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[h=1]Bengaluru startup brings stethoscope home 200 years after invention[/h]TNN | Updated: Sep 19, 2016, 06.24 AM IST


BENGALURU: From a simple wooden pipe in 1816 to a device that's undergone several improvements today, the stethoscope has been a doctor's close friend. And in the 200th year of its invention, a digital innovation by a Bengaluru startup holds the promise of bringing it home for the first time.

The device, called Taal, has been designed for both medical professionals and patients to use by MUSEinc, a two-year-old startup. "With many features, it increases accuracy and efficiency for medical professionals and revolutionizes how we look at stethoscopes," say the makers, who wish to keep the technology in the open source, allowing others to make use of it too.

Most doctors today still choose between acoustic and electronic stethoscopes. Not that digital stethoscopes haven't hit the market but what this team has done to it is insert a processor that enables automation of the calculation of the heart rate and recording of other sounds from within the body. Not only does it provide for a reading on the device, but also gives one graphical representation of heart waves on the mobile, and allows users to send it to doctors. The patient needs no additional training to understand what he/she is hearing from the earplugs of the stethoscope.

"You simply place it on your chest and let the device do the rest. It's about time we bring the stethoscope into the house," MUSEinc CEO Dr Arvind Badrinarayanan, 30, said.

According to chief biotechnology officer Sumukh Mysore, 26, Taal has precise sound filtration; it isolates S1 (first heart sound) and S2 sounds from ambient noise, making heartbeats and other internal sounds clearly audible.

"The concept is good and I think it will make the stethoscope a household device like glucometer. Digitalization helps enhance accuracy, but we'll have to see how doctors like it," Dr Ajith Benedict Rayan, medical director, Hosmat Hospital, said.

Sumukh, while stating they've been consulting several professionals, said: "A couple of doctors from the US are using our device. Dr George Cherian, consultant cardiologist, Narayana Hrudayalaya, had a deep look, gave us advice and lent his digital stethoscope to test against Taal. Jakob Kandlhoft, scientist logistical aid, National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, will be using it at McMurdo Hospital."

Monitoring heart waves

"Taal can also help patients keep track of their heart waves over time, and even allow for reliable remote monitoring of patients with heart conditions," Badrinarayanan said.

Its sound filtration, combined with volume control and heavy bass earphones, allows the user to focus on heart/body sounds. "Taal also has modes to switch between heart sounds and other internal sounds," Badrinarayanan said.

This, he said, helps bring the stethoscope also into environments that previously weren't accessible, like airplanes (the engine and ambient sounds would be deafening with an acoustic stethoscope) and extreme cold climates (the rubber tubes aren't compatible with the climate).

Useful for docs, patients

* Taal is 3D printed & locally made in Bengaluru. Innovators wish to keep the technology in the open source

* From compact size to lightweight and the app interface, it's designed for comfort; has a long, rechargeable battery life of up to 24 hours

* OLED display and app displaying heart waves, increases accessibility for hearing impaired medical professionals

* Socially enabled: Users can record & share sounds on Taal with others with the app, or download and email it



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The way technology is invading our homes and hospitals with new devices and diagnostic tools ,now hardly any doctor is using his brains or instincts to treat any

medical condition.

Most hospitals/nursing homes are installing diagnostic machines and use them forcibly charging patients to recover the cost of these in shortest possible time.

Simple aliments do not get treated simply with medicines alone.

I have a close relative in hospital{ he has changed two hospitals in one month] who went to one with recurring temperature. He thought it was viral.He got

expensive diagnostics { some tests repeated twice] and multiple doses of three types of anti biotics with no relief. His body weakened and he was put on cathetar for

feeding and another tube for excretion.He has become a medical case.Still not known what is wrong. Another relation , a neuro surgeon moved in and studied the

reports And said in minutes that it was TB.The hospital refused to accept and continued to treat as per their thinking [urinary infection]. The patient deteriorated

further and ended up with menengitis.Now the patient is being taken out of second hospital for further treatment by the neuro surgeon.The only fear is as a surgeon

he might cut off some part or other. Hospitals are death traps.Perhaps ,he would not have got so bad , if he had not gone to one for treatment.

I absolutely refuse to go near any hospital . I try to keep off strong medicines. I take only half the dosage if a doctor prescribes medicine and stop after that if I am forced to consult one.. I trust

the chemist opposite my home more.He treats all my ailments like an expert.Well thats how poor manage in delhi. They take medicines from chemist and carry on

with their job.I think they are better off.
 
I absolutely refuse to go near any hospital . I try to keep off strong medicines. I take only half the dosage if a doctor prescribes medicine and stop after that if I am forced to consult one.. I trust

the chemist opposite my home more.He treats all my ailments like an expert.Well thats how poor manage in delhi. They take medicines from chemist and carry on

with their job.I think they are better off.

Not just poor , many well to do people have also resorted to this method because of the way they are fleeced in various private hospitals with the excessive tests and excessive medications .
 
The way technology is invading our homes and hospitals with new devices and diagnostic tools ,now hardly any doctor is using his brains or instincts to treat any

medical condition.

Most hospitals/nursing homes are installing diagnostic machines and use them forcibly charging patients to recover the cost of these in shortest possible time.

Simple aliments do not get treated simply with medicines alone.

I have a close relative in hospital{ he has changed two hospitals in one month] who went to one with recurring temperature. He thought it was viral.He got

expensive diagnostics { some tests repeated twice] and multiple doses of three types of anti biotics with no relief. His body weakened and he was put on cathetar for

feeding and another tube for excretion.He has become a medical case.Still not known what is wrong. Another relation , a neuro surgeon moved in and studied the

reports And said in minutes that it was TB.The hospital refused to accept and continued to treat as per their thinking [urinary infection]. The patient deteriorated

further and ended up with menengitis.Now the patient is being taken out of second hospital for further treatment by the neuro surgeon.The only fear is as a surgeon

he might cut off some part or other. Hospitals are death traps.Perhaps ,he would not have got so bad , if he had not gone to one for treatment.

I absolutely refuse to go near any hospital . I try to keep off strong medicines. I take only half the dosage if a doctor prescribes medicine and stop after that if I am forced to consult one.. I trust

the chemist opposite my home more.He treats all my ailments like an expert.Well thats how poor manage in delhi. They take medicines from chemist and carry on

with their job.I think they are better off.

True! It is only for life threatening diseases that one should consult Doctor! Example TB, Typhoid, Malaria, Dengue, Swine Flu or Cancer! For common cold, cough, mild fever, diarrhea etc self medication has worked !!
 
Dengue and chikkangunya are raging in capital.

When it strikes close to home and someone known gets hurt one feels doubly hurt.

My sweepers" 21 yr old son succumbed to dengue and died yesterday without proper treatment.

I could not believe that dengue could take a life so easily.

It is the poor who die without proper treatment .
 
Dengue and chikkangunya are raging in capital.

When it strikes close to home and someone known gets hurt one feels doubly hurt.

My sweepers" 21 yr old son succumbed to dengue and died yesterday without proper treatment.

I could not believe that dengue could take a life so easily.

It is the poor who die without proper treatment .


Poor cant afford proper treatment and hence die but many well to do people die because they are careless about taking proper treatment .
 
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