Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Medical Devices
Noise-immune ultrasound stethoscope helps medics hear vital signs in loud environments
December 24th, 2006
A new type of stethoscope uses ultrasound technology to enable doctors to hear the sounds of the body in extremely loud situations, such as during the transportation of wounded soldiers in Blackhawk helicopters. Using the kind of ultrasound technology used to generate images of internal organs, muscles and unborn fetuses, the new stethoscope design was presented at the Fourth Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of American and the Acoustical Society of Japan. Researchers at Active Signal Technologies, Inc., of Linthicum Heights, Md., in collaboration with the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) in Fort Rucker, Ala., have developed...
Source: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (2006-12-24)
|
