$5 3D printed Stet outperforms $200 Littman Cardio

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http://motherboard.vice.com/read/this-3d-printed-stethoscope-head-costs-5-outperforms-200-competitors





Same team plans to do similar work on pulse oximeter that monitors blood oxygen levels, and an electrocardiogram for cardiac patients due to prices of equipment in Countries like Gaza.


Great to see, that'll give Companies like 3M some kick in the rear...hell it could wipe them out. This is open source Tech...I wonder is their something in TPP to help them block something like this?

the_syco

Good for the countries that aren't afraid of lawsuits, I assume?

Xeyn

Why would anyone be afraid of lawsuits? The article states that the medical devices printed are out of date with regards to patent. Unless you were referring to something else?

the_syco

Xeyn wrote: »

Unless you were referring to something else?

Chances of a misdiagnosed heart rate or pneumonia, due to a bad build job. And when it's found that the fault was due to a cheap stethoscope head made by a 3D printer, I'd say a lawsuit would quickly follow?

challengemaster

the_syco wrote: »

a misdiagnosed heart rate

A what now?

the_syco

challengemaster wrote: »

A what now?

Seems I typed it wrong. That's meant to read "misdiagnosed heart arrhythmia".

I'm just wondering if everything that's bought needs to be medically certified, or can they buy any auld thing once it does the job? Does it affect their insurance?

I ask, as there seems to have been rules in place to not buy generic medicines in a load of pharmacies as opposed to the expensive stuff whose patents have long since expired, so was wondering if there'd be red tape stopping staff from buying stuff that didn't come from some official lab?

locum-motion

the_syco wrote: »

...as there seems to have been rules in place to not buy generic medicines in a load of pharmacies as opposed to the expensive stuff whose patents have long since expired,...

What the hell are you on about?

gctest50

Engineers and physicians at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a hand-held, battery-powered device that quickly picks up vital signs from a patient’s lips and fingertip.


http://www.multisensordiagnostics.com/






http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/mouthlab_patients_vital_signs_are_just_a_breath_away


The measurement errors were as follows:
PR: −1.7 ± 3.5 BPM
BR: 0.4 ± 2.4 BPM
T: −0.4 ± 1.24 °F
SpO2: −0.6 ± 1.7%
BP systolic: −1.8 ± 12 mmHg
BP diastolic: 0.6 ± 8 mmHg

Pookla

gctest50 wrote: »

The measurement errors were as follows:
PR: −1.7 ± 3.5 BPM
BR: 0.4 ± 2.4 BPM
T: −0.4 ± 1.24 °F
SpO2: −0.6 ± 1.7%
BP systolic: −1.8 ± 12 mmHg
BP diastolic: 0.6 ± 8 mmHg

Negligible difference tbh.

This looks quite promising.


Personally I await the widespread rolling out of handheld US scanners for rapid echos so the days of murmurs being detected by stethoscopes may already be numbered.

his_dudeness

Pookla wrote: »

Personally I await the widespread rolling out of handheld US scanners for rapid echos so the days of murmurs being detected by stethoscopes may already be numbered.

Hopefully the days of defensive medicine wil end and GPs and other non-cardiology and non-radiology doctors will be able to use USS confidently without needing to fall back on "departmental scans"