DEVELOPMENT OF IOT STETHOSCOPE WHICH SUPPORTS THE TELEMEDICINE PROCESS

Antranig Momjian; Gagik Kirakossian

doi:10.31435/rsglobal_ws/28022022/7764

Antranig Momjian PhD student at National Polytechnic University of Armenia, and Senior Software Engineer at Ogma Applications, Yerevan, Armenia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8592-6878
Gagik Kirakossian Prof. Dr., Head of Department "Computer Systems and Networks" at National Polytechnic University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8086-9782

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31435/rsglobal_ws/28022022/7764

Keywords: IoT, stethoscope, telemedicine, technologies, microphone, communication layer, software

Abstract

Modern stethoscopes can be divided to three main categories: acoustic, electronic, and stethoscopes for hearing impaired. The acoustic stethoscopes can be divided into several classes depending on their purpose. For hearing impaired medical professionals, special adaptors called stethomate tips, allows medical professionals who wear hearing aids to use the stethoscope with their hearing aids. Other electronic stethoscopes, like Thinklabs one digital stethoscope, have headphone jack which allow hearing impaired professionals to use a comfortable headphone with the stethoscope However, stethoscopes intended for remote diagnosis of patients have not existed until the beginning of this research. The purpose of the IoT stethoscope is to upgrade the telemedicine process by enabling the patient to plug the stethoscope into his device and let the doctor remotely listen to his body’s internal sounds. The steps to construct of the IoT stethoscope have been described and the detailed levels of the components and the technology options that can be used on each layer is presented. The technologies that can be used on each layer of the developed stethoscope have been researched. Based on the technology researches the developed IoT stethoscope has been implemented and realized. The implemented device demonstrated perfect results in the preliminary tests.
The implemented stethoscope can be used in providing online medical care to patients who leave in villages where no doctors are available, hikers in emergency situations, and patients during epidemic situations.

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