Implementation of IoT Based Wireless Electronic Stethoscope

Abstract

Applications of medical electronics play a vital rolein today’s world of engineering. Various medical devices such as MRI, Stethoscope, Digital thermometers, electronic cardiac monitor (ECG), Brain wave machine, and Blood glucose monitor are used for measurement of multiple parameters of the human body. In this paper, some of the aspects with respect to stethoscope are considered for the advancement with the help of IoT (Internet of Things). Till date, many electronic stethoscopes designed were based on various technologies such as Bluetooth, ZigBee, neural network, and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), etc. There are few limitations associated with the existing conventional stethoscopes such as short-distance communication, device weight, high cost, and difficulty in remote patient monitoring. In view of overcoming the above shortfalls, this paper proposes a new method of analyzing acoustic properties of heart sounds using an electronic stethoscope with IoT.