THE sci-fi medical technology of Star Trek's Dr Bones McCoy is even closer to reality, with a new iPhone stethoscope app that doctors are already using to save lives in Britain.
The Daily Mail reports today that more than three million doctors have downloaded an iPhone app which is replacing the stethoscope in UK hospitals.
The iStethoscope app was originally created by Peter Bentley at University College as a gimmick but now more than 500 users a day are downloading the free version of the app to their iPhones.
The iStethoscope app was originally created by Peter Bentley at University College as a gimmick but now more than 500 users a day are downloading the free version of the app to their iPhones.
To use the app, the iPhone is pressed against the chest where its built-in microphone is able to pick up on the heart's beat.
The user then shakes the iPhone to hear the last eight seconds of recording and see a phonocardiograph display and a spectrogram. The diagrams can then be emailed to a specialist.
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