Published on in Vol 9, No 1 (2021): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/22753, first published .
A Low-Cost, Ear-Contactless Electronic Stethoscope Powered by Raspberry Pi for Auscultation of Patients With COVID-19: Prototype Development and Feasibility Study

A Low-Cost, Ear-Contactless Electronic Stethoscope Powered by Raspberry Pi for Auscultation of Patients With COVID-19: Prototype Development and Feasibility Study

A Low-Cost, Ear-Contactless Electronic Stethoscope Powered by Raspberry Pi for Auscultation of Patients With COVID-19: Prototype Development and Feasibility Study

Chuan Yang   1 , MD ;   Wei Zhang   2 , MD, PhD ;   Zhixuan Pang   3 ;   Jing Zhang   4 , MSci ;   Deling Zou   1 , MD, PhD ;   Xinzhong Zhang   1 , MD ;   Sicong Guo   1 , MD ;   Jiye Wan   1 , MD ;   Ke Wang   5 , MD ;   Wenyue Pang   1 , MD, PhD

1 Department of Cardiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China

2 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China

3 Sewickley Academy Senior High School, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

4 School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

5 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Corresponding Author:

  • Wenyue Pang, MD, PhD
  • Department of Cardiology
  • Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University
  • 36 Sanhao Street
  • Shenyang, 110004
  • China
  • Phone: 86 18940258063
  • Email: pangwy@sj-hospital.org