iStethoscope Pro for Android

11 things about iStethoscope Pro

1. iStethoscope Pro turns your iPhone into a stethoscope, allowing you to listen to your (or your baby's) heatbeat and see your heart waveform, or listen to other quiet sounds around you.

2. It takes physicians years to learn how to use stethoscopes correctly and the iphone microphone is smaller than a conventional stethoscope diaphragm.

3. The professional version includes the ability to see a spectrogram of the audio, email the sound in different formats, live audio filter control and has no adverts.

4. Press the share button and you can email the audio to anyone you like! Press the left arrow to see the filter window and change the low pass filter as you record.

5. You cannot place the microphone randomly and expect to hear your heart - you must place it very accurately.

6. It is not intended to be used for the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease and should not be used as a medical device.

7. Used by cardiologists for research on heart disease as described in the Journal of Medical Devices.

8. We are working to develop fully certified iPhone apps that may be used as medical devices in the future.

9. - Press the microphone in the bottom of an iphone to your chest.

10. A good place is the apex of your heart (below your left nipple).

11. WARNING! It takes time to learn how to listen to your heart.