Core 500 (stethoscope)

2023: Product Announcement

In October 2023, the CORE 500 stethoscope from Eko entered the market. It has active pressure.

The CORE 500 can be connected to a smartphone to record and visualize results. The device can work up to 5 hours without interruption and is charged via a USB Type-C connector.

CORE 500 Stethoscope

In terms of audio quality, the CORE 500 is a step forward on all smart stethoscopes before that. According to medical journalists who tested the product. The CORE 500 provides the premium and purest sound of any medical gadget.

When testing, people tried to hear the sounds of breathing, despite the fact that planes flew around and cars drove around. Active noise cancellation technology allows you to remove external sounds and concentrate on sound from the device. When testing noise cancellation, the included headphones for the CORE 500 performed as well as Apple AirPods the 2 Pro (Apple's latest headphone model, which also has active noise cancellation technology.

In addition to the main functions of the stethoscope, the CORE 500 can also make a three-channel ECG (the previous version of the Duo stethoscope made a single-channel ECG). The kit includes alcohol wipes for wiping the skin and stethoscope before contact, so that ECGs can be done in almost any condition. The results are displayed on the smartphone screen through a mobile application in real time. In addition, the application has built-in AI, which helps doctors use the stethoscope correctly.

Many doctors continue to use non-digital stethoscopes, but the authors argue that in noisy environments (for example, in intensive care or in an ambulance), active noise cancellation technology works flawlessly, and this may be the difference between life and death of the patient.^[1]

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