Eko CORE 500™ Digital Stethoscope - Silver Chestpiece

Amazon delivered my parcel on time today. I received a refund from my earlier seller and bought this equipment straight from the manufacturer, EKO Health Inc, USA, excellent product. Amazon, EKO Health and IOM Postal Service receive my thanks and top marks!

Es buen producto, la calidad de sonido es buena y aísla bastante bien, pero no siento que sea como lo suelen anunciar, algo que no dice es que para que tengas habilitada la detección automática de patologías por IA es un costo extra, es una suscripción por mes o por año, creo que por el precio y al anunciarlo como uno de sus mayores llamativos debería estar incluido; al reproducir el sonido para enseñarle a los pacientes la misma app suguiere que usen audífonos porque en altavoces la calidad es muy mala y con mucha interferencia. Estoy satisfecho

Ce stéthoscope est très adapté aux personnes sourdes et malentendantes. On peut l’utiliser avec ou sans les extensions auditives tout fonctionne parfaitement. Je l’ai reçu dans les temps. Le vendeur est très sympa et très réactif et arrangeant, lorsque j’ai demandé la facture. Un sans faute pour le produit. Et pour ceux qui veulent il y a un abonnement autour de 15 € par mois qui permet d’avoir une prédiction assez fiable du diagnostic auscultatoire. Ça peut aider quand on a un doute.

This device has surpassed my expectations. I work in advanced practice as a nurse and deal with a largely frail population with multiple health problems and busy environments. Being able to amplify the sound, change settings and record 3 leads has been quite something. Great sound, a really quality item with ease of use and the functionality being able to be changed as needed. Colour being plain black is a bit bland but sleek and professional. Quite a costly item but was able to use vouchers which made a huge difference to the purchase price.

I am a medical student with graduate-level experience in signal processing. An early academic project of mine involved work on a portable ECG device, so I have a general understanding of the core ideas and challenges that come with designing such a device. I own a KardiaMobile portable 6L EKG device and a Littmann stethoscope with a tunable diaphragm which provide great points of comparison. My overall experience with this stethoscope is quite positive. I can see it being an useful learning tool as well, saving example EKG AND PCG recordings (simultaneously!!) of heart conditions as I observe them in the clinic. The EKG feature is easy to use, and finds a signal quite quickly (even faster than my KardiaMobile device). While it finds a signal super quick, it'd be nice to have some translation of the 3 plotted leads to the standard EKG leads found on a regular hospital system-- right now it requires some user interpretation. As far as the acoustics on this stethoscope go, it's handy to have the amplification, and I could see how it might help some clinicians with mild hearing loss. The noise-cancelling feature is also handy, reducing some of the artifactual noise you pick up with stethoscopes like the standard Littmann. HOWEVER, I find that turning the noise-cancelling can sometimes help pick up some of the higher-frequency sounds (the pulmonary setting also helps with this). Also, (nitpicking here) I've noticed the diaphragm paired with the Eko signal processing seems to be a bit different than I'm used to with the Littmann, especially on the cardio setting. Higher pressure on the Littmann emphasizes the higher frequency sounds, but on the Eko, it oddly seems to emphasize the lower frequency sounds. Also, sometimes the pressure optimal for clean EKG is not optimal for listening (in some cases). So it might require a little playing around and getting used to. Also, when using the stethoscope head paired with Bluetooth instead of the wired earpiece, there's a slight delay in the connection which is noticeable but at the end of the day is probably not a big deal, and could just be my earbuds. It is still pretty cool to be able to keep the head in my bag or pocket without the earpiece in case I see something interesting I want to record (and its fairly easy to tell on the app whether the acoustic/electric signal quality is good, even without listening). Overall, it's been both super educational and fun working with this stethoscope, and I look forward to using it more!