 Welcome to the SONOPTOSCOPE Website!
This site provides you with information about the SONOPTOSCOPE-the stethoscope for the new millenium!
The SONOPTOSCOPE is an electronic stethoscope, which is intended to be used as a diagnostic tool and/or teaching instrument by a health care professional or medical student during the physical assessment of a patient. It can be used for the amplification of normal and abnormal body sounds, for example heart, lung and abdominal sounds and is particularly helpful for the amplification of faint body sounds. The SONOPTOSCOPE is also a very effective tool in the assessment of arterial bruits. This medical device is also very useful in the obstetric department since it may be used to listen to foetal heart sounds.
Some of the useful features of the SONOPTOSCOPE are listed below:
1) High-fidelity amplification of heart, lung and abdominal sounds
2) Two-listener capability
3) Bell and diaphragm modes
4) Built-in filter mode for use during auscultation in noisy environments
5) Audio and visual outputs
6) Recording capability
7) Portable and light-weight
8) Comfortable and ergonomic earpieces
9) May be used with optional headphones (instead of the conventional rubber tubing and earpieces). This enables comfortable use in health care professionals who may use hearing aid devices simultaneously during auscultaion with the SONOPTOSCOPE.
10) One-year money back guarantee.*
VERY REASONABLY PRICED!
ORDERING INFORMATION
Please call the number listed below for more information regarding the SONOPTOSCOPE and for information regarding pricing of this device.
You may also e-mail us at rmaraj@pol.net
Full INSTRUCTIONS for use are included in the package. A summary of these instructions is listed below.
1. Open battery compartment.
2. Carefully attach 9V battery to battery clip (alkaline batteries last much longer).
3. Close battery compartment.
4. Apply earpiece to ears or insert additional headphone into headphone socket.
5. Turn volume control knob anti-clockwise to low setting.
6. Place back surface of SONOPTOSCOPE directly onto the region of the body to be auscultated.
7. Ensure that the microphone is placed gently but firmly on the body surface. THE SONOPTOSCOPE WILL NOT FUNCTION OPTIMALLY IF IT IS PLACED OVER CLOTHING.
8. While listening to the earpiece or headphones, depress the power switch. Keep this switch pressed throughout the period of auscultation.
9. Adjust the volume by using the volume control knob (turn clockwise to increase the volume).
10. Listen to body sounds that have been amplified many times!
The Diaphragm, Bell/Noise Filter
1. This switch can be used to switch the SONOPTOSCOPE between Diaphragm and Bell modes.
2. This switch can also be used to filter out excessive background noise.
3. Activate the filter by switching it to “Bell/filter on mode”. To de-activate the filter, switch to “Diaphragm/filter off mode”.
4. Note that when the filter is activated, it may be difficult to auscultate high frequency sounds, such as those produced by prosthetic valves.
5. IF THE FILTER IS USED, ALL PATIENTS SHOULD ALSO BE AUSCULTATED WITH THE FILTER IN THE “Diaphragm/ Filter Off” POSITION TO ELIMINATE ANY POSSIBILTY OF MISSING HIGH FREQUENCY SOUNDS OR MURMURS.
The visual indicator
This has 2 functions:
1. It will automatically switch on and off corresponding to the intensity of the body sounds being amplified and will perform best when the volume is set to the optimum level. By correlating the visual signal with the volume setting, the user will be able to adjust the volume to the optimum level.
2. The second role of the indicator is to provide a visual signal corresponding to the timing of the sounds being amplified. For example, this will assist in the timing of additional heart sounds.
To record body sounds
1. Insert one end of the recording lead (optional accessory) into the headphone socket of the SONOPTOSCOPE and the other end into the microphone socket of your tape recorder.
2. Insert headphone into second headphone socket of the SONOPTOSCOPE.
3. Auscultate at low volume and record sounds with your tape recorder simultaneously by following the instructions for recording with your tape recorder.
The SONOPTOSCOPE was developed by a physician who is currently a Research Fellow in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases at a Medical Center in Philadelphia, USA.
Disclaimer
1. The SONOPTOSCOPE is intended to be used as a teaching instrument. Even though it has been manufactured to high standards, ADVANCED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT will not be held responsible for any errors made in the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions associated with the use of this device.
2. Please do not set the volume to a very high level during auscultation as this may be harmful to your hearing. In fact, optimum results are obtained at a low volume in most applications. ADVANCED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT will not be held responsible for any injury to hearing caused by using the SONOPTOSCOPE at excessively high volumes.
3. Please do not drop, expose to liquids or attempt to open the SONOPTOSCOPE unit. There are no user-serviceable parts inside and this will invalidate your guarantee.
4. ADVANCED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT reserves the right to make changes to the SONOPTOSCOPE.
5. *The guarantee does not cover the headphone.
Patented in South Africa and patents pending in other countries including the USA, Canada and Australia. |
