15-Year Old Inventor Creates Cardiology Device and App Steth IO

Suman Mulumudi, a 15-year old student at Seattle’s Lakeside School has far exceeded the educational standards of any high school — without even graduating, he has invented revolutionary medical technology as the CEO of his own healthcare startup.

Building on the concept of the traditional stethoscope, Mulumudi has created Steth IO, an iPhone case add-on and app that easily collects the sounds transmitted by the heart and lungs. The case was 3D printed, with a diaphragm that amplifies sounds and sends the audio signal to the iPhone. Using the software developed by Mulumudi’s budding business StratoScientific, this data is visualized for analysis by healthcare professionals.

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The Steth IO is actually more accurate than the commons means of auscultation, in that it provides visual data that enhances and clarifies what a doctor is hearing. Furthermore, a quiet “third beat” that is often indicative of a failing heart is difficult to hear by even experts, and the Steth IO catches this irregularity with ease.

For the consumer, Steth IO helps patients record and transmit their health data to their healthcare provider via smart phone, reducing the costs of ECGs and speedily contacting help if needed. The implications of this telemedicine technology has reaches in remote areas or parts of the developing world, where physicians and health tools may be scarce.

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