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Appendix A
– Suggested Uses
Telemedicine
The SimulScope has been shown to be very effective in sending and receiving diagnostic
quality heart and breath sounds in a Telemedicine clinic.
Teaching
Bedside Auscultation.
The SimulScope is ideal for use at the bedside and will transmit through glass or plastic
partitions in an ICU/CCU or nursery. The stethoscope can be used as a microphone
to communicate to students/listeners on the other side of the glass enclosure.
Classroom Use
With the CardioSim Digital Heart Sound Teaching System
The SimulScope may be attached to the IR output of the CardioSim and used as a
classroom infrared emitter.
With the PneumoSim Digital Breath Sound Teaching System
The SimulScope will transmit sounds produced by the Cardionics PneumoSim digital
Breath Sound Teaching System.
With SAM, the Student Auscultation Manikin.
The SimulScope may be used with SAM, the Student Auscultation Manikin to
broadcast
sounds to a classroom of students with each listener wearing a Heartman Infrared
headphone.
Auditorium use.
By use of an auxiliary infrared emitter, the Auditorium Infrared Sound System,
Cat. No. 718-4006, any large auditorium can be completely equipped
for infrared sound transmission without wiring. Call Cardionics for details.
Telephone: 281-488-5901.
