Live, real-time heart and lung sounds via telephone
American TeleCare's® patented family of CareTone® Telephonic
Stethoscopes allows high-quality, realtime heart, lung and bowel
sounds to transmit over a standard analog or digital telephone
line. The CareTone Stethoscope comes standard with the 1010 Video
Patient Stations and is an integral part of any total telemedicine
program. It may also be purchased separately.
The excellence of this industry-leading
stethoscope has been recognized by institutions such as NASA,
which employed the device
in its space shuttle program. The CareTone also has been integrated
into many institutional and prison telemedicine programs both nationally
and internationally. |
Features of the CareTone Telephonic Stethoscope
for telemedicine applications
The American TeleCare patented CareTone Telephonic Stethoscope
transfers high-quality real-time heart, lung, and bowel sounds
over ordinary (POTS) or digital (DSL, ISDN, T1) telephone lines,
allowing this essential component of a medical assessment to be
part of your home telemedicine program.
The CareTone Stethoscope consists of a sending and receiving
unit and is designed for simplicity of use. The sending unit contains
a high-quality chest piece, a power indicator light and stereo
headphone jack for consolation where there is a clinician at both
the remote and central sites. The receiving unit includes headphones,
volume control and a switch to select either bell or diaphragm
frequency sounds.
The CareTone Telephonic Stethoscope will interface with most
existing telemedicine systems. |
Specifications:
CareTone
- Size:
1.4" x 2.6" x 9.3"
- Weight:
0.8 lbs.
- Power:
+12 V DC from wall
mount power supply
- Interface:
RJ-11C to POTS
(ordinary telephone line)
- FDA Clearance Class II
Device
- Frequency Range:
Size: Bell - 20Hz to
250Hz; Diaphragm -
20Hz to 500Hz
- Applications:
POTS or ISDN/TI videoconferencing
networks
(using Multi-point Control
Units which do not pass
auxiliary data channels)
CareTone Ultra
- Size:
1.4" x 2.6" x 6"
- Weight:
0.8 lbs.
- Power:
+12 V DC from wall
mount power supply
- Interface:
DB-9 to data channel
of POTS or ISDN/TI
video conferencing
at 9.6 kbps
- FDA Clearance Class II
Device
- Frequency Range:
Size:
Bell - 20Hz to 250Hz;
Diaphragm - 20Hz to
500Hz
- Applications:
POTS or ISDN/TI videoconferencing
systems
with data channel
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CareTone IP Software:
American TeleCare's CareTone
IP Software enables transmission of auscultation sounds from
the CareTone and CareTone Ultra Digital
Telephonic Stethoscope over an IP network.
The CareTone stethoscope sending and receiving units attach to
networked PCs via the COM port. The stethoscope data is put into
IP packets for transmission between stations over an IP network.
This facilitates the direct integration of the CareTone stethoscope
with a PC-based telemedicine system using IP as the network communications
protocol. CareTone IP Software is available as an accessory with
the purchase of the CareTone Ultra Digital Telephonic Stethoscope. |
