Start-up Hummingdoc creates stethoscope that allows recording via smartphone

Reno, Nev.-based start-up Hummingdoc has created a stethoscope adapter, which allows users to record heart and lung sounds on their smartphone, according to Northern Nevada Business Weekly. The adapter, called hummingdoc flip, allows patients to perform this diagnostic task in their home and send the recording to their physician. The hummingdoc flip devices are manufactured through 3-D printers.

The sounds are currently recorded using a third-party application, but Paul Park, MD, Hummingdoc’s founder, is working to create an in-house app that patients can use with the adapter. Prior to founding Hummingdoc, Dr. Park worked at a personalized medicine startup company called Cipheorme in Cupertino, Calif. Other than Dr. Park, the start-up includes four members.

“Basically what we are trying to do is humanize medical products,” said Dr. Park, according to the report.

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