Malaysia makes AI-enabled stethoscope


Innovative device: Dr Noor Hisham showing Stethee. With him are Crest CEO Jaffri Ibrahim (right) and Crest’s Internet of Things research and programme director Dr Khoh Soo Beng.

PETALING JAYA: Stethee, the world’s first intelligent stethoscope, made in Malaysia, has the potential to be used in remote and rural areas, said the Health Ministry.

The artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled stethoscope system was announced yesterday as a disruptive digital medical device made for the global market.

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