3M and Eko confirm launch of new Littmann CORE Digital Stethoscope in Europe
June 10, 2021 at 08:45 am
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3M™ Littmann Stethoscopes and Eko formed a collaboration that has married best-in-class 3M Littmann stethoscope technology with advanced Eko digital innovations. The 3M Littmann CORE Digital Stethoscope, which has quickly become a popular choice among physicians in the United States over the last six months1, will launch in Poland. The new 3M Littmann CORE Digital Stethoscope offers clinicians access to both analogue and digital auscultation options and can connect to Eko's software app via Bluetooth. The Littmann CORE Stethoscope offers access to additional benefits including: User can switch from analogue listening to digital. Amplification up to 40x at peak frequency, versus mechanical. Seven sound amplification level. Provides active noise cancelation. Connects to Eko software on a smart device to visualise, record, store & share auscultation assessment. The collaboration between 3M Littmann Stethoscopes and Eko brings together two innovative companies that are focused on delivering comprehensive health care solutions to drive better patient outcomes. The combination allows a healthcare professional located outside of secondary care, treating patients in their homes or in a community practice, to have access to cutting-edge clinical decision support. Also available is the ability to connect directly to their consultant in secondary care, mitigating the need for the patient to make unnecessary travel into traditional clinic environments. In the midst of a global pandemic, and the highly challenging need to assess and monitor COVID patients, this can be leveraged as a means to protect healthcare professionals, whilst providing the highest standards of care. The very same function that allows the streaming of the sounds from the Littmann CORE Stethoscope via the Eko app, and to a variety of wired and Bluetooth headphones, can also facilitate communication to several hearing aid models, providing a long-awaited solution for many hearing-impaired healthcare professionals.
3M Company is an industrial group organized around four product families:
- industrial products, safety and graphics materials (33.5% of net sales including intra-group): abrasive products, adhesives, cleaners, air and liquid filtration systems, anti-slip coating products, fire protection systems, road signage products, etc. The group also provides display equipment and graphics systems;
- electronics and energy products (26%): interconnection products, connectors, optical components, etc.;
- healthcare products (25.1%): orthopedic, chirurgical and respiratory materials, feminine hygiene products, dental products, etc.;
- consumer goods (15.4%): adhesive tape, self-adhesive papers, filters, projectors, screen supports, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Americas (56.2%), Asia/Pacific (25.9%), and Europe/Middle East/Africa (17.9%).