Lecat’s Ventriloscope

LV001

$4,995.00

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The Ventriloscope has been developed by Dr. Paul Lecat to transmit normal or abnormal sounds from lung, heart, bowel, BP, Doppler, etc. to a realistic stethoscope receiver.  It can be used with Standardized Patients or mannequins and allows the use of any sound. Further cardiac, lung and percussion trigger units to be launched soon!

  • Learn to distinguish normal and abnormal sounds
  • Learn proper placement and use of the stethoscope
  • Assess proper use of diaphragm and bell of stethoscope for appropriate sounds
  • Integrate findings with history gathered from a live patient
  • Learn to document auscultatory findings accurately
  • Can be used to teach Blood Pressure to large or small groups
  • Can be used to to teach Doppler sounds
  • Can be used to teach Percussions sounds
  • Simple to operate
  • Completely integrates history taking with physical exam, including abnormals
  • Can place any sound, anywhere on a live patient or mannequin
  • Can use any MP3 recording of yours or ours 
  • Can be used on any mannequin
  • Allows for changes in murmurs with maneuvers
  • Students can teach each other
  • Allows precision timing of sounds
  • Transmitter is easily concealed and stethoscope receiver is incorporated into cardiology style stethoscope with excellent acoustics
  • Uses reliable wireless transmission with cutting edge chip technology. Operates on a reserved frequency band and cycles frequencies for absolute test security
  • Can be used with auditorium sound systems or speakers for group teaching
  • Can be used with an MP3 recorder with time stamp for reliable assessment and challenges to answers during assessment
  • FCC and CE tested
  • Not limited to line of sight transmission (like infra red)
  • Battery life is 8 hours of continuous use and charges in about an hour
  • Volume control allows trainee to detect the faintest sounds
  • Large MP3 library available in addition to sounds which come with the unit (See replacement parts)
  • Ventriloscope transmitter
  • Cardiology style Stethoscope receiver
  • SD card with 12 sounds, enough for at least 10 cases
    • Normal heart
    • S4 gallop
    • Tachycardia   
    • Bowel sounds
    • S 3 gallop
    • Normal inspiration
    • Bruit
    • Normal expiration
    • Korotkoff
    • Expiratory wheezes
    • Korotkoff (tachycardia)
    • Inspiratory crackles
  • USB cables for charging
  • Locking Aluminum carrying case
  • Instruction manual
  • Stethoscope accessory kit included
  • Trigger modules (available Spring 2010)