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Recently, an ambulance doctor Tarek Lubani, who now works in the Gaza Strip, came up with and put together a stethoscope worth only 30 cents. The most amazing thing is that this 3D-printed stethoscope is no less effective than its counterpart for $ 200.
Previously, local doctors had to press their ear against the patient's chest to check how the heart beats. Not surprisingly, a 3D-printed stethoscope quickly gained popularity among doctors working with Lubani.
Interestingly, the idea of creating a stethoscope came to Lubani’s mind after he saw the toy stethoscope of his nephew and realized that without it it is simply impossible to listen well to the heart. Then he found out that the cost of stethoscopes remains unreasonably high, although the first patent for this medical device was issued back in the 1960s.
In order for his stethoscope to meet all the necessary standards and be suitable for full use in medicine, he found several doctors and designers and together with them developed the design of the future stethoscope.
They called their project Glia Project. The goal of the project is to provide everyone in need with high-quality medical equipment for free. First of all, we are talking about the regions of third world countries, for example, the Gaza Strip.
According to Lubani, the need here for inexpensive medical instruments is much higher than many people think: the only hospital in the Gaza Strip (which accounts for more than a million patients) has only one autosculpture (an instrument for examining the ear canal) and several stethoscopes. Since the cost of this device is equal to the monthly salary of a Palestinian doctor, most simply cannot afford it.
Now the Lubani team is working on a pulse oximeter (a device for measuring the level of oxygen in the blood) and an ECG apparatus for patients with heart diseases.
Lubani hopes that in the next century, medical instruments and devices will be ubiquitous in third world countries. Now he is looking for experienced medical professionals and designers who will help him make this dream a reality.
