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108450 2017.0002.001 Stethoscope Synthetic tubing headset and eartips with a metal spring Home Built   Glia Project for Open Medical Devices Palestinian Authority   Gaza 2015       2 The stethoscope has translucent colourless tubing bright red synthetic headset eartubes with black synthetic eartips. The "Y" connector that leads to the headset is a bright green synthetic and the headset spring is silver-coloured metal. As part of the Glia project for Open Medical Devices Canadian Physician Tarek Loubani and his colleagues developed this 3D printed stethoscope that was cheap and easy to produce while having exceptional sound quality. They first made and used this stethoscope in Gaza Palestinian Authority due to shortages of medical instruments. (From the Acquisitions worksheet see Ref. 1) Allows user to hear sounds from within the body. Especially used to listen to heart pulse & lungs. (From the Acquisitions worksheet see Ref. 1) This original complete version was printed in Gaza in August 2015. This model is "red" (green Y-piece because the original broke quickly). This is the first complete stethoscope used in practice. (From the Acquisitions worksheet see Ref. 1) Medical Technology Instruments Diagnostic             synthetic;metal 77.4 7.1 2.5       http://source.techno-science.ca/artifacts-artefacts/images/2017.0002.001.aa.cs.png http://source.techno-science.ca/artifacts-artefacts/images/2017.0002.001.aa.cs.thumb.png