The article was published in the web media Nikkei Digital Health/Nikkei XTech magazine.
On May 13, 2021, Share Medical (Chiyoda, Tokyo), a company that produces digital stethoscopy devices, announced that it will begin joint research with St. Marianna University of Medicine on an AI (artificial intelligence) stethoscopy device for the purpose of early diagnosis and prediction of the severity of respiratory diseases, including the new coronavirus pneumonia. The company's device will be used to collect data on the auscultation of people with respiratory diseases and healthy people, and verify whether it can distinguish between the two.