A stethoscope woven into fabric

From the report

Nature Cardiovascular Research, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s44161-026-00907-2An all-fiber wireless auscultation system has been developed that integrates into garments and enables continuous recording of cardiopulmonary sounds in daily life through fiber-based acoustic sensing, signal processing and wireless communication, overcoming the limitations of the brief assessments typically obtained during clinical examinations.