LaennecAI turns a standard smartphone into an AI‑powered digital stethoscope that records and analyzes lung sounds to detect wheezes, crackles, and other respiratory biomarkers. The platform combines real‑time AI classification with a personalized health‑coach and an evidence‑based LLM chatbot, delivering self‑management guidance and answers to health questions while securely transmitting insights to clinicians. By enabling continuous at‑home monitoring for asthma and COPD patients, it aims to reduce exacerbations and hospital admissions.
Funding
$473.1K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Patients with chronic respiratory conditions such as asthma and COPD often lack convenient tools to monitor lung sounds at home, leading to delayed detection of exacerbations and unnecessary hospital admissions.
Solution
LaennecAI transforms a standard smartphone into an AI‑powered digital stethoscope that records and analyzes lung sounds for wheezes, crackles, and other abnormal patterns. The embedded AI specialist health coach provides personalized self‑management guidance, while an evidence‑based LLM chatbot answers everyday health questions. All data are processed locally and securely transmitted to a cloud service that generates actionable insights for patients and their clinicians. By delivering continuous, home‑based monitoring and education, the platform aims to reduce emergency visits and support proactive disease management.
Target Audience
Primary users are individuals living with chronic asthma or COPD who seek at‑home monitoring, as well as pulmonologists, primary‑care physicians, and tele‑health providers managing respiratory disease cohorts.
Features
- Smartphone‑based acoustic sensor that captures high‑fidelity lung sounds without additional hardware
- Real‑time AI algorithms that classify wheezes, crackles, and other respiratory biomarkers
- Personalized health‑coach module offering self‑management tips, medication reminders, and activity recommendations
- Large‑language‑model chatbot delivering evidence‑based answers to common respiratory health queries
- Secure cloud analytics pipeline that aggregates recordings, tracks trends, and alerts users to potential exacerbations
- Scalable architecture designed to extend monitoring to other chronic respiratory and cardiac conditions