About Our Smart Stethoscopes

Sonavi Labs creates medical devices and software rooted in AI and applied to auscultation, the act of listening to body sounds. We aim to transform the way respiratory diseases and infections are detected and managed.

Sonavi Labs is dedicated to creating technology that is affordable, user-friendly and accessible for all levels of education and socio-economic status.

Our History

2013

Gates Foundation issues Challenge to reduce pediatric mortality from pneumonia, prompting Dr. James West and Dr. Mounya Elhilali to develop a solution with their students Ian McLane and Dimitra Emmanouilidou.

2014

Data collected in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study conducted across seven countries used to validate classification algorithm.

2015

McLane and Emmanouilidou develop prototype of lung sound collection device and test classification algorithm.

2016

First patents issued to West research group at Johns Hopkins for early adaptive noise suppression and classification algorithms, and Feelix hardware prototype.