Patent ID: 8200277

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a mobile phone having a body; and a stethoscope microphone configured to be carried by said mobile phone and configured for use in obtaining sounds made by a patient; wherein said stethoscope microphone is an interior microphone incorporated into said body of said mobile phone, wherein said mobile phone has a display monitor that displays an identification of an illness obtained through analysis of the sounds obtained by the stethoscope microphone, wherein said body has a cover onto which said display monitor is located, wherein said cover is movable from a closed position in which said display monitor is positioned towards an interior of said body and is hidden from sight from the patient and any other person to an open position in which said display monitor is viewable by the patient, wherein said stethoscope microphone is on an exterior surface of said cover and contacts the patient when obtaining sounds made by the patient for identification of illness and when obtaining sounds made by the patient for identification of illness said cover is in the closed position such that said display monitor is hidden from sight from the patient and any other person.