PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate storing the chest piece of a stethoscopic apparatus while miniaturizing the chest piece.SOLUTION: A stethoscopic apparatus (1) comprises: an acquisition part (21) which acquires a biological sound of a person being stethoscoped and outputs an electric signal relating to the biological sound a body (13) which stores a circuit board (131) having a circuit to apply signal processing to the electric signal disposed therein an output part (23) which outputs a sound corresponding to the signal-processed electric signal and an arm (14) which stores the output part and is mounted to the body rotatably.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】聴診装置のチェストピースの小型化を図りつつ、収納を容易化する。【解決手段】聴診装置(1)は、被聴診者の生体音を取得して、該生体音に係る電気信号を出力する取得部(21)と、電気信号に信号処理を施す回路が配設された回路基板(131)を収容する本体部(13)と、信号処理が施された電気信号に応じた音を出力する出力部(23)と、出力部を収容すると共に、本体部に回転可能に取り付けられたアーム部(14)と、を備える。【選択図】図3
