It allows live, interactive video and real-time heart and lung sounds to pass over an ordinary telephone line.

The station consists of a two-way, interactive H.324 compliant video module and a personal telemedicine module containing an easy to use, hands free speakerphone, a blood pressure and pulse meter, and a CareTone Ultra telephonic stethoscope, a high quality, live, low bit rate telephonic stethoscope which functions over ordinary telephone lines. Ergonomic design and color coded patient controls insure Aviva SL's ease of use. It's sleek, compact footprint facilitates seamless installation in a patient's home.

The Aviva system can improve patient access to care as well as patient satisfaction. More importantly, Aviva SL 1010 is anew tool in the hands of the patient, who can now participate in the care process.