The stethoscope belongs at your side.
A lateralized retention system that frees the neck, clears the chest, and carries the tools of the trade with intent. Currently in prototype.
For decades, the stethoscope has hung from the neck or clipped at the waist — unstable, straining, in the way. We moved it to the side.
The old way
- —Cervical strain from neck loading
- —Waist clips snag, shift, and fall
- —Constant swing and tubing tangle
- —Neck and collar contamination
- —Fatigue across a long shift
The sideaXess way
- +Weight shifted to the lateral torso
- +Tubing stays secured and out of the way
- +Your front stays clear for work
- +Less skin and garment contact
- +Cross-back load across both shoulders
For the ones who carry the tools of the trade.
Nurses
On their feet for twelve hours, reaching, turning, leaning over beds. The neck loop has to go.
Physicians
Moving room to room all day. A clean profile that stays put between every patient.
EMS & field
Fast, physical, unpredictable. Gear that doesn't swing, snag, or drop when it matters.
Students
Walking into rounds prepared, with every tool exactly where it should be. Sharp from day one.
Built on three commitments.
Controlled containment
Every component holds the instrument still. No drift, no swing, no audible movement.
Ergonomic transfer
Load crosses the scapular plane through an X-strap, never down the cervical spine.
Clean profile
Structured, lateral, intentional. Refined enough for any clinical setting.
Every tool, every med, every shift — carried on you, ready before you reach.
Off the cervical spine
A neck loop hangs load straight down the neck all shift. Moving it lateral lets the shoulders and torso take it instead.
Held, not dangling
Bending over a bed, the scope doesn't swing into the patient or the field. It stays seated against the side.
Off the neck and collar
The skin and collar a neck-worn scope rubs against all day are the parts hardest to keep clean. The side keeps it clear.
Everything, at your side.
We're designing the first units now. Tell us what you'd want held, clipped, or solved — your input steers what we build next.
Suggest a feature
The best ideas are born in the wards and the field, not the boardroom.
We'd rather build the thing clinicians actually reach for than guess from the outside. Every suggestion is read by the founder and weighed against the next prototype.
Be there for the reveal.
We're building the first prototype now. Leave your email and you'll be first to see it move.