Stethoscope

A stethoscope, comprising:

• a chestpiece adapted to be placed against a body of a subject for gathering auscultatory sounds therefrom, said chestpiece including a chestpiece body which confines an acoustic path, and at least one sound gathering device mounted on said chestpiece body and in acoustic communication with said acoustic path;
• a binaural assembly including two earpieces;
• and
• sound transmission means for transmitting the auscultatory sounds from said chestpiece to said earpieces, said sound transmission means including
• a metallic first hollow connector having a first end mounted on said chestpiece body and in acoustical communication with said acoustic path, and a second end formed as a tubular wall;
• and
• a non-metallic second hollow connector having a sleeve portion with an open end for receiving said tubular wall and an end wall opposite to said open end, said second hollow connector further having a pair of flexible transmission tubes extending axially and integrally from said end wall and concurrently communicated with an interior passage of said sleeve portion and said acoustic path, said transmission tubes extending to said earpieces, said sleeve portion being sleeved over said tubular wall and engaging sealingly said tubular wall.