Ultrasound in Biological Technology

Signostics Closes Follow-On Financing of US$4 Million, Expands Board of Directors

... device company developing groundbreaking personal ultrasound devices, announced today it has raised US$4 ... new generation of palm-sized, affordable personal ultrasound devices for point-of-care use by medical ... to providing significantly more affordable ultrasound technology to clinicians and in our platform's ...

A Swiss Team Uses Transcranial MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound to Treat Patients With Functional Brain Disorders

... of non-invasive transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) for the treatment of neuropathic ... world to test non-invasive transcranial focused ultrasound as a treatment modality for functional brain ... is the first system to use the MR guided focused ultrasound technology that combines MRI - to visualize the ...

CardioDynamics Agrees to be Acquired by SonoSite for $1.35 Per Share

... lightweight systems are expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by cost-effectively bringing high performance ultrasound to the point of patient care. Michael K. ... lightweight systems are expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by cost-effectively ...

Signostics Receives FDA Clearance for World's Smallest Ultrasound Product

... Administration (FDA) for its palm-sized personal ultrasound device, the 'Signos'. (Photo: ... for individual health professionals to use ultrasound in their clinical practice. Just as handheld ... the Signos is the world's smallest and lightest ultrasound device. With a weight of approximately half a ...

FDA Approves Label Change for Non-Invasive Fibroid Treatment

... and Wellness in Plano, Texas; and Focused ultrasound Northwest in Renton, Washington. For more ... outcome in real time - and high intensity focused ultrasound to thermally ablate tumors inside the body ... to develop the breakthrough MR guided Focused ultrasound technology and transform it into the next ...

Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) Offers Greater Sensitivity Over Mammography, Ultrasound and MRI

... sensitivity for detecting ILC than mammography, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). BSGI, ... lobular carcinoma by experienced breast imagers. ultrasound and MRI results, if performed, were included for ... with a sensitivity of 93 percent. Mammography, ultrasound and MRI demonstrated sensitivities of 79 percent, ...

Ultrasound Transducer Disinfection in Many Cases Insufficient

... Offers Unique Solution Current methods of ultrasound transducer disinfection are in many cases not ... to disinfect intracavity and surface ultrasound transducers, while combining speed, safety and ... to disinfect intracavity and surface ultrasound probes. Based on the NanoNebulant(TM) technology ...

Eklin Signs Letter of Intent With ZONARE for Distribution of Zone Sonography(TM) z.one System

... Medical Systems, Inc., a developer of premium ultrasound systems, for the distribution of ZONARE's z.one ultrasound system to the equine veterinary care market in ... healthcare market with its award-winning z.one ultrasound platform," said Gary R. Cantu, chairman and CEO ...

HealthYes! - Premier Provider of Mobile Preventive Medical Screenings - Launches in Alamo City

... include: -- Stroke Screening -- Multiple ultrasound images of the right and left carotid arteries can ... leading cause of death in the United States. ultrasound scanning of the carotid arteries is the single ... HealthYes! employs teams of highly-trained ultrasound technologists and experienced medical assistants. ...

Arobella Medical CEO is Issued U.S. Patent for Ultrasound Wound Therapy Technology

... contact produces a dual delivery of low-frequency ultrasound energy directly on the wound bed. This process ... device company specializing in low-frequency ultrasound for wound care and other wound management ... is positioned to become a leader in advanced ultrasound wound care technologies and devices. Arobella ...

MedPro Installs 1000th Ultrasound System Worldwide

... Multiple ultrasound Solution Provider Doubles Sales Over Same Period ... MedPro Imaging, a premier provider of economical ultrasound solutions, today announced it has installed its 1000th ultrasound system, representing a doubling of sales over the ...

John Grisham Joins Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation Board, Citing Novel Technology's Potential to Help 'Millions of Patients'

... and Funds to Advance the Use of Focused ultrasound in Treating Cancers, Neurological, ... technology -- Magnetic Resonance Guided Focused ultrasound Surgery -- is pleased to announce that ... About Magnetic Resonance Guided Focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) MRgFUS is a disruptive technology that ...

Volcano Announces Acquisition of Novelis, Inc.

... VOLC ), a provider of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), functional measurement (FM) and Optical ... role as advisor to interventionalists in ultrasound image interpretation, we believe this is an ... optimal therapies. The company's intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) product line includes ultrasound consoles ...

Eklin Announces Acquisition of Ultrasource, Inc.

... Management Software Adds Philips ultrasound with Acquisition SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 19 ... and fulfills rapidly growing customer demand for ultrasound solutions from Eklin. "As ultrasound imaging has grown in popularity throughout ...

Direct Medical Systems Reaches Profitability in 2-1/2 Years, as a Result of Sales of the World's Smallest and Lightest Ultrasound System, the InNovaSound USB Ultrasound.

... in the registration of DMS's InNovaSound USB ultrasound Systems and volume sales to a number of ... the United States, for the entire InNovaSound USB ultrasound System product line. PMI is a leader in the ... pulmonary function from QRS and InNovaSound USB ultrasound Systems from DMS. About Direct Medical Systems ...

Siemens Showcases New ACUSON S2000 Ultrasound System, as Well as World's First Pocket Ultrasound System

... New Workflow-Enhancing ultrasound Applications for OB/GYN NEW ORLEANS, May 3 ... ) The latest member of the Siemens ultrasound product family, the ACUSON S2000(TM) ultrasound system, provides excellent gynecologic and ...

Bringing a New Rhythm to Cardiology Workflow: Siemens Demonstrates Answers to Cardiology's Toughest Questions

... version of the ACUSON X300(TM), an all-purpose ultrasound system that provides compact, portable color ... -- Siemens' latest advancements in cardiac ultrasound solutions to be highlighted include the ACUSON X300(TM), an all-purpose ultrasound system that provides compact, portable color ...

Arobella Medical, LLC Launches Qoustic Wound Therapy System(TM)

... Product focuses ultrasound debridement to gently clean and help heal ... the use of low-frequency cavitational ultrasound for wound care. The product offers a safe, ... such as grafts and flaps. Low-frequency ultrasound debridement is emerging as a preferred method of ...

Escalon(R) Announces FDA 510(K) Clearance for VascuView(TM) Visual Ultrasound System For Assisted Vascular Access

... (FDA) to market the VascuView(TM) Visual ultrasound System for use with assisted vascular access. ... and introduction of the new VascuView(TM) Visual ultrasound System," said Michael O'Donnell, President of ... Access. "Developed with doctors and clinicians ultrasound needs in mind, the VascuView(TM) system ...

Escalon(R) Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance for Sonomed MASTER-VU(TM) B-Scan System

... the personal computer into an ophthalmic ultrasound system. Sonomed plans to commence shipments of ... wide range of top quality and market leading ultrasound systems. This flexible and easy-to-use instrument ... 1285. Sonomed, Inc. is a diagnostic ultrasound company specializing in the design, manufacture ...

Siemens' New S Class Revolutionizes the Paradigm of Ultrasound Workflow Today and Tomorrow

... New ACUSON S2000 ultrasound System Dramatically Enhances the Way Ultrasound ... ) "We see ARFI and Silicon ultrasound as the biggest changes in the industry since ... president, Siemens Medical Solutions, ultrasound Division. "The ACUSON S2000 system represents the ...

Mindray Medical International Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results

... segment growth during the third quarter 2007. ultrasound Imaging Systems: ultrasound imaging system segment revenues increased 66.2% ... RMB97.6 million in the third quarter 2006. The ultrasound imaging system segment contributed 28.7% as a ...

ALOKA to Introduce New 'ProSound' Diagnostic Ultrasound Systems at the Scientific Session 2007 of American Heart Association, 4th to 7th of November 2007 in Orlando, Florida

... taken a major step forward in expanding the many ultrasound applications and markets we serve." "I am very ... Alpha 10," said Robert Reach, RDCS, a cardiac ultrasound sonographer at Piedmont Cardiology in Hickory, ... Aloka Aloka Company, Ltd., the Innovator in ultrasound -- has served the worldwide medical community for ...

John Marshall and Kevin McGuinness Appointed to Ellex Board

... design and manufacture of ophthalmic laser and ultrasound systems, announced today the appointment ... a complete line of lasers and diagnostic ultrasound systems used by ophthalmologists to diagnose and ... Imaging, a leading provider of diagnostic ultrasound devices for ophthalmology, initiating ...

Memorial Medical First in Stanislaus County to Provide Convertible Ultrasound From ZONARE

... Zone Sonography Technology Allows Premium Compact ultrasound Imaging at Area's Leading ... today announced it has installed two z.one ultrasound systems from ZONARE Medical Systems, a developer of premium ultrasound technology, in the Center's radiology department. ...

Volcano Corporation Presentation at Bear Stearns Conference to be Webcast

... (Nasdaq: VOLC ), a provider of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and functional measurement (FM) products ... optimal therapies. The company's intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) product line includes ultrasound consoles that can be integrated directly into ...

Ellex FY2007 Year End Results

... design and manufacture of ophthalmic laser and ultrasound systems, today announced its financial results ... and Innovative Imaging of California, an ultrasound diagnostic company. These businesses ... a complete line of lasers and diagnostic ultrasound systems used by ophthalmologists to diagnose and ...

Volcano Corporation Presentation At Canaccord Adams Conference To Be Webcast

... heart disease and guide optimal therapies. The company's intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) product line includes ultrasound consoles that can be integrated directly into virtually any modern cath ...

Patent Awarded for a New X-ray Imaging Technology with Capability Unrealized with Present Day Radiological Modalities

... other existing radiological technique - Angiography, CT, MRI, ultrasound or digital imaging -- has the ability to do this. ... No other existing radiological technique - Angiography, CT, MRI, ultrasound or digital imaging -- has the ability to do this. Gil Zweig, president ...

New Report Just Published: World Prostate Cancer Therapeutics Market Report

... Prostate Cancer II-24 Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) II-24 Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) II-24 PSA Blood Test II-24 Strategies to Enhance ... Methylation Levels and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis II-25 Microbubble ultrasound II-26 Staging of Prostate Cancer II-26 Gleason Score II-27 ...

Video: Varicose Veins, Much More Than a Cosmetic Issue, Can Prove a Health Risk

... to close off. A physician visually monitors the vein and injection on an ultrasound screen, allowing considerable control over the vein area being treated. ... optic fiber is inserted through a needle into the varicose vein under ultrasound guidance. The laser is then activated and as the optic fiber is removed ...

Medical Simulation Corporation to Introduce Central Line Management Program at the National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition

... and providers to practice central venous access using SonoSite(R) ultrasound technology and a central venous trainer. MSC has selected SonoSite, Inc. as its preferred ultrasound vendor for the SimSuite Central Line Management Program. Benefits of ...

Resonant Medical Expands Sales Organization with Appointment of Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing

... MONTREAL, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Resonant Medical, an innovator in 3D ultrasound image-guided adaptive radiotherapy products, today announced the ... Medical (Montreal, Canada) develops, manufactures and commercializes 3D ultrasound image-guided adaptive radiotherapy products. Originally developed at ...

Volcano Corporation Schedules First Quarter Conference Call, Webcast

... heart disease and guide optimal therapies. The company's intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) product line includes ultrasound consoles that can be intergraded directly into virtually any modern cath ...

Eklin Medical Systems to Showcase RapidStudy(TM) CDx Digital Radiography Systems at CVC East

... practice management software (VIA(R)), will showcase its new line up of ultrasound systems, VIA and RapidStudy(TM) DR imaging solutions at the annual Central ... leading providers of veterinary PACS, practice management software (VIA), ultrasound and digital radiography products. Clients include more than 90 percent of ...

Boston Scientific Launches New Coronary Imaging Catheter

... improve the deliverability of the Company's market-leading intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) technology, the iLab(R) ultrasound Imaging System. IVUS technology enables physicians to see detailed images ...

InSightec Ltd. Announces US$15 Million Investment Round

... and monitor treatment outcome in real time - and high intensity focused ultrasound to thermally ablate tumors inside the body non-invasively. MR thermometry, ... It was founded in 1999 to develop the breakthrough MR guided Focused ultrasound technology and transform it into the next generation operating room. ...

Cryoablation of Early Invasive Ductal Breast Cancer With MRI Confirmation Shows Promising Clinical Benefits, According to Study Presented at RSNA

... 2(TM) Treatment System from Sanarus Medical confirms the effectiveness of ultrasound guided cryoablation to completely eradicate small, unifocal Invasive ... involves placing a small needle into the center of the fibroadenoma using ultrasound guidance and subsequently freezing and killing the tumor. The safety and ...

New Publications Show Noninvasive Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound to be a Potentially Safe, Effective Pain-Relieving Treatment for Bone Metastases

... CT images to visualize the patient's anatomy and then aims focused ultrasound waves at the tumor to relieve the pain. The MRI allows the physician to ... It was founded in 1999 to develop the breakthrough MR guided Focused ultrasound technology and transform it into the next generation operating room. ...

NanoVibronix Receives FDA Clearance for its PainShield(TM) MD Device

... MD addresses many of the shortcomings of traditional therapeutic ultrasound and various other therapeutic modalities." About the Company ... in Nesher Israel, develops products that implement its proprietary surface ultrasound technology. The company has also developed a unique line of catheter based ...