Ultrasound education focused SonoSim said this week it is extending a collaboration with GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) to cover ultrasound training and education for GE’s women’s health and urology divisions. Through the extended collaboration, Sonosim will offer its SonoSim 365 for GE Healthcare to clients in the women’s health and urology fields who own qualifying ultrasound systems […]
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Philips and Profound Medical extend ablation tech deal
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) said it extended its deal with Profound Medical to include a sales and marketing agreement to promote Profounds’ Tulsa-Pro ultrasound ablation system. Profounds Tulsa system allows for a minimally invasive, whole-gland ablation of the prostate, which will be guided by Philips MRI machines, the companies said. “Our agreement with Philips will enable us to […]
Clear Guide closes $3m Series A to support Scenergy image guidance system
Clear Guide Medical said today it closed a $3 million Series A round of financing to support its Scenergy CT-Ultrasound fusion and image guidance system designed to aid in minimally invasive biopsies and other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The system operates through an intelligently integrated display of fused ultrasound and CT images, and will be sold as […]
FujiFilm wins 510(k) for Vevo MD clinical ultrasound system
Fujifilm Sonosite (TSE:4901) subsidiary VisualSonics said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Vevo MD ultra high frequency clinical ultrasound system, the company’s 1st offering in the clinical market. The Vevo MD is designed for image resolution down to 30 micrometers, and is compatible with FujiFilm VisualSonics UHF series of transducers capable of operating in […]
Profound Medical wins CE Mark for Tulsa-Pro ablation device
Profound Medical said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its Tulsa-Pro ablation device designed to treat prostate cancer. The Toronto-based company’s system allows for a minimally invasive, whole-gland ablation of the prostate, guided by magnetic resonance imaging machines, the company said. “Our innovation and passion for this unique therapy has […]
Clarius claims 1st portable ultrasound for iPhone, Android
Mobile ultrasound developer Clarius Mobile Health said yesterday it released the 1st smartphone-connected portable ultrasound scanner designed to work with Apple IOS and Google Android devices. The device will be premiered at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Conference in New York this week, the company said. “Physicians have been asking for a portable […]
Conavi wins 510(k) for cardiac ultrasound imager
Conavi medical said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Foresight ICE System designed for intracardiac and intraluminal ultrasound visualization of cardiac and great vessel anatomy. The device from Toronto-based Conavi, formerly known as Colibri Technologies, also allows for the visualization of other devices in the heart and great vessels of patients, the company […]
Fujifilm wins CE Mark for Vevo MD UHF ultrasound
Fujifilm Sonosite (TSE:4901) subsidiary VisualSonics said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its Vevo MD ultra high frequency clinical ultrasound. The Vevo MD operates at higher frequencies than conventional ultrasound systems currently on the market, Fujifilm said, and is now commercially available in the majority of the European Union countries. “As […]
RSNA Roundup: Researchers refine X-ray tech with Kinect gaming sensor
Microsoft’s (NSDQ:MSFT) Kinect, originally developed as a motion sensor for its Xbox gaming systems, is helping researchers refine X-ray imaging through analysis of body part thickness, motion and positioning, researchers said today, and with the use of the best wireless router
Insightec files PMA for Exablate Neuro
Insightec said today it submitted a premarket approval application to the FDA for its Exablate Neuro device seeking an indication to treat essential tremors. The Exablate Neuro uses high intensity focused ultrasound to thermally ablate targeted tissue and uses continuous magnetic resonance imaging to visualize anatomy to plan and monitor treatments and outcomes. The MR-guided focused […]
Vittamed pulls in $10m Series A for intracranial pressure device
Vittamed said today it raised $10 million in a Series A round of funding to support its intracranial pressure neurodiagnostic sensor development and launch. The funding round was led by Xeraya Capital Labuan and joined by existing investor Imprimatur Capital and other investors, the Boston-based company said. “The financial support and expertise of Xeraya Capital […]