SonoSite Introduces New Smaller FDA Approved Mobile Ultra Sound Device and Software

The first time I remembered seeing their product was in the images on a post about the new LAC/USC Hospital that opened earlier this year. SonoSite images were all over the place. The devices have a built in USB port as well so images could be moved via hardwire or another portable drive as well.

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Ultra sound equipment is certainly getting smaller and smaller these days as there is also a PDA size device that can do an ultrasound, but in a medical setting where you have the availability of a larger screen, we all know what we would choose.

In addition to the new smaller device, SonoSite is also announcing new software that works on a PC or Mac. Images from a SonoSite device can wirelessly be transferred. BD

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BOTHELL, WA – October 5, 2009 – SonoSite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader and specialist in hand-carried ultrasound for the point-of-care, announced today that the company has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new NanoMaxx™ ultrasound system and is commencing US customer deliveries. International deliveries began at the end of June.

Based on SonoSite’s 4th generation Turbo technology, the six pound NanoMaxx system is the latest addition to SonoSite’s suite of specialized products for point-of-care visualization in medicine. Complete with streamlined one button optimization technology, a touch screen user interface and SonoSite’s industry-leading 5-year warranty, the NanoMaxx system is ideal for both hospital and office markets and designed to provide healthcare professionals with improved.

The NanoMaxx system’s highly integrated architecture and ruggedized design, including the industry’s first elastomeric bumper for extra durability, plus magnesium outer shell, allows it to be used in the most demanding and austere environments. Proving its reliability, the NanoMaxx system and its transducers successfully passed SonoSite’s standard three foot durability drop test.