Unlike the dedicated machine on wheels wielded by technicians in labor and delivery units or hospitals, a POCUS unit is meant to fit in a clinician’s pocket and connect to a tablet or smartphone to ...

Every medical student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham now has access to a portable point-of-care ultrasound unit (POCUS unit) for the first time to help diagnose a patient’s potential ...

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin - When doctors in a remote African town warned a 20-something pregnant woman she was well past her due date, the Liberian patient agreed to have labor induced. But Dr. Simon ...

“The UF-760AG unit is extremely versatile, offering advanced imaging technologies to improve diagnostic confidence,” said Ray Usukura, President Fukuda Denshi USA, “The system is highly suited for a ...

Japan's Fujifilm announced 510(k) and CE mark approval of its SonoSite Edge II portable ultrasound system, making it the latest entrant in the fast-growing market. Unlike traditional ultrasound ...

These days, care is all about delivering the highest quality for the lowest cost. Sometimes, this involves standard re-evaluation of management and clinical practices. Other times, hospitals turn to ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — What do you do if you can’t get women to visit a crisis-pregnancy center? You bring the center to them. Portable ultrasound units are not a new idea, but an organization in Arizona is ...

The fledgling industry of portable ultrasound units has grown rapidly the past two years and it's expected to become an even bigger part of the ultrasound market. It is dominated by SonoSite Inc. of ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trice Imaging, a leading provider in the medical image management industry, announced today at Health 2.0 the integration of Tricefy into FUJIFILM SonoSite’s latest ...

CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) – The Carmel fire department is employing a new form of a familiar technology to help save lives. “This is really the first time in history that we’ve been able to use technology ...

Of all the current imaging techniques, portable ultrasound has shown the greatest promise in meeting the needs in developing countries such as Ghana because it is transportable, relatively inexpensive ...

WAUWATOSA, Wis. - When doctors in a remote African town warned a 20-something pregnant woman she was well past her due date, the Liberian patient agreed to have labor induced. But Dr. Simon Kotlyar ...