With the FDA’s blessing, EchoNous’ point-of-care ultrasound system is officially a triple threat. The U.S. regulator issued a 510(k) clearance for its Lexsa probe, the third hand-held scanner unveiled ...

Medical imaging, specifically ultrasound, is undergoing a significant transformation. In addition to high-performance cart-based ultrasound systems, it’s now possible to use a handheld device to ...

Researchers have developed a compact handheld imaging probe that could expand the clinical and research use of photoacoustic ...

Artificial intelligence is giving an assist to pregnant women and their care teams to help those moms deliver healthy babies. Ultrasounds are a routine part of prenatal care, but the Gates Foundation ...

With a dual-headed probe, the Vscan Air SL offers a sector array and a linear array on a single device which is ideal for switching between focused cardiac assessments and vascular assessments right ...

With its new handheld ultrasound device, Exo is seeking to take point-of-care ultrasound beyond just the emergency medicine field — into areas like urgent care, primary care and the home. Kurt Hammond ...

GE HealthCare has welcomed a new addition to its line of handheld ultrasound devices: the Vscan Air SL, featuring a dual-probe design for quickly assessing heart and blood vessel issues at the point ...

Devices enable LifeBridge to move scanning closer to COVID-19 patients, limit their movement, and accelerate diagnoses. Point-of-care ultrasound has found an important place in the toolkit of ...

Guilford’s Butterfly Network announced Wednesday that it had won a $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide its handheld ultrasound probe to healthcare workers in Africa. A ...

When Butterfly Network first began rolling out its handheld ultrasound scanners in 2018, much of the focus was on providing tools to parts of Africa and Latin America, where access to large and more ...