What You Should Know:
- iCardio.ai, a developer of deep learning algorithms for ultrasound images, has joined Butterfly Garden, an AI Marketplace by Butterfly Network.
- The agreement aims to integrate iCardio.ai's suite of cardiac ultrasound AI tools with Butterfly's single-probe, whole-body handheld ultrasound system, pending applicable approvals.
Cardiac Ultrasound AI Tools
Cardio.ai's software, awaiting FDA 510(k) clearance, automates critical measurements of the heart, detects
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Ultrasound
Israel Defense Forces to Utilize UltraSight’s PoCUS Devices in Combat
What You Should Know:
- UltraSight – an AI-powered micro-ultrasound company that is revolutionizing cardiac sonography to enable more accurate and timely clinical decisions – is now offering its services to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The device has FDA clearance and is now available in Israel, the UK, and the US.
- Many of the IDF soldiers will now have an ultrasound in their pocket. The PoCUS devices – powered by UltraSight’s software - deliver
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GE HealthCare Inks $44M Contract with BARDA to Develop AI-Driven Ultrasound Tech
What You Should Know:
GE HealthCare announced a $44M contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) —part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—to develop and obtain regulatory clearance for next-generation ultrasound technology with AI applications.
- The goal of the technology will support clinicians of all skill levels in
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Butterfly Introduces Two Ultrasound Education Offerings
Butterfly Network, Inc., a digital health company transforming care through the power of portable, semiconductor-based ultrasound technology and intuitive software, today announced the addition of two new ultrasound education offerings that will complete its full suite of education products. The new offerings will include:
- Butterfly Certified™, a complete set of virtual and in-person POCUS courses designed to meet local training or privileging requirements, delivered in partnership with
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Exo Unveils Handheld Ultrasound Device
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Exo (pronounced “echo”), a medical imaging software and device company, today unveiled a category-redefining handheld ultrasound device, Exo Iris™, to put high-performance medical imaging into the hands—and pockets—of every caregiver.Built on Exo’s advanced silicon technology, Exo Iris delivers versatile imaging performance for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) at a fraction of the size and cost of cart-based systems. Exo Iris is the latest addition to Exo’s
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Geisinger Deploys Exo’s POCUS Ultrasound Workflow Solution
What You Should Know:
- Geisinger has announced their implementation of Exo’s point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) workflow software, Exo Works, to simplify and streamline ultrasound exam documents, billing and quality assurance to improve patient outcomes.
- The implementation marks Geisinger as the first health system in PA to implement Exo’s easy-to-use ultrasound workflow solution.
- Exo Works will be deployed in Geisinger’s Emergency, Women’s Health and Sports Medicine
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FDA Grants Clearance for UltraSight’s AI Cardiac Ultrasound
What You Should Know:
UltraSight, a digital health pioneer transforming cardiac imaging through the power of artificial intelligence, announced that it has been granted FDA clearance for its AI-powered ultrasound guidance technology. The UltraSight real-time AI guidance software can assist medical professionals without sonography experience in acquiring cardiac ultrasound images at the point of care in multiple settings, allowing for more widespread detection of heart disease and
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Is Education is the Catalyst to Increased Adoption of Handheld Ultrasound?
Handheld ultrasound has not yet reached mainstream adoption but the market is still forecast to reach over $500 million by 2026. Signify Research’s newly published Handheld Ultrasound Deep Dive Report 2022 shows that market revenues are estimated to have grown by approximately 30% in 2021, driven by strong growth in the US, the biggest market for handheld ultrasound. Despite the global challenges for handheld ultrasound vendors in 2022, such as rising inflation and supply chain disruptions, the
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GE HealthCare to Acquire Caption Health to Expand AI-Guided Ultrasounds
What You Should Know:
- GE HealthCare acquires Caption Health, Inc., a privately owned artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare leader that creates clinical applications to aid in early disease detection, using AI to assist in conducting ultrasound scans.
- The acquisition supports GE HealthCare’s $3B Ultrasound business by adding AI-enabled image guidance to ultrasound device portfolios. In addition, it aligns with strategy to deliver precision care and expands access to new ultrasound
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U.S. Air Force and SimX Expands VR Medical Training Partnership
What You Should Know:
- SimX and the U. S. Air Force are announcing a $1.7M expansion of its ongoing effort to advance the future of medical simulation training using virtual reality (VR) technology.
- This effort, housed within the Virtual Advancement of Learning for Operational Readiness (VALOR) program at SimX, aims to enhance the usability and medical capability of virtual simulation training, with a focus on prehospital combat casualty care delivered by the Air Force's elite special
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