Portable ultrasound machines are mobile ultrasound systems designed to be used in small spaces, at a patient’s bedside, or in the field. They can be cart-based, tablet-based, or hand-carried.
As patient volumes continue to increase due to aging populations and increasing co-morbidities, and budgets continue to shrink, it’s evident that the portable ultrasound market is in a unique position to grow due to its cost-effective, real-time, portable solutions. Based on feedback from the market, CHISON insists on developing its comprehensive portable ultrasound machines in order to meet a wide range of clinical and financial needs.
Throughout the past 50 years, ultrasound technology has rapidly evolved. What were once large, bulky systems are now compact. Portable ultrasound machines provide the flexibility and mobility to travel with clinicians and image patients where they are in real-time.
Portable ultrasound machines empower clinicians to obtain high-quality images without relying on a single machine’s availability. These mobile systems have smaller footprints and can quickly move from room to room, minimizing wait time, increasing throughput, and ultimately contributing to a better patient experience.
The COVID-19 pandemic ignited dramatic shifts in healthcare, allowing innovative technologies to realize their true potential at the forefront of patient care.
In today’s quickly evolving healthcare environment, ultrasound systems are more frequently being used as the first choice for diagnostic imaging and triage. In some situations, it’s the only imaging option. Due to their fast-paced nature, Emergency and Critical Care departments were early adopters of ultrasound to improve the speed and accuracy of patient care. But because of the machines’ ability to move across departments, aid in quick diagnoses, and enhance workflow, portable ultrasound machines have been adopted in daily practice by many specialties, including Cardiology, Vascular, Radiology, Endocrinology, Pediatric, and Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB/GYN).
The new technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) being integrated into portable ultrasounds systems have simplified workflows, made exams faster and more accurate, and helped clinicians increase confidence in their diagnoses.
Laptop-based systems are ideal for fast-paced environments when advanced features are needed in a compact, portable solution. They are widely used in Emergency, Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Vascular departments. Many portable laptops come equipped with advanced imaging and AI components to capture diagnostic images and aid in diagnosis. You can scan on battery power alone with laptop-based systems, so they may be the only imaging option for mobile emergency units. CHISON has several laptop-based portable ultrasound solutions, like SonoBook series Ultrasound Systems.
Handheld ultrasounds are an excellent option when extreme portablity, fast scanning, and waterproof are required. Typically, these systems are utilized by many departments and users with varying ultrasound skill levels – so the system needs to be intuitive, easy to use, and provide exceptional image quality. Handheld ultasound systems are used in Critical Care, Anesthesiology，Gastroenterology，Musculoskeletal, Surgery, Vascular, Emergency Medicine，OB/GYN, Breast, Nursing, Covid-19, Pediatrics and Radiology. CHISON can provide the most advanced handheld ultrasound SonoEye for practitioners who need extreme portable ultrasound machine with premium image quality.
Tablet-based systems are ideal for tight-spaced environments. When considering a tablet-based system, accessibility, ease of use, and disinfection are vital. Often, these systems can be found in Emergency, Critical Care, and Anesthesia departments. Tablet-based systems can have advanced features but are not a robust imaging solution since they are touchscreen only. They are ideal for targeted and specific uses, such as needle visualization, biopsies, and bedside applications
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Portable ultrasound is a modality of medical ultrasonography that utilizes small and light devices, compared to the console-style ultrasound machines that preceded them. In most cases these mobile ultrasound systems could be carried by hand and in some cases even operated for a time on battery power alone. The first portable ultrasound machines arrived in the early 1980s but battery powered systems that could be easily carried did not arrive until the late 1990s.
History
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The ADR 2130, designed by Marty Wilcox was the first portable ultrasound unit commercially available in the United States, being released in 1975. This unit weighed about 25 lbs, had 3 linear probes to choose from and used an oscilloscope for a display instead of a TV monitor.[1] ADR was later purchased by ATL which later spun off its portable technology into a company that became Sonosite. ATL was later purchased by Philips while Sonosite came out with its first battery powered portable offering, the Sonosite 180 released in 1998.[2] Previous to this, Ecton produced a low-cost portable cardiac ultrasound system that could be carried by hand in March 1998, called the Sonnet[3] but the test prototypes were never put into full-scale production because of difficulty finding venture capital. Ecton was purchased by Acuson in 1999 and the Sonnet system was released as the Acuson Cypress Cypress portable ultrasound system in 2000.[4] The first battery powered portable was the Organon Teknika MiniVisor produced in 1979, but which saw only limited production. The device was created by a team led by Klaas Bom of the Erasmus MC and Organon Teknika.[5] The first dual-touch screen portable the Hyperion ultrasound system distributed through Graydon Pierce Imaging is designed specifically for the most hostile and demanding medical environments – Military Medical Applications (MEDCOM), Emergency Medical Services, Trauma Centers and Humanitarian Relief Operations. Recently GE has come out with the VScan and Vscan dual probe, which offer almost a micro-ultrasound. Importantly, its price point is such that they can be issued to individual physicians.
Color Portable Ultrasound
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In 1994, Dr. Alice Chiang, through technology she developed at MIT, patented the first color portable ultrasound. Transferring the applications of radar, sonar, and telecommunications used by the U.S. Department of Defense. She founded Terason, a medical device technology company, increasing the availability of portable ultrasound imaging.[6][7]
Uses
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Portable ultrasound machines are typically used in situations where space is limited, mobility is important, or the scanning must be done in the field. OB/GYN doctors were the first to start using portable ultrasound systems as these could be brought bedside or were affordable enough to be purchased by a private practice. Currently portable ultrasound machines are used in Cardiac, Vascular, Radiology, Endocrinology, Pediatric, Gastroenterology, Hepatology[8][9] and OB/GYN applications. In addition, EMS personnel from several countries including Germany, Italy, France, and the United States have used portable ultrasound evaluations in the field.[10]
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