FDA approves Butterfly iQ a smart phone ultrasound.- Butterfly Network.
Butterfly iQ is FDA 510(k) cleared for diagnostic imaging across 13 clinical applications which span the whole body:Abdominal.Cardiac Adult.Cardiac Pediatric. Fetal/Obstetric.Gynecological.Musculo-Skeletal (Conventional).Musculo-Skeletal (Superficial).Pediatric.Peripheral Vessel. Procedural Guidance. Small Organ. Urology.
This is the broadest FDA clearance to date for an ultrasound transducer. The device is priced at less than $2,000 and Butterfly will begin shipping systems in 2018.
A physician uses the hand-held device to scan a patient�s body and sees the imaging on an iPhone. Because the iQ system combines three transducers in one, the physician does not need to switch out transducers to conduct imaging on a different part of the body, saving valuable time. The images are then sent to the cloud for storage.
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