SonoSite is continuing its interesting strategy of developing ultrasounds for various specialties by offering a new device, the SonoSite S-ICU&trade, custom-designed for intensive care physicians. The system was introduced today at the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) annual meeting in Chicago.
With the S-ICU tool, intensivists get the breakthrough image quality of SonoSite’s powerful, newly introduced M-Turbo™ system with the user interface, software and controls specialized to address the point-of-care exams and procedures commonly performed in a hospital intensive care unit (ICU). In the ICU, where time is often of the essence, the system boots from a cold start in seconds and the optimal image can be acquired immediately with just two controls. Weighing just 8.35 pounds, the S-ICU tool can be easily carried, mounted on an IV pole, or fixed on a wall or ceiling for zero footprint, and survive being dropped from three feet onto a hard surface. Its sealed interface can be easily wiped down with disinfectant, which is crucial for reducing infection risk in an ICU…
At introduction, the S-ICU ultrasound tool offers a complement of phased, curved and linear array transducers to enable abdominal, cardiac and vascular scanning as well as visual guidance of PICC and central line placements, dialysis access, thoracentesis and paracentesis. The transducers, like the S-ICU system itself, are designed to take a true beating and are covered by SonoSite’s unmatched 5-year warranty. They are also interchangeable with the M-Turbo system and new image optimization algorithms are available on all S-ICU transducers and exam types.
Product page: Sonosite S-ICU…
Press release: SonoSite Introduces S-ICU …
SonoSite flashbacks: S-Nerve™ from SonoSIte; M-Turbo™: New Portable Ultrasound from SonoSite; The SonoSite® MicroMaxx™; Titan
