Having received FDA clearance, Direct Medical Systems has finally released its tiny USB plug-and-play ultrasound probe, a device that we reported about in May of 2006. The probe, marketed as NuWav by Laborie, is an ultrasound system that is plugged into the USB port of any computer, and, with the help of software, the two become a frugal ultrasound package that can be used in any primary care office.
Press release: Direct Medical Systems Introduces the Smallest and Lightest Ultrasound System in the World…
NuWav™ product page…
Flashback: The Ppups: Plug and Play Ultrasound Probe System
NuWav™ USB Ultrasound Probe
November 7th, 2007 
Medgadget Editors Diagnostics