Portable Ultrasound Machine Signostics

Pioneering medical equipment supplier company "Signostics" announced their portable or handheld ultrasound machine palm-sized (PDA Size) as personal ultrasound device (the 'Signos') on October 9, 2009. The Signos is small ultrasound machine that gives the physicians accelerated means to visually assess patients' internal anatomy.

Portable ultrasound Signos uses MotionScape and SectorView technology to facilitate a wide range of high resolution clinical applications, including ultrasound guidance for needle placement, AAA exams, FAST exams, bladder volumes and more. This machine important for abdominal assessments such as bladder, abdominal aortic aneurysm screening, and trauma assessment; musculoskeletal; and basic obstetrics, such as pregnancy viability and fetal positioning.


The device delivers high-resolution images anywhere, with a touch-screen display, a start time of less than one second from sleep mode and stores up to 10,000 images. The portable ultrasound Signos is equivalent to the size of a smart phone, Weighing approximately a half pound with a sleek.

The Signos ultrasound machine features with volume measurements, customized patient data, voice note recording and multiple transducer frequencies. The Signostics palm-sized as handheld ultrasound product helps physicians deliver patient care quickly and affordably.


Signostics was established in Adelaide, Australia in 2005 and expanded into the U.S (in Silicon Valley, California) at 2008 as global sales and marketing headquarters. Right now, The Signostics company continues to grow rapidly, driven by solid investment, unique patented technology and a motivated team such as physicians, sonographers as well as biomedical, electronic and software engineers. The company has expanding their ultrasound machine product into India, South-East Asia and Europe.

Ultrasound Machine SonoSite S Series

Hand-carried ultrasound machine (portable or small one) allows the physician in charge to use the machine anywhere in his hospital premises without hassle. There are many brands of ultrasound machine like Mindray, Toshiba, Phillips, Siemens, Acuson, GE, Terason, ATL, Sequoia, SonoSite, etc. But in this article we will talking about Hand-carried Ultrasound Machine from SonoSite S Series.

SonoSite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader medical supplier and specialist in hand-carried ultrasound for point-of-care diagnostic, announced a new SonoGT™ Global Target technology mountable S Series ultrasound machine at 31 January 2009.

The hand-carried ultrasound machine SonoSite S Series was recognized with its second, coveted design award for the Medical and Scientific category, an International Design Excellence Award (IDEA), from an annual, juried competition co-sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and BusinessWeek.


The new performance platform from ultrasound machine SonoSite S Series are delivers enhanced color flow sensitivity, wireless connectivity using a remote control for hands-free system and workflow integration for multiple point-of-care application markets.

The ultrasound machine SonoSite S Series tools are available in specialized configurations to address the specific needs of various clinical specialities. So, they put the names of S-series related to a specification of SonoSite ultrasounds machine such as S-FAST for emergency medicine physicians, S-Nerve for anesthesiologists, S-GYN for gynecologist, S-Cath for interventionalists, S-ICU for intensivists, S-Women's Health for breast surgeons and women's health clinicians and the S-MSK for musculoskeletal specialists.

Using 802.11b/g technology, SonoRoam technology enables wireless image transfer from the ultrasound machine S Series system to a PACS system via DICOM® and to a personal computer via SonoSite's SiteLink™, Its' help the clinicians quickly retrieve the information from any location.

Specification features of ultrasound machine SonoSite S Series are :

• Color Flow Performance, provided a ColorHD Technology make SonoSite S Series works in parallel with multiple Turbo platform algorithms to give good result on image, sensitivity and frame rates. The ultrasound SonoSite S Series was selected by many doctors, because it's increased diagnostic information and better visualization of color flow, particularly in low flow states for the object.


• Workflow Integration, DICOM Storage Commit and DICOM Multi-Modality on hand-carried ultrasound machine SonoSite S Series Performed Procedure Step to complete the IHE profile (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) and Scheduled Workflow (SWF) Integration Profile. This facilitates seamless clinical integration of ordering, scheduling, image acquisition, storage, viewing and billing of patient procedures.

Portable Ultrasound Machine SonoSite M-OB/GYN Office

Portable Ultrasound Machine SonoSite M-OB/GYN Office is one of Sonosite company's product that customized for use by obstetricians and gynecologists as hand-carried ultrasound machine.

Portable Ultrasound Machine SonoSite M-OB/GYN Office designed base on SonoSite's fourth generation M-Turbo platform. The SonoSite M-OB/GYN Office provided a simple controls to the user, crisp, clear image quality in standard PC formats, and just two specialized transducers help make quick work of fetal assessments, pelvic exams and uterine screenings.

The SonoSite M-OB/GYN Office ultrasound tool has two transducers - the C60x/5-2 MHz curved array transducer for abdominal scanning and the ICTx/8-5 MHz intracavitary curved array transducer for pelvic imaging. It allows the physician or medical team to bring high-quality imaging conveniently to your exam rooms for routine and maintenance procedures.


Others feature of Portable Ultrasound Machine SonoSite M-OB/GYN Office are A specialized software package includes Tissue Harmonic Imaging, color Doppler and advanced OB calculations.

Thomas J. Dugan, Senior Vice President, US Sales and Marketing told that the SonoSite M-OB/GYN Office is ultrasound machine with combines the high performance of cart-based systems with the small footprint, speed, flexibility and durability system.

The portable Ultrasound machine SonoSite M-OB/GYN Office was introduced in October 2007 at medical meetings and congresses, for this machine the sonosite company will give 5-year Landmark Warranty.

Bellow are the others features from SonoSite M-OB/GYN Office :

• Backed by a 5-year warranty and our 24-hour loaner program for maximum uptime.
• Crisp and clear, featuring SonoHD™ Imaging Technology - with 16x the processing power of our previous generation.
• Tough as nails. Drop tested to withstand the real world.
• Backlit keyboard is easier on the eyes.
• Capture quality video clips up to 60 seconds long.
• PC- and Mac-friendly for effortless data management with 2 high-speed USB 2.0 ports.
• Smaller than most laptops, this lightweight champion weighs under 7 pounds.
• Increased application flexibility with the optional Triple Transducer Connect.
• Super fast, Capable of going from off to scanning within 15 seconds.
• When the Portable Ultrasound Machine SonoSite M-OB/GYN Office always kept in open condition, the user will be easy to clean and sanitize them.

Portable Ultrasound Machine DRAMIŃSKI ANIMALprofi L

Ultrasound machine DRAMINSKI ANIMALprofi L is design for complete and reliable diagnosis in reproduction for small and large animals. This is Portable veterinary ultrasound scanner for professionals, It supplies you with extreme flexibility provided by an option to work with various probes; rectal linear, abdominal convex and back fat measurement probe.

The Portable Ultrasound machine DRAMINSKI ANIMALprofi L is an ideal equipment designed to work in difficult conditions. The scanner can be used both in small (pigs, sheep, goats, dogs, cats) and large animals (such as Cow and Mares).


When you buy Ultrasound scanner DRAMINSKI ANIMALprofi L portable, It has provided with standard equipment bellow :

• scanner body with linear probe (7.5 MHz)
• 2 external batteries and 1 charger
• set of cables and straps to carry scanner
• transport case
• gel for ultrasonography
• operation manual

The Portable Ultrasound machine DRAMINSKI ANIMALprofi L features with some important specification :

• display modes: B, BB, M
• measurement of scanned object (size and area)
• memory for 200 images
• Cine-loop memory for 119 frames
• 2x zoom
• gain control
• image freezing

DRAMINSKI ANIMALprofi L Ultrasound will give you the possibility of :

1. Pregnancy detection in early stage
2. Ovaries diagnostic
3. Backfat measurement
4. Cardiac frequency evaluation
5. Tendons examination

The Portable Ultrasound machine DRAMINSKI ANIMALprofi L design with solid aluminium housing, So this ultrasound machine became resist climate inclemencies as water, dust, soil, sweat and shake. Ultrasound DRAMINSKI ANIMALprofi L give the user an excellent image resolution to get better picture.


DRAMINSKI ANIMALprofi L is a portable ultrasound machine which feature with Philips LCD TFT 6.4 inches, and wight only 2.5 kg.

Ultrasound Machine Acuson Cypress Plus

This is a Portable ultrasound machine for cardiovascular system. The Acuson Cypress Plus provides advanced cardiac functions and superior image quality all within a portable ultrasound system. The Cypress Plus includes intima–media thickness calculations package, it's small, durable and has solid imaging capabilities at a great price point.

The Ultrasound Acuson Cypress PLUS is a highly miniaturized, all digital, phased array echocardiography system that provides complete studies and outstanding images – even on patients who are difficult to image.


The highlights of ultrasound machine Acuson Cypress PLUS are Spectral PW/CW Doppler, Stress Echo, Native Tissue Harmonic Imaging (NTHI) and IMT (InterMedial Thickening Quantification).

The Ultrasound Machine Acuson Cypress PLUS is the only portable system on the market with a complete range of cardiovascular applications, including:

• Adult and pediatric transthoracic echocardiography (TTE)
• Multiplane transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)
• Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) with the ACUSON AcuNav ultrasound catheter family
• Peripheral vascular imaging
• Abdominal vascular imaging
• Comprehensive measurements, calculations as well as report and analysis packages, including Stress Echo
• Proprietary, all digital system architecture enables high-end imaging performance for increased confidence and improved patient outcomes

Really, The Ultrasound Machine Acuson Cypress system PLUS engineers pioneered technology miniaturization such as subsystems designed into reprogrammable logic chips and high-speed, full-resolution image transfer to the internal hard drive.

The Ultrasound Machine Acuson Cypress system PLUS transitions easily from your small private office or hospital echo lab to the operating theatre or your patient’s bedside. It’s ultrasound where you need it, streamlines your workflow and increases your productivity. Network connectivity with CypressViewer™ ultrasound software allows for cost effective offline study review and analysis on a PC.

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The features of Ultrasound Machine Acuson Cypress system PLUS :

• Imaging: 2D with harmonics, Color Doppler, B-Color, Color Angio, PW Doppler, CW Doppler
• 15" LCD color monitor
• DICOM
• ECG/M-mode with 3 lead ECG cable
• CINE loop
• DASR with Hard Drive, MOD & DICOM output
• Cardiac Calculations (including abdominal) & Reports Software
• Cypress-Link software (networking)
• Cypress viewing software (to view images on a PC)
• 18 lbs.

By using the Ultrasound Acuson Cypress PLUS, The user can be easy transition from a hand-carried unit to a cart-based system allows extensive patient access and system flexibility.