SONON-The world’s first wireless, app-based ultrasound device that fits in your pocket

Healcerion, a company based in South Korea, has developed a small, pocket-sized ultrasound system that is powerful, portable and does not require electricity for scanning. The SONON series devices weigh just about 360gms and can be used for scanning everywhere you go.

The device wirelessly transmits data to a paired tablet or smartphone where the images are viewed, analyzed and can easily be shared with others. In emergency situations, SONON 300C can use any network, WiFi, 3G and LTE to share still images or videos (MPEG4).

The system supports Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) so that it can effectively store and securely share images through picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) server.

The SONON series is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that provides up to 3 hours of continuous scanning with up to 12 hours of standby mode. The battery gets fully charged in 3 hours.

SONON is especially useful in Telemedicine for providing services to patients in remote areas, emergency medical or disaster situations, medical education and consultations.

The Healcerion started with SONON 300C convex array transducer and have recently launched the SONON 300L linear transducer. The SONON 300C is used for scanning abdomen, bladder, FAST, Early and late OB, and Gynecology.

The SONON 300L features color Doppler mode for easier musculoskeletal (MSK), lungs, vascular(carotid), superficial, small parts (breast, thyroid), and other types of imaging.

Healcerion was the first company to receive FDA clearance for a wireless, app-based ultrasound system back in 2015 and it’s SONON 300L was recently cleared by FDA in November 2017.

Dr. Benjamin Jeongwon Ryu founded Healcerion 4 years ago with a hope to make ultrasound more ubiquitous and reachable in areas where electricity and internet connectivity is limited. It is invaluable for trauma care and medical emergencies where a hand-held portable device is every radiologist dream.

The company is further looking to make the device compact and easier to use. It is also focusing on cloud-based solutions as advancement towards mobile-healthcare platforms.

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Video of Dr. Ryu showing off a Healcerion ultrasound

Video showing how to get started with using the device 

FDA Clearance of Interson SiMPLi™ Series linear and convex USB array probes will revolutionize the future of Ultrasound.

FDA today announced that it has cleared Interson SiMPLi™ Series linear and convex USB array probes to be used for medical application. 

Both linear and convex array probes are used for point of care USB Ultrasound and can directly be plugged into Windows OS tablets, laptops, and desktops to display real-time ultrasound images at resolution and detail that were, until now, only available on high-end ultrasound systems.

These probes are lightweight, easy to handle and can be easily brought to bedside or can be transported to any location outside the office for point of care imaging.

Roman Solek, President & CEO said, “These new array probes continue on our company vision to bring affordable, high-quality ultrasound imaging to every medical professional. SiMPLi Series is the most portable, real-time ultrasound solution available. We are proud to keep pushing the market forward on performance and practicality while also driving the cost lower.”

These probes can be used for wide varieties of medical sub specialties like women’s health, rehab facilities, primary care, hospice care and telemedicine.

These probes also allow remote ultrasound viewing. Healthcare personal at the remote location connects their USB ultrasound probe and streams their local view to the central hospital. The experts at the central facility can provide a real-time diagnosis.

If real time remote viewing is not possible, the local exam may be saved and forwarded to an expert for analysis. Saving a simple jpeg often is not enough for the expert to provide a diagnosis. Save all of the exam’s frames by selecting Cine Save and then send the frames to the expert. The expert can load the Cine file into their SeeMore application and adjust gains, intensity, and contrast to optimize the view. They can add annotations and make measurements. The expert can then save and archive the best frame of the exam.

The probes were also displayed at the American Telemedicine trade show in Orlando Florida.

"Our SiMPLi probes appear as a connected webcam to the system. Telemedicine can now realize all of the benefits of ultrasound diagnostics without having to connect to a floor standing or cart mounted ultrasound.” says Bill Wiedemann, Director Systems Integration.

Ultrasound is the next revolution in Healthcare. 

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