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.