"Groundbreaking" Ultrasound Device Invented By PhD Student
Ultrasound machines can cost $20,000 or more and weigh 30 pounds, but not George K. Lewis's ultrasound device. Lewis's portable therapeutic ultrasound machine cost him about $150 to make -- 80 percent of which was spent on the battery -- it fits in the palm of his hand, and it can help treat cancer [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 05:11:45
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SciFi To SciFact: Medical Tricorders
A third-year medical student from Cornell has brought us one step closer to the medical tricorder seen on “Star Trek”. George K ... locally injected anesthetic. Lewis miniaturized the ultrasound device by increasing its efficiency ... blood flow. Doctors are hopeful that the ultrasound from Lewis’ portable device will enable hydrogen [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 21:59:51
Frost & Sullivan Lauds SonoScape's Outstanding Entrepreneurship
The 2008 Frost & Sullivan European Ultrasound Entrepreneurial Company Award is presented to SonoScape Co. Ltd. With a strong focus on developing highly sophisticated and ergonomically friendly ultrasound ... by its pioneering S8 color Doppler system and its portfolio of cost-effective, portable and cart based ultrasound [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 07:00:00
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