DESCRIPTION

Siemens’ Acuson Freestyle ultrasound system features wireless transducers, eliminating the impediment of cables in ultrasound imaging. To enable this pioneering technology, the system brings to the market a large number of innovations, including acoustics, system architecture, radio design, miniaturization and image processing. The system was designed to expand ultrasound’s use in interventional and therapeutic applications where a sterile environment is required.  

Wireless transducers can also expand ultrasound into new and emerging applications such as administering nerve blocks, enhancing vascular access, and improving target localization through ultrasound guidance during therapeutic interventions and biopsies. Three wireless transducers are available for the system, covering a range of general imaging, vascular, and high-frequency applications such as musculoskeletal and nerve imaging. The user can operate the transducers up to three meters away from the system, which includes an ergonomic interface that enables remote control of scanning parameters from within the sterile field. The system has a 38-centimeter, high-resolution LED display, can be mounted on a lightweight cart, and operates on battery power.