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Here’s my overall review I have a suggested improvement. I would replace the curvilinear probe head with a small footprint phased array transducer that has a form factor that could fit in between ribs. As an ER doctor, the curvilinear probe is mostly useful for assessing biliary pathologies. However, these are not usually imminently life threatening and can generally wait for a formal ultrasound. On the other hand, the RUQ, LUQ, and subxiphoid views of the FAST exam can rapidly assess for life threatening injuries but are very difficult to perform using the current curvilinear probe since it is generally too large to fit into the appropriate intercostal space acoustic windows. Cardiac ultrasound is another emergent procedure that is useful in the ER and it suffers from the same issue with this probe (the curvilinear form factor has difficulty fitting between ribs to get the appropriate views). I am a big fan of the device nevertheless, it is definitely useful and I think the wireless nature is a huge advantage in a chaotic ER. I think it could truly be turned into a “killer app” if the changes suggested above were made.
It works great, I can perform ultrasound scanning anytime on the go and the picture quality is great, as a gynecologist those things are pretty important to me. As you can see in this video, this is the capture of a 6 month old healthy baby boy who moved during my scan. My patient was so happy with this capture in the comfort of her home.
Started using 2 different units for bedside ultrasound and renal biopsy guidance. One of the great things is that we can use the sterile sheath the hospital stocks to cover the device with our home made needle guide attached and you don’t have to worry about a cord. The device is light, stays cool to the touch and has no latency.
The other thing is that you can wirelessly connect to any iphone, ipad, or android device so you don’t have to role around a bulky device on rollers.
Our office ordered a C4PL Dual-Head wireless transducer and we were impressed with the SonoQue customer service from start to finish. I chatted with the rep Danny by phone and he seemed very knowledgeable about both the product and the logistics of setting it up. Our transducer arrived within days, though the iPad (7th gen) we ordered from Apple took almost two weeks. We gave the transducer a thorough test. The dual heads were very useful, and each head had a choice of two frequencies.
Cleaning was super easy since the transducer has no external wires and no openings for water or cleaner to ruin the electronics. The software was free at the Apple store, and integrated with the transducer with no problem. It took only about 20 minutes to set up the iPad to be a screen for the transducer. The image qualities were good, and the software was super intui tive. We were able to get good fetal heart images, good carotid arteries, good livers, etc. We were specifically hoping to be able to use this device in our vasectomy service. We found that the resolution of the 10MHz probe just wasn’t good enough for vasa. When we looked through the literature, we noted that the articles on scrotal ultrasonography use a 12 MHz to 17 MHz probe.
The rep at SonoQue was very understanding and accepted our unit for return as indicated by the trial period. We were so impressed by the excellent customer service that we will definitely order from SonoQue again if we decide to make the leap for a higher resolution probe.