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Sound Technologies and GE HealthCare Announce Collaboration to Bring Vscan Air Handheld Ultrasound to Veterinary Practices Across the United States
Collaboration expands long-standing relationship between GE HealthCare and Sound to include distribution for Vscan Air wireless devices Agreement facilitates
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nCollaboration expands long-standing relationship between GE HealthCare and Sound to include distribution for Vscan Air wireless devices\n\n\nAgreement facilitates access to high quality ultrasound products and solutions in GE HealthCare’s handheld portfolio for veterinary practices across the U.S.\n\n\n CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nGE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) and Sound Technologies, the global veterinary imaging leader, today announced an agreement to distribute the Vscan Air™, a cutting-edge, wireless pocket-sized ultrasound that provides crystal clear image quality, whole-patient scanning capabilities, and intuitive software – to veterinary practices in the United States.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230126005549/en/\nUltrasound applications in veterinary care present the opportunity to transform healthcare for dogs, cats, horses, cows, pigs, goats and exotic animals including small mammals and reptiles. Ultrasound enables the examination of internal organs in precise detail without the risk of ionized radiation and is generally inexpensive. It is an important tool in veterinary medicine as it allows vets to diagnose a range of conditions that animals are susceptible to and enables vets to examine internal organs in precise detail, unlike X-rays that typically provide an overall picture of the area.\n\nThe Vscan Air is a handheld wireless ultrasound device that has the potential to help expand the utilization of and access to point of care ultrasound (POCUS) for Veterinarians and the animals they care for. Vscan Air operates with both iOS and Android apps to provide flexibility to the user. As an ultra-portable robust device that has been tested to military drop standards, it can easily be taken to veterinary care environments both in and outside the clinic. Its small footprint design delivers high quality imaging to support assessments. Its simple easy-to-use app design makes it ideal for a range of assessments including Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) exams, emergency cage and stall-side evaluations, needle guided aspirates and injections, as well as Equine musculoskeletal (MSK) evaluations.\n\nThe collaboration with Sound enables targeted point-of-care examinations in veterinary care like never before. With more than 11,...