Therapeutic ultrasound to market

Abstract

Therapeutic ultrasound is proving to be viable in the clinic and is producing a high level of commercial activity in Therapeutic Ultrasound Systems globally across a wide variety of clinical indications. Recently there has been an increased level of commercial interest in systems delivering lower intensity ultrasound. Some examples of clinical indications include modulating nerves, sonodynamic therapy, or combining ultrasound with drugs to lower the threshold of required intensities. Regardless of the acoustic intensity required, new product inception will adopt an effective bio-acoustic result to match a clinical indication, creating a gap in product development. Sonic Concepts provides transmit ultrasound development services to fill this gap through a phased development program, accelerating first-in-man and time to market. Sonic Concepts has co-developed 30 + clinical systems, servicing customers with more than 100 years of accumulated experience, creative design techniques, and a spectrum of products and intellectual property to leverage. Examples of co-developed clinical systems will be presented, detailing the process from initial concept to first-in-man while using pre-clinical systems, HIFUPlex™ and NeuroFUS® to fast-track development.