Novosound expands wearable ultrasound operations in U.S.

[Image courtesy of Novosound]Novosound announced today that it expanded its healthcare and wireless wearable ultrasound operations in the U.S.

Glasgow, Scotland-based Novosound develops proprietary flexible thin-film ultrasound technology for medical imaging. The venture-backed company currently targets next-generation intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging.

The startup entered into a wearable ultrasound collaboration with Dr. Todd K. Rosengart, a leading U.S. cardiovascular surgeon. Rosengart serves as VP and DeBakey-Bard chair of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas.

“I have been very impressed with the Novosound technology and how we are applying it to a global clinical need, which we believe will save lives and could indeed become the next vital sign monitor,” Rosengart said in a news release.

Novosound CEO Dr. Dave Hughes said the company continues to make “remarkable progress” in the U.S. He says it ventured into va…

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Pavmed, Novosound partner on catheter-delivered ultrasound tech

[Image from Novosound’s website]PAVmed (Nasdaq:PAVM) announced today that it entered into a license option and joint R&D agreement with Novosound.

Glasgow, Scotland-based Novosound develops proprietary flexible thin-film ultrasound technology for medical imaging. The venture-backed company currently targets next-generation intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging.

“Nearly all of the advances in ultrasound imaging technology over the past several decades have focused on leveraging an explosion of computational power for digital image processing, along with novel configurations of otherwise decades-old, rigid, machined ceramic, piezoelectric sensors,” said Dr. Lishan Aklog, PAVmed chair and CEO. “The Novosound team has developed groundbreaking technology whereby the piezoelectric material is lithographically ‘printed’ on a flexible thin-film substrate and have proven the technology’s applicability in a commercially successful industrial application.”

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