As these systems evolve, I believe therapeutic ultrasound is poised to become medicine's next general-purpose platform.

Researchers from the University of Southampton have demonstrated how a pioneering ultrasonic device can significantly improve the cleaning of medical instruments and reduce contamination and risk of ...

To derive blood pressure, the device measures the time-of-flight between ultrasound echoes reflected from the anterior and ...

Presently, doctors optically check for middle-ear infections utilizing what is known as an otoscope. Now, however, researchers have developed a version of the device that reportedly works even better ...

A device that uses ultrasound to calm overactive nerves in the kidneys may be able to help some people get their blood pressure under control. A new study led by researchers at Columbia University and ...

BOTHELL — It’s such a revolutionary product advancement for health care that Gov. Jay Inslee made a special visit to see it — and it is manufactured here in Snohomish County. Philips Healthcare ...

Feeling thirsty? Why not tap into the air? Even in desert conditions, there exists some level of humidity that, with the right material, can be soaked up and squeezed out to produce clean drinking ...

CHICAGO (CBS/CBS Newspath/WBBM/WKRC) - Imagine a world where soon-to-be parents can see their developing fetus in utero anytime, anywhere. Northwestern Medicine and Google have teamed up to try to ...

Could a handheld, smartphone-based ultrasound device help people without medical training diagnose their own illnesses? That's what one company, Butterfly Networks, promises its technology will do.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The U.S. Army Medical Evaluation Test Activity recently conducted an operational test of three ultrasound field portable devices. The test was conducted for the U.S.

When it comes to dental checkups, no one likes having their gums poked with the periodontal probe. Well, they may soon no longer have to, thanks to a gum-assessing toothbrush-shaped mini ultrasound ...