The Handheld Boom
Cart-based ultrasound systems have changed emergency medicine and critical care over the past 2 decades. These small, inexpensive and easy to use ultrasound systems allowed doctors to get clinical answers at the bedside. Defining the presence of heart failure, gallstones and even a rupturing aortic aneurysm improves patient care and can save lives. For acutely injured trauma patients, the focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) exam has become the standard evaluation, and altered the way doctors have taken care of the sickest patients.
Over the past few years, the advancement of technology has allowed the power of a cart-based ultrasound to be miniaturized into a single probe that can be carried in the pockets of all clinicians (physicians, nurses, EMTs, etc.).
While these handheld devices can easily provide diagnostic ultrasound images on par with traditional cart-based systems, they are less than ideal for performing ultrasound-guided procedures…after all it was ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement that brought ultrasound to the bedside in the first place.
OcuLine expands the utility of these innovative devices by bridging the gap between ultrasound guided procedures and handheld ultrasound probes. With OcuLine, clinicians can perform any ultrasound guided procedure with the best visualization and ergonomics to date. From out-of-plane peripheral IVs to in-plane femoral nerve blocks, OcuLine is a user-generated device that works around you to provide world-class patient care in even the most challenging of situations.
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