Manufacturers

Alpinion Medical Systems is a South Korean manufacturer of ultrasound imaging systems, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Anyang, South Korea. The company produces the E-CUBE series of general radiology and cardiovascular ultrasound systems and is a subsidiary of the ILJIN Group. Alpinion distributes products to more than 80 countries.

SuperSonic Imagine is a French ultrasound manufacturer that developed real-time shear wave elastography (SWE) and UltraFast imaging technology, founded in 2005 in Aix-en-Provence, France. The company’s Aixplorer and Mach 30 product lines are used for breast, musculoskeletal, liver fibrosis, and gynecologic imaging applications. SuperSonic Imagine became a subsidiary of Hologic, Inc. following Hologic’s acquisition in…

EDAP TMS S.A. is a French medical device company specializing in therapeutic ultrasound, including high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for prostate cancer and lithotripsy for kidney stones, founded in 1979. The company’s Focal One system delivers robotic HIFU treatment guided by transrectal ultrasound imaging and received FDA clearance for prostate cancer treatment in 2018. EDAP TMS…

Exo is a US medical device company that develops handheld ultrasound systems using piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (pMUT) technology, founded in 2015 in Redwood City, California. The company integrates ultrasound imaging hardware with AI-assisted clinical software for point-of-care settings. As of 2024, Exo had raised more than $400 million in venture funding toward commercializing its…

Terason is the ultrasound product division of Teratech Corporation, a Massachusetts-based company that develops laptop-connected and tablet-based ultrasound systems for clinical use. Terason platforms use transducers that connect to standard computing hardware, producing systems used in anesthesia, emergency medicine, vascular access, and musculoskeletal applications. The company is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.

BK Medical is a manufacturer of high-frequency ultrasound systems used in surgical, urological, and intraoperative settings, with origins in Denmark. The company develops compact platforms for real-time image guidance during minimally invasive procedures, robotic surgery, and tissue visualization in neurosurgery and abdominal surgery. GE HealthCare completed the acquisition of BK Medical in December 2021, and…

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. is the US healthcare subsidiary of Konica Minolta, Inc., a Japanese technology company. The subsidiary markets the SONIMAGE line of portable and handheld ultrasound systems designed for musculoskeletal imaging, point-of-care diagnosis, and ultrasound-guided procedures. SONIMAGE systems are used primarily in orthopedic, sports medicine, and physical therapy settings.

Clarius Mobile Health Corp. is a Canadian manufacturer of wireless handheld ultrasound scanners, founded in 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company produces battery-powered probes that connect to smartphones and tablets via a companion app, enabling point-of-care imaging without a cart-based system. Clarius offers probe models covering linear, curved, and phased array applications for emergency…

Butterfly Network, Inc. is a US medical device company that develops handheld whole-body ultrasound systems built on a semiconductor chip rather than traditional piezoelectric crystals, founded in 2011 by Dr. Jonathan Rothberg in Guilford, Connecticut. The company’s probes use a single transducer to perform cardiac, abdominal, and superficial-structure imaging modes. Butterfly Network is publicly traded…

Chison Medical Technologies Co., Ltd. is a Chinese manufacturer of portable and handheld ultrasound systems, headquartered in Wuxi, China. The company produces a range of portable color Doppler systems, handheld probes, and point-of-care ultrasound units distributed to clinical and veterinary settings in more than 100 countries. Chison focuses on affordable portable imaging solutions for outpatient,…