Exo Has a Plan to Make Ultrasound Imaging Available Everywhere

Exo Imaging wants to make ultrasound available everywhere – in developing countries; in rural areas in the U.S.; and wearables. The Redwood City, CA-based company came a little bit closer to achieving this goal this week, announcing it had raised $35 million in a series B round. Exo (pronounced “Echo”) is developing a device that combines both ultrasound and artificial intelligence for enhanced imaging in patients. The company said its Exo ultrasound platform combines advances in nano-materials, novel sensor technologies, advanced signal processing and computation with the economies of scale of semiconductor manufacturing. Sandeep Akkaraju, the firm’s CEO and co-founder, said the technology will be small enough to fit in the palm of a clinician’s hand and will come in at a very low price point. “[Exo] wants to make imaging very cheap, to the point that it becomes available to every healthcare provider in the world,” Akkaraju, told MD+DI. “In addition to that, we want to make the [device] very simple to use. “I think for the first time what we’ve solved is a silicon-based imaged that gives you exceptional image fidelity and really deep penetration depth into the body and 3-D imaging,” Akkaraju said. “And it still fits in the palm of your hand.â...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: Imaging Source Type: news