SonoSite Begins Customer Shipments Of S Series Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Tools

SonoSite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader in point-of-care, hand-carried ultrasound, announced that it has begun worldwide shipments of its S Series ultrasound tools. Based on the company's fourth generation technology platform, the S Series product line combines the processing power, image quality and advanced data management features of SonoSite's newly introduced M-Turbo™ system with a customized user interface to address the specific needs of four clinical specialties.

"SonoSite is the only company that has designed a system that can withstand rigorous use in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)," said John M. Oropello, MD, FCCP, FCCM, Professor of Surgery and Medicine, Program Director, Critical Care Medicine and Co-Director, Neurosurgical - ICU, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. "We evaluated a lot of machines and no one else has taken into account what critical care physicians need. Both the S-ICU and M-Turbo have superb image quality and are easy to clean-so essential to infection control. I can foresee the day when there will be an S ultrasound tool mounted by every bedside in the ICU."

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