A fingertip-mounted ultrasound probe to guide radial artery access: The SonicEye® Device

1. A FINGERTIP-MOUNTED ULTRASOUND
PROBE TO GUIDE RADIAL ARTERY ACCESS:
THE SONICEYE® DEVICE
Olivier F. Bertrand, MD, PhD
Associate-Professor of Medicine, Laval University
Adjunct-Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
Quebec Heart-Lung Institute
AIM-RADIAL 2, NYC, Sep 2013

2. DISCLOSURES
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Scientific Director of International Chair in Interventional Cardiology and
Transradial Approach
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operates www.theradialist.org &
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organizes AIM-RADIAL congress
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Chair receives funding from multiple industry and other sources
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No salary or honorarium received from the chair
Sonivate provided the device and portable
console, free of charge

3. DESIGN AND TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Supported in part by a grant from U.S. Army’s office of Telemedicine
& Advanced Technology Research Center

4. 7.5 MHZ PROBE
High Frequency 128 Channel Linear Array

12. CONCLUSION
• Easy
device to learn
• Compatible
• Bluetooth
• Probably
with numerous existing ultrasound devices
probe would be ideal
most interesting for situation with low or faint radial
pulse ie shock, repeat access, patient on LAVD...