Echometrix LLC today announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its first commercial offering, trademarked EchoSoft.
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Echometrix provides information on coding, coverage, and payment for diagnostic ultrasound.
“Echometrix says a National Science Foundation grant it has received will help the company bring its first product to market by the end of the year.”
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-Wisconsin State Journal
Strain-induced damage reduces echo intensity changes in tendon during loading
“A noninvasive method with which to measure such damage potentially could quantify structural compromise from tendon injury and track improvement over time. In this study, tendon mechanics are measured before and after damage is induced by “overstretch” (strain exceeding the elastic limit of the tissue) using a traditional mechanical test system while ultrasonic echo intensity (average gray scale brightness in a B-mode image) is recorded using clinical ultrasound.”
- Journal of Biomechanics
Echometrix Begins Human Clinical Study on the Ulnar Collateral Ligament
” Echometrix has begun a human clinical study with professional baseball and Dr. Levon Nazarian. The study will evaluate the ulnar collateral ligament that connects the ulnar bone in the forearm to the humerus bone in the upper arm. The ligament has to withstand huge stress when a pitcher repeatedly throws the ball, powerfully and at dizzying speeds during baseball season.”
- Wisconsin State Journal
“The U.S. Marines are testing the company’s EchoSoft system – ultrasound technology that can find soft-tissue injuries such as a torn tendon or rotator cuff. After trudging through rigorous training hikes, carrying heavy backpacks through mountainous territory, 50 Marines are being assessed for possible tendon damage using EchoSoft.”
-Wisconsin State Journal
“In addition to the trial software download, Echometrix offers the EchoSoft Research Program to support evaluation of a wide range of clinical indications as well as basic research on musculoskeletal tissue properties. The research program features access to the company’s cloud-based research software, with on-demand software upgrades and highly scalable computing power.”
- WARF News
“Acoustoelasticity is therefore able to relate strain-dependent stiffness and stress to the reflected echo,even in the processed B-mode signals reflected from viscoelastic and inhomogeneous material such as tendon, and is a promising metric to acquire in vivo mechanical data noninvasively.”
- Journal of Biomechanics
“The grant supports creation of novel software technology to evaluate dynamic ultrasound images for a more accurate assessment of the functional status of soft tissues such as tendons and ligaments, the company said. Radiologists now diagnose most musculoskeletal diseases or injuries by observing MRI images.”
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel