Sonosite
| SonoSite, Inc.
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US83568G1040 |
| founding | April 1998 |
| Seat | Bothell (USA) |
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| Number of employees | 878 (12/2010) |
| sales | > US $ 275 million (2010) |
| Branch | Medical technology |
| Website | www.sonosite.com |
SonoSite is an American medical technology company and the world's leading supplier of portable ultrasound devices . Headquartered near Seattle, the company is represented worldwide through ten offices and a sales network in over 75 countries.
Origins
SonoSite was created in 1998 as a spin-off from ATL Ultrasound Inc. from an initiative originally launched in 1996 by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a mobile ultrasound device for use in war zones. In May 1999, SonoSite launched its first product, the SonoSite 180 for interdisciplinary imaging .
SonoSite won the renowned Good Design Award 2006 for the MicroMaxx system in Japan and the iF Product Design Award 2008 for the new S series in Hanover . The devices in the S series have also been nominated for the 2009 design award.
Trivia
The company's systems are used in television series such as B. Emergency Room - See the emergency room or Doctor's Diary in clinical use.
At the headquarters of the German branch in Erlangen , SonoSite also operated a TrainingCenter for ultrasound workshops for interested doctors until 2011.
takeover
On December 15, 2011, the acquisition by Fujifilm was announced.
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