Butterfly iQ

Butterfly’s iQ is powered by Ultrasound-on-Chip technology, which replaces the traditional system transducer with a single silicon chip. It is portable and light, and its battery lasts approximately 2 hours of continuous work. Its main attribute is its versatiliy, having a multimode capture that enables the utilization of this device to obtain images from different human tissues. It is compatible with many mobile devices, as indicated in the user manual. Butterfly iQ is affordable in comparison to other ultrasound equipments in the market- which could cost around 200, 000 USD-, still maintaining the high quality imaging needed to an accurate diagnosis.

Hardware:

– Dimensions: 144 x 53 x 26 mm (5.6 x 2.0 x 1.0 in.)
– Weight: 313 grams (0.69 lbs)
– Cable length: 1.25 meters (4.10 feet)
– Battery: 2400 mAh Lithium Ion Battery
– Battery life: 120 minutes (2 continuous hours)
– Recharge time: 5 hours (for full recharge)
– Wireless charging: Qi-compliant

Imaging:

– Modes: M-mode, B-mode, Color Doppler
– Min/max scan depth: 2cm / 30cm
– Tools: Midline marker, Controls, Gain, TGC (near, mid, far), Depth

Presets:

Abdomen, Abdomen Deep, Aorta & Gallbladder, Bladder, Cardiac, Cardiac Deep, Fast, Lung, Musculoskeletal, Nerve, Obstetric, Pediatric Abdomen, Pediatric Cardiac, Pediatric Lung, Small Organ, Soft Tissue, and Vascular: Access, Carotid, Deep Vein.

Provided by the company

The product comes with a one year warranty and the life of the product depends on the number of hours of usage.

Butterfly iQ has CE Mark and FDA clearance for diagnostic imaging for 13 clinical indications, covered by 19 clinical presets which span the whole body: Abdominal, Cardiac, Fetal/Obstetric, Musculoskeletal (Conventional) and more.

Additionally, the device demonstrate to be an effective, though imperfect, point-of-care ultrasound device in a low-resource emergency setting, after five physician used it in a emergency department over 10 weeks. The device advantages include its use of a single probe for multiple functions, small size, ease of transport, relatively low cost, and good image quality in most functions.

Butterfly iQ also showed a similar performance in comparison to a traditional ultrasound after screening 53 people to find signals of shock and hypotension.

Proper cleaning and ultrasound gel should be used as per the instructions provided by the manufacturer.