Small Size, Great Function: The Application of Handheld Ultrasound in Interventional Radiology

Interventional ultrasound first emerged at the World Congress on Interventional Ultrasound held in Copenhagen in 1983. With the help of real-time ultrasound, the “third eye”, it makes up for the deficiencies of the operator’s visual inspection and palpation, opens up a smart “perspective” channel for clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment process, and helps clinicians achieve “precision strikes” against diseases.

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What is Interventional Ultrasound?

Interventional ultrasound is an important component of modern ultrasound medicine. Its characteristic is to complete various operations such as puncture biopsy, X-ray angiography, aspiration, intubation, drug injection, and ablation under real-time ultrasound guidance or monitoring, so as to achieve the purposes of diagnosis and treatment.
Drug injection guided by SonoMaxx handheld ultrasound

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Advantages of Interventional Ultrasound

1. Ultrasound scanning can continuously and dynamically observe the structure and function of organs and display lesions in real time.
2. Short treatment time and little pain during the treatment process.
3. Minimal trauma, preserving the original organ and its functions.
4. Local drug administration increases the effective concentration and reduces side effects.
5. It can avoid certain surgical operations and achieve effects comparable to those of surgery.
6. Accurate and safe guidance, high sensitivity, no X-ray damage, and simple operation.

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Clinical Applications of Interventional Ultrasound

1. Diagnostic Interventional Ultrasound:
1) Puncture and Aspiration for Laboratory Testing: Aspiration of pericardial effusion, pleural effusion and ascites, amniotic fluid, mature ova, etc.
2) Needle Aspiration Biopsy for Cytological Examination: Aspiration of a small amount of cells or fluid from masses using a special fine needle for examination, such as differentiation between neoplastic and non-neoplastic lung diseases, qualitative diagnosis of benign and malignant tumors, etc.
3) Puncture Biopsy for Histopathological Examination.

Clinical Practice Case of SonoMaxx Handheld Ultrasound:
Popliteal Baker’s Cyst and Its Treatment

2. Therapeutic Interventional Ultrasound:
1) Aspiration: Treatment of musculoskeletal lesions, treatment of pleural and abdominal effusions;
2) Catheter Drainage: Catheter drainage for pericardial effusion, pleural effusion, abdominal effusion, gallbladder, renal pelvis, etc.; simple cysts in various parts of the body including hepatic cysts, renal cysts, breast cysts, thyroid cysts, popliteal cysts, ovarian adnexal cysts, pelvic cysts, lymphocysts, etc.;
3) Drug Injection: Sclerotherapy for hepatic cysts, renal cysts, etc.; sclerotherapy for endometriomas, uterine fibroids, adenomyosis; ethanol injection for hepatic carcinoma; fetal blood transfusion; drug injection for deep hemangiomas and lymphangiomas;

Clinical Practice Case of SonoMaxx Handheld Ultrasound:
Ultrasound-Guided Shoulder Joint Injection

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SonoMaxx Solutions and Advantages in Interventional Radiology

1) Professional needle guidance software – Puncture Enhancement Super Needle
Enhanced needle image: Enables the operator to clearly visualize the position of the puncture needle during the operation, thereby ensuring the correct puncture path, increasing the success rate of puncture, and reducing patient pain.

2) The needle guidance software comes with a puncture guide line/central line
For undetectable tiny local tissues, clicking around the measurement line can perform local magnification. It is more convenient for clinical observation of the lesion and the situation near the puncture point, presenting a more comprehensive and accurate internal condition to the operator.

3) Magnifier Function
For tiny local tissues that cannot be identified, clicking around the measurement line enables local magnification. It facilitates clinical observation of lesions and the conditions near the puncture site, presenting a more comprehensive and accurate internal view to the operator.

4) IP67 Waterproof and Dustproof
The excellent waterproof performance of SonoMaxx handheld ultrasound meets the needs of departments requiring sterile disinfection. It facilitates comprehensive disinfection and greatly reduces the perioperative infection rate in patients.

5) SonoMaxx Handheld Ultrasound Supports Color Mode
SonoMaxx supports color blood flow mode, which can real-time detect the blood flow status of the lesion site and puncture path. When evaluating the puncture path, it is possible to choose to avoid larger blood vessels, which prevents the occurrence of excessive perioperative bleeding to a greater extent.

SonoMaxx Handheld Ultrasound Blood Flow Sonogram
The role of interventional ultrasound in clinical practice has expanded from diagnosis and treatment to prognosis prediction, and it is continuously developing towards standardization, precision, intelligence and advancement in the era of full information. With the characteristics of small size, easy operation, high-quality images and intelligence, SonoMaxx handheld ultrasound will help implement the treatment concepts of modern minimally invasive medicine and enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), and truly realize precise diagnosis and treatment.

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