(R-L) Sonus CEO & President Hani Eskandari, Co-founder & Director of R&D Carlos Gerardo and Evan Nisselson, Normal Associate at LDV Capital, holding a wafer that comprises a number of ultrasound transducers, which has been fabricated in lower than 24 hours.
Sonus Microsystems is unveiling the subsequent era of ultrasound expertise, delivering distant diagnostic imaging, with out the necessity to go to a clinic or hospital. Born on the College of British Columbia, Sonus is creating the instruments wanted to show distant diagnostic imaging and monitoring right into a actuality. The staff is led by 4 Ph.D.s with 100 years of mixed expertise in ultrasound, nanotechnology and semiconductors – Hani Eskandari, Carlos D. Gerardo, Robert Rohling and Edmond Cretu.
Ultrasound gadgets and companies, a virtually $100 billion market, are considerably rising in functions throughout medical, therapeutic, surgical, and diagnostic tools. Sonus Microsystems is got down to redefine the ultrasound panorama, enabling new prospects in ultrasound imaging which can be past the attain of standard applied sciences.
The stagnant improvement of ultrasound transducers over the previous a number of a long time poses challenges within the medical sector, the place ultrasound imaging largely is dependent upon sonographers’ experience who manually carry out scanning and measurement – a talent requiring a number of years of coaching. Immediately’s ultrasound transducers are nonetheless constructed leveraging the identical piezoelectric expertise from 70 years in the past and face enduring limitations. This stagnation in transducer improvement impedes the introduction of revolutionary designs and functions, stressing the necessity for versatile, high-performance and cost-effective options to faucet the total potential of ultrasound expertise.
In 2018, Evan Nisselson forecasted that over the subsequent decade, healthcare can be doctor-directed, patient-oriented and powered by visible applied sciences: “Visible knowledge seize can be accomplished with smaller, easier-to-use gadgets, permitting imaging to maneuver out of the radiology division and into the working room, the pharmacy and your lounge.”
An early prototype of a linear array of polyCMUT transducers by Sonus
At LDV Capital, we’re thrilled to associate and spend money on the sensible Sonus Microsystems staff creating a novel and proprietary ultrasound expertise that makes use of polymer MEMS sensors to ship and obtain ultrasonic waves. They’re ushering in a brand new period of ultrasound by commercializing high-performance, custom-designed linear and matrix array transducers for rising functions in ultrasound imaging.
Sonus’ transducers are empowered by the revolutionary polyCMUT expertise (stands for polymer-based Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers). This superior methodology of producing ultrasonic transducer arrays entails crafting 1000’s of vibrating micro-drums on various kinds of substrate, leading to superior efficiency for imaging and testing functions. The polyCMUT expertise is a leap ahead within the ultrasound area, providing important flexibility over the usage of standard ultrasound transducers and promising a brand new commonplace for diagnostic imaging and materials testing.
Sonus’s novel matrix expertise is paving the best way for accessible AI-powered patches that automate ultrasound scanning and measurement. It will unlock reasonably priced monitoring and screening of sufferers.
Dr. Hani Eskandari, CEO and President
“We’re uniquely positioned with over 100 years of ultrasound area experience to ship our cutting-edge customizable ultrasound transducers which allow automated imaging for distant monitoring and wearable ultrasound functions powered by AI analysis,” says Dr. Hani Eskandari, CEO and President at Sonus Microsystems.
At our 10th Annual LDV Imaginative and prescient Summit, Dr. Eskandari will ship a keynote speech titled ‘Revolutionizing Healthcare Analysis with Excessive-Efficiency, Customizable, and Versatile Ultrasound.’ RSVP to affix us on March 21 from the consolation of your sofa and study extra about this revolutionary expertise firsthand.
The core staff consists of Hani, an skilled deep tech entrepreneur who has based, operated and helped scale up a number of corporations in MedTech and Robotics up to now, holding positions resembling CEO, CTO, Head of Product and Technique, and Principal Engineer. Carlos has ample data in design, fabrication and characterization of ultrasound transducers and sign processing. Robert is the present director of the Institute of Computing, Data and Cognitive Programs (ICICS) at UBC. He’s additionally the founder and CSO of SonicIncytes. Edmond is a professor within the Electrical and Pc Engineering Division at UBC. He has prolific expertise in MEMS gadgets, circuit design, sign processing and management.
(L-R) Co-founders Edmond Cretu, Carlos Gerardo & Robert Rohling
We led the latest financing of their $2.1M pre-seed spherical with participation from notable angel traders and early-stage funds. The corporate has raised greater than $3M so far. Learn extra particulars in Aaron Weitzman’s article on Axios.
“Sonus Microsystems’ superior imaging and sensing platform is poised to redefine the ultrasound panorama and unlock new distant monitoring functions in healthcare,” says Evan Nisselson, Normal Associate at LDV Capital. “We thrive on investing in individuals constructing innovative proactive healthcare options to hopefully enhance individuals’s lives and ship important worth.”
We stay up for serving to Sonus Microsystems leverage our visible tech area experience and professional community as the one enterprise fund with a thesis of investing in individuals constructing companies powered by visible applied sciences.
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This text was written in collaboration with Ash Cleary, an affiliate at LDV Capital.
