ESAOTE SpA ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS WILL FEATURE SENSANT SILICON ULTRASOUND IMAGING TECHNOLOGY

Sensant, the leading developer of silicon-based ultrasound imaging technology, has received its first commercial order for its advanced Silicon Ultrasound imaging probes from Italian imaging systems manufacturer Esaote. The product order is for Sensant's newly developed broadband Silicon Ultrasound array transducer that is due out later next year. The state-of-the-art probe, based on a breakthrough in silicon microtechnology, will be featured on Esaote ultrasound systems.

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