The Aco Apache Ultrasound System is a portable color ultrasound imaging system, capable of producing high detail resolution intended for clinical diagnostic imaging applications through wireless communication with an off-the-shelf (OTS) mobile device. This system is a general purpose, software controlled, diagnostic ultrasound system. Its basic function is to acquire ultrasound data and display the image in B-Mode, M-Mode, Color Doppler mode, Power Doppler mode, PW mode or a combination of these modes.
A battery-powered, hand-held device/device assembly designed to be placed over the external body surface for collection, display, and analysis of ultrasound information during a variety of ultrasound imaging procedures (i.e., non-dedicated); it may in addition be intended to be used with a sterile cover for intraoperative imaging. It consists of a flat- or concave-lensed ultrasound transducer and includes an integrated image processing system; it may include an integrated display or be intended to wirelessly transmit images to an off-the-shelf device (e.g., smartphone, tablet) with dedicated software installed. It is not designed to be inserted into the vagina or rectum.