Butterfly iQ

Target Countries

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States

Target SDGs

Market Suggested Retail Price

$1,999.00

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Community, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

This product is available through their Reserve my iQ initiative to licensed practitioners.

Competitive Landscape

Direct competitors include Clarius Ultrasound, Healcerion Sonon 300C, and GE VScan Pocket Ultrasound.

Countries

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States

Manufacturing/Building Method

The product is produced in the US and made available through their website.

Intellectural Property Type

Select Type

User Provision Model

Users can obtain the product from the company's website by requesting their Reserve my iQ.

Distributions to Date Status

Since introduction, more than 30,000 Butterfly iQ and iQ+ devices have shipped to medical professionals globally.

Design Specifications

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.

Product Schematics

Technical Support

Provided by the company

Replacement Components

The product does not allow replaceable components. However, the concerned user can contact the supplier for cleaning instruction and reimbursement.

Lifecycle

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

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

Butterfly's Ultrasound-on-Chip technology replaces the traditional transducer and system with a single silicon chip, allowing for full-body ultrasounds with faster frame rates, optimized beamforming, and higher efficiency.

Vetted Performance Status

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.

Safety

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

Complementary Technical Systems

A reliable mobile phone or smart device with a screen is required to use the product.

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

The product is CE approved and FDA cleared

Other Information

None