Winds of war could lead to noninvasive diagnosis, healing of internal bleeding.(Philips Medical Systems Inc. developing an ultrasound cuff to heal internal bleeding)(Brief article)

Hospital Materials Management, October, 2006

In a case of new technology growing out of the demands of war, Philips Medical Systems in Andover, MA, is working with the University of Washington in Seattle to design an ultrasound cuff that would locate and heal a wounded soldier's internal bleeding.

The U.S. Department of Defense is sponsoring the research, with a $5 million-$6 million grant to be distributed over five years.

The project, which was announced in July, aims to design a cuff that medical personnel could place on an arm or leg. It would use the same ultrasound imaging technology now used to show a fetus inside the womb, but its aim would be to show the blood flow and whether blood has escaped from a patient's blood vessels.

The treatment function would occur if the medical...

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