Hospital for Special Surgery sports medicine specialist uses Healcerion’s wireless ultrasound device

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery sports medicine physician Vijay Vad, MD, is now using Healcerion’s Sonon 300L device to accelerate the diagnostic process with real-time image sharing.

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Three things to know:

1. The Sonon 300L is an FDA-approved handheld wireless app-driven ultrasound. The device uses touch-screen controls with a downloadable app for iOS or Android smartphones or tablets.

2. Dr. Vad uses the pocket-sized handheld device for patients with tennis elbow, Achilles and patellar tendon and rotator cuff issues.

3. He developed a 15-minute outpatient procedure called carboplasty, which uses a patient’s own bone marrow-derived stem cells for knee osteoarthritis management.

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