July 23, 2024- –Flosonics Medical, a leader in wearable medical ultrasound, announced that Sutter Health, an integrated not-for-profit system based in Northern California, will implement FloPatch, the world’s first wireless, wearable Doppler ultrasound. The FDA-cleared device gives ICU clinicians a fast, hands-free method of assessing blood-flow at the bedside to help guide cardiopulmonary resuscitation and fluid management in critically ill patients.
Determining how much or how little intravenous (IV) fluid to give a patient is one of the most urgent, complicated and error-prone interventions in critical care. FloPatch provides a simple, fast and consistent method for measuring changes in blood flow and heart function related to IV fluid volume. By facilitating greater precision in IV fluid management, FloPatch improves care for critically ill patients, including those with septic shock, which is the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals.
Placed on a patient’s neck, the hands-free FloPatch continuously assesses blood flow in the carotid arteries, which provides a window into the left ventricle. FloPatch then wirelessly transmits that data to a secure iOS mobile application, providing clinicians with actionable, real-time data at the bedside.
Sutter Health will deploy FloPatch this summer in two Bay Area medical centers (at a total of four ICUs): first at Sutter’s Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, Calif., and then at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco at CPMC Van Ness, Davies and Mission Bernal campuses.