Niki Arrowsmith05.02.13
Siemens Healthcare, a subsidiary of Siemens AG, has opened a new ultrasound systems factory just outside Philadelphia in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. The 12,000-square-foot facility will manufacture Siemens’ new Acuson Freestyle ultrasound system which feature wireless transducers.
Siemens acquired Plymouth Meeting-based ultrasound company Penrith Corp. last year to expand its ultrasound offering, and Acuson Freestyle was granted 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June last year.
“With this new facility, we will be able to offer Siemens customers worldwide a cutting-edge ultrasound system that eliminates the impediment of cables during ultrasound-guided procedures,” said Jeffrey Bundy, Ph.D., CEO, Siemens Ultrasound. “The Acuson Freestyle system’s wireless transducer technology offers greater flexibility and ease in obtaining accurate transducer placement, and simplifies sterilization in interventional settings. The system will enable ultrasound technology to be used more readily in a variety of point-of-care applications, including interventional radiology, critical care, anesthesiology, and emergency care.”
The Philadelphia-area facility will be Siemens’ second ultrasound manufacturing facility in the United States. The other is in Buffalo, Grove, Ill.
Siemens acquired Plymouth Meeting-based ultrasound company Penrith Corp. last year to expand its ultrasound offering, and Acuson Freestyle was granted 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June last year.
“With this new facility, we will be able to offer Siemens customers worldwide a cutting-edge ultrasound system that eliminates the impediment of cables during ultrasound-guided procedures,” said Jeffrey Bundy, Ph.D., CEO, Siemens Ultrasound. “The Acuson Freestyle system’s wireless transducer technology offers greater flexibility and ease in obtaining accurate transducer placement, and simplifies sterilization in interventional settings. The system will enable ultrasound technology to be used more readily in a variety of point-of-care applications, including interventional radiology, critical care, anesthesiology, and emergency care.”
The Philadelphia-area facility will be Siemens’ second ultrasound manufacturing facility in the United States. The other is in Buffalo, Grove, Ill.