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editorial
. 2014 Feb 27;2:2. doi: 10.1186/2050-5736-2-2

Table 1.

Focused ultrasound device manufacturers

Company Founded Guidance and usage
EDAP TMS
1979
US
SonaCare Medical (previously US-HIFU, International HIFU and Focus Surgery)
1997
US
Chongqing HAIFU
1999
Both
China Medical
1999
US
Insightec
1999
MR
Image Guided Therapy
2001
MR—animals
Shanghai A&S
2001
Both
Mirabilis
2004
US
Theraclion
2004
US
Medsonic
2005
MR
Philips Healthcare
2005
MR
Supersonic Imagine
2005
Both
Profound
2008
MR
EyeTechCare
2008
Visual
Alpinion
2008
US
International Cardio Corporation
2009
US
Kona Medical
2009
US
Histosonic
2009
US
FUS instruments
2009
MR—animals
Acublate 2010 Both

Criteria include guidance method (US, MR, other) and usage (if used only for pre-clinical studies, this is marked as ‘animal’).