Table 1.
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’).