Focused ultrasound development and clinical adoption: 2013 update on the growth of the field

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’).

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