From Kontron Medical SAS;
'KONTRON MEDICAL SAS introduces the very new standard of the compact hand-held ultrasound system. SONEO, with the most advanced features ever found in this category, ergonomically designed with eye-catching lines, offers the best productivity, user-friendliness and versatility.'

Specifications for this system will be available soon.

See also Ultrasound Biomicroscopy, A-Mode and A-Scan.

'Stemming from the fusion of the departments of two big groups, namely Hoffman La Roche, with a medical imaging department, and Dassault, with a monitoring-dedicated department, Kontron Medical has been an innovator in the ultrasound field since more than 30 years.
Integrated in the Baring Capital Investors group in 1989, Kontron joined in 1999 Charterhouse after the Baring group financial issues, and thus became Kontron Medical. In 2002, Charterhouse created Charter Medical Technologies, to which belong several companies in the medical field, including Kontron Medical.
Inherited from its two big founder groups, Kontron Medical has kept a brilliant know-how, as well as rigor and technicity from its Swiss origins. Throughout the years and its different owners, the company has conserved a strong visual, with a very well identified logo, which enjoys an excellent notoriety.
Today based in Plaisir in the Paris suburb, the company employs 150 people for 30 Million Euros of sales.'

In 2007 the Esaote Group announced the acquisition of Kontron Medical.

Ultrasound Systems: