{"id":50170,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/Mobile_Diagnostic_Ultrasound_Scanner","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/Mobile Diagnostic Ultrasound Scanner","latest":{"id":1267856,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:52:03Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Maternal mortality\n| classification = Diagnosis\n| made = No\n| replicated = No\n| manufacturer-location = India\n}}\n\nDeaths as a result of maternal complications are still a prominent issue in developing countries. Maternal and newborn deaths are high in limited-resource areas mostly because women do not deliver in appropriate facilities and therefore do not have access to potentially life-saving interventions that may be available in clinical settings.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nThis device features new low-cost ultrasound transducers that create an affordable diagnostic ultrasound scanner. The device includes power-saving battery power, and has wireless connectivity features that allow users to utilize the device in remote locations.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: Manish Arora of GE India Technology Centre Private Limited\n* Manufacturer location: India\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nGeneral Electric India Technology Centre Private Ltd.\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Other internally generated reports ===\n\nLow cost, low power, mobile diagnostic ultrasound scanner for affordable healthcare during pregnancy (2011, April). Retrieved from [http://www.grandchallenges.org/GCGHDocs/GCE_India_2013.pdf here]\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\nGE India mobile ultrasounds. (n.d.). Retrieved from [http://mnhtech.org/technology/technologies-in-development/ge-india-mobile-ultrasound-/ here]\n\n{{Page data\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being, SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| language = en\n}}"}