Open-LIFU
Description
Openwater’s Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound (LIFU) platform for research. The platform is flexible, easy-to-use, and can deliver LIFU to targets located nearly anywhere in the head or body. While Open-LIFU 2.0 devices are ready to set up “out of the box”, their open-source design allows customization and modification to support clinical research across diverse users and applications. At the same time, Open-LIFU 2.0’s controlled design features make it an effective solution for developing regulated medical devices that are portable and low-cost. By filling the gap between expensive research hardware available for proof-of-concept studies and commercially manufacturable hardware suitable for regulated medical devices, Open-LIFU 2.0 greatly facilitates the translation of novel therapies from bench to bedside.
Version
2.0
Risk class
Class IIa
State of development
Research
Project Type
Keywords
low intensity ultrasound, medical-imaging, neuromodulation, focused ultrasound
Intended use case
Designed for discovery and built for translation, Open-LIFU gives researchers a configurable platform to investigate the effects and therapies of low-intensity focused ultrasound — then carry that work from the lab to the clinic without switching platforms.
Licenses
Hardware
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Software
Other
Documentation
CC-BY-4.0