Open-LIFU

Openwater

OSHWA UID

US002844

Certification Date

August 14, 2026

Country

United States of America

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.

ASSEMBLY MANUAL

Licenses

Hardware

CC-BY-SA-4.0

Software

Other

Documentation

CC-BY-4.0