GE HealthCare has agreed to acquire the British medical device company Intelligent Ultrasound Group’s clinical artificial intelligence (AI) software unit for up to US$51m.
GE HealthCare intends to integrate Intelligent’s solutions into its ultrasound portfolio. The deal follows GE HealthCare’s acquisition of Caption Health last year and is expected to be closed in quarter four of 2024.
GE HealthCare president and ultrasound and image-guided therapies chief executive officer Phil Rackliffe said: “We are pleased to bring innovative technology from Intelligent Ultrasound into GE HealthCare’s ultrasound portfolio, allowing us to fully integrate these solutions into our systems. This technology and the experts who developed it will help enhance our portfolio of AI-enabled devices and accelerate our pace of development of next-generation AI tools.”
Intelligent Ultrasound has developed the ScanNav Assist AI technology, which powers its SonoLystlive and SonoLyst X/IR solutions. Both solutions are available on GE HealthCare’s Voluson Expert and Voluson Signature ultrasound devices, while SonoLyst is also featured on its Voluson SWIFT.
Intelligent Ultrasound chief operating officer Nick Sleep said: “I really believe that we are at the start of a wave of AI making a profound difference to medical imaging, and especially ultrasound. “Becoming part of the GE HealthCare family will help speed the adoption of this technology and make ultrasound even easier for customers to use.”
