Eagleview

The Unit

I bought an Eagleview ultrasound machine. It’s wireless, with no ports for charging. A classmate and I ordered them after finding out that they don’t charge subscription(s) for their software. Others, such as Butterfly, charge a subscription. Of course, the Butterfly people also include AI.

The story goes that my classmate and I ordered the machines (one each) to his sister’s house in the USA because the seller Get Eagleview Website didn’t ship to Canada.

Sadly, the shipment wasn’t delivered the right way. They put the two machines on top of a community mailbox and uploaded a proof of delivery photo to the internet for us to view. The units took a while to arrive, too. However, I’m very grateful that my classmate’s sister shipped the units to us.

What I Like

• It’s an ultrasound machine that works on my phone and computer!!!
• Good size in the hand.
• Battery life is good.
• Wireless charging is okay.

What I Don’t Like

• Not the fault of Sonosite/Eagleview, but that I can’t operate their (lacklustre) app on my laptop.
• It gets too warm after prolonged use (I’d say ~30C)
• It uses 2G instead of 5G Wi-Fi.
• The phone app
  • Sometimes it has artifact on the screen for no reason. The fix is to switch between curvilinear and linear.
  • The Wi-Fi won’t work with LTE enabled. The app will detect, but won’t populate the screen.
• “Wireless charging is okay,” but there’s no GaN technology included in the wireless charging, so the battery life, with conventional use, will be /normal/ (short).
  • I fixed this by using a GaN charger.
• Images are a bit grainy, but good enough for 3,500 CAD versus paying 20,000 to 50,000 CAD for a wheel-based model.

Use

• I’ll use it in any office-based patient interactions. I will not be bringing it to the hospital. I’ll use their hardware instead. I’m too worried about someone stealing the device.

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