A pocket-sized ultrasound device called the Vscan, from GE Healthcare has been named as the winner of the Breakthrough Technology Award from the American Techology Awards. The technology industry trade associate, TechAmerica, organized the awards program.

GE Chair and CE0, Jeff Immelt unveiled the Vscan in October 2009.

GE Healthcare’s Vscan is a visualization tool developed to provide physicians with imaging capabilities at the point-of-care. Roughly the size of a smart phone, Vscan houses ultrasound technology that provides clinicians with an immediate, noninvasive method to help secure visual information about what is happening inside the body. Vscan is portable and can easily be taken from room to room to be used in many clinical, hospital, or primary care settings.

The Vscan is a prescription device for ultrasound imaging, measurement and analysis in the clinical applications of abdominal; cardiac (adult and pediatric); urological, fetal/OB; pediatric; and thoracic/pleural motion and fluid detection, as well as for patient examination in primary care and in special care areas.