Wednesday, November 30, 2011

your very own Wandy!

First, home dopplers. Next up, home ultrasounds. For reals. Highly dangerous invention here...
 
"This award winning system, cleared by the Food & Drug Administration, brings ultrasound imaging within reach of health care professionals [... AND paranoid scared-to-death pregnant IFers!] everywhere."
 
Intended customer is probably doctors in third world countries, saving lives for millions, but why should they have all the fun? :)
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 30, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    I am not sure if this is scary or cool. I love the idea of having access to an inexpensive ultrasound on demand (as it would be really nice to not have to always go to the RE), but I have a bad feeling something like this could have a dark side- mainly health insurance companies will stop covering visits to the RE.

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  2. Stefanie BlakelyNovember 30, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    Wow...wonder how much they cost?

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  3. Mrs. MisfitsNovember 30, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    Oh my. Not good. I'm with skd here ib thinking that they will just dispense the waney and say, "good luck" with a fat bill. Lordy.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 2, 2011 at 11:10 PM

    Yikes. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's meant for use in places where real u/s machines aren't feasible...not for crazy people to buy their own...

    That thing is definitely not long enough for a vaginal u/s, though. Hmm, I wonder if they make some sort of extension pole for it?

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  5. Mrs. BrightsideDecember 3, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    Just in case there's any confusion, I thought I'd better clarify that I don't ACTUALLY think this is a good idea, or even close to being an actual option for preggos right now. But I saw this thing on one of my design blogs, and my imagination couldn't help but run wild! I hear so much controversy in the blogosphere about the dopplers, I can only imagine with something like this.

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