About Acertara Acoustic Laboratories Acertara Acoustic Laboratories, located in Longmont, Colorado is an independent ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited advanced acoustic measurement, testing, and calibration facility providing diagnostic and therapeutic acoustic power testing and measurement services to ultrasound OEMs, researchers, and regulatory bodies around the world. Acertara also manufactures and sells a complete line of acoustic power … Continue reading
About the Author, G. Wayne Moore:A 30-year veteran of the diagnostic ultrasound market Wayne has held senior level positions with several major medical equipment manufacturers, including Honeywell Medical Systems and Siemens Medical Solutions. Wayne has been directly involved in the development and commercialization of more than 15 technologically intensive ultrasound systems. He is widely published … Continue reading
About the Author, G. Wayne Moore:A 30-year veteran of the diagnostic ultrasound market Wayne has held senior level positions with several major medical equipment manufacturers, including Honeywell Medical Systems and Siemens Medical Solutions. Wayne has been directly involved in the development and commercialization of more than 15 technologically intensive ultrasound systems. He is widely published … Continue reading
Longmont, CO October 12, 2020. Acertara proudly announces the twentieth anniversary of its ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited ultrasound acoustic testing laboratory. Working with ultrasound original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and regulatory agencies around the world, our accredited ultrasound testing services provide OEMs with the quantitative IEC 60601-2-37 acoustic data required to obtain FDA 510(k) clearance to market … Continue reading
G. Wayne Moore, B.Sc., MBA, FASE 08/11/2020 Laboratory accreditation is highly regarded both nationally and internationally as a reliable indicator of technical competence. Most ultrasound manufacturers routinely specify ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation for suppliers of testing and calibration services. This accredited testing also applies to validating the materials and processes used in transducer repair activities. ISO/IEC … Continue reading
Observations from the COVID-19 Pandemic G. Wayne Moore, B.Sc., MBA, FASE 09/08/2020 Negative Production Externalities The global medical device supply chain has simultaneously grown exponentially and become increasing fragile since the movement to offshore manufacturing began in earnest more than 30 years ago. In many cases entire infrastructures from manufacturing to logistics had to be … Continue reading
G. Wayne Moore, B.Sc., MBA, FASE 08/11/2020 In the thousands of defective ultrasound probes we see each year at our probe repair laboratory the ones that are most easily preventable relate to an end-user using a non-OEM approved HLD chemical, or not following the OEMs cleaning protocol. During the COVID-19 pandemic there were many hospitals … Continue reading
G. Wayne Moore, B.Sc., MBA, FASE 07/14/2020 An ultrasound pulse consists of a range of frequencies, not a single frequency. For example, a pulse receive capture from a previously excited transducer element, shown as the black waveform in the diagram below (ATLAS probe testing device – www.acertaralabs.com), contains a wide range of returning echo frequencies … Continue reading
G. Wayne Moore, B.Sc., MBA, FASE 06/09/20 Tissue mimicking phantoms (TMPs) have been used for ultrasound system performance testing and quality assurance validation since the early 1980’s. Prior to the 1980’s many ultrasound systems produced images that were bi-stable in B-mode with little or no gray scale gradations. Additionally, prior to the development of digital … Continue reading
Greetings! I am Peter Leonhardt, the Probe Lab Manager at Acertara, and today I will shed light on some common fly fishing casting technique mistakes. With extensive experience in guiding in both professional big game hunting and fly-fishing, today, I hope to share some advice with you on common fly fishing casting mistakes. These recommendations … Continue reading