TL;DRDESKi has launched HeartFocus Link, an AI-guided cardiac imaging product that connects via tablet and HDMI to any cart-based ultrasound system. The FDA-cleared software, previously available only on Butterfly Network handheld devices, targets the growing sonographer shortage that leaves 92% of eligible hospitalised patients without echocardiography.
HeartFocus, the AI-powered cardiac imaging software developed by French medtech company DESKi, has launched HeartFocus Link, a product that connects a tablet to any cart-based ultrasound system through a simple HDMI setup. The tablet runs HeartFocus’s AI guidance software alongside the live ultrasound image, delivering real-time probe positioning instructions to help clinicians and trainees capture diagnostic-quality cardiac views.
The launch matters because it removes HeartFocus from a single hardware ecosystem. Until now, the software was available only on Butterfly Network’s handheld ultrasound devices, which limited its reach to institutions that had already bought those specific probes. HeartFocus Link works with the cart-based machines that hospitals and training programmes already own.
How it works
HeartFocus Link supports 10 standard transthoracic echocardiographic views and uses a patented 3D guidance system that superimposes probe positioning instructions directly onto the live ultrasound image. The overlay reduces cognitive load by keeping the user’s eyes on a single screen rather than switching between a reference guide and the ultrasound monitor.
