Newswise — ITHACA, NY – Healing for horses has gone portable. A pocket-sized, Cornell University-developed ultrasound device that aids in healing the legs of horses is now being sold in the veterinary and trainer market.
The UltrOZ Elite Therapy System becomes the first wearable, therapeutic ultrasound system for horses. Nearly the size of an iPod Nano, the battery operated systems fit within specially engineered neoprene leg wraps. Horses can exercise or feed in the pasture unencumbered while receiving up to six hours of unsupervised ultrasound therapy.
ZetrOZ (http://zetroz.com), a business spinoff from the Cornell University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, is selling the device at FarmVet (www.farmvet.com) – a large distributor of equine products – as its initial distributor.
Ultrasound is acoustic wave energy that stimulates cellular activity through mechanical vibrations and micro-massage tissue at a cellular level. Ultrasound accelerates and compresses the inflammatory phase of healing, increases local circulation, boosts cellular permeability, improves collagen synthesis, decreases edema, and causes the release of cytokines and natural analgesics for pain control.
UltrOZ’s system provides a consistent, controlled, easy to use method of providing long-term ultrasound therapy, says George Lewis, a Cornell University medical ultrasound researcher who owns the spinoff company. Funding for this research was provided in part by the National Science Foundation.
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