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If you’ve ever experienced a running injury (or had a baby), you’re probably familiar with ultrasound as a diagnostic imaging tool. For years, ultrasound has also been used as a therapeutic tool, and recent advances in technology have made it possible to miniaturize the technology for home use, at much lower intensity and for longer duration than it is used in a clinical setting. The research is not extensive, and it’s not cheap. But some runners have found it to be the thing that works where nothing else does.

We have designed sustained acoustic medicine (sam®), a wearable ultrasound device that reduces the need for surgery and pain medication, and can be used by the patient during daily activities. The sam® family of products are the only wearable long-duration mobile ultrasound therapy devices approved by the FDA to provide therapy for up to four hours daily. 

Pain is among the top reasons that people go to a doctor. It affects quality of life and can lead to depression, anxiety, and poor sleep. Medications are often the first-line treatment for pain, but they can also cause serious side effects. Alternative treatments exist but are not available to all populations, especially rural and socioeconomically disadvantaged people.

“It's a significant challenge for rural patients to have access to health care,” says George K. Lewis, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of ZetrOZ Systems, LLC. Instead of engaging in physical therapy multiple days a week, rural patients with joint pain may find it easier to take narcotics or receive injections every few months. Since 2013, NIMHD has funded led by Dr. Lewis to explore other options for pain management. Dr. Lewis’s research has focused on developing and testing wearable ultrasound devices for osteoarthritic pain, particularly in disadvantaged rural populations in upstate New York.

On the basis of regional presence, global sports medicine market is segmented into five key regions viz.  North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Middle East & Africa. North America is expected to lead the global sports medicine market in terms of value due to increase in sports activity, rise in osteoporosis disease among population. According to the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, risk factors for injury amongst high school athletes is high in developed countries such as U.S. and U.K. Asia Pacific sports medicine market is anticipated to grow at higher CAGR during 2016-2024 due to the involvement of major key players in setting up of R& D facilities for the development of drugs and therapeutics for athletes. Increase in importance of recreational activity along with education, funding to sports association are few drivers which will effectively boost the growth of the global sports medicine market through 2024.

Some of the major players in global sports medicine market are Blacktree Fitness Technologies, Mitek Sports Medicine, NuVasive, ZetrOZ Systems, LLC, Zimmer Biomet, Arthrex, Inc., DJO Global, Inc., Bioventus LLC, Hans Rudolph, Inc. etc.

A wearable ultrasound device to treat acute and chronic muscle injuries produced by a Trumbull firm is increasingly finding favor with professional sports teams and health care providers alike.

Manufactured by ZetrOZ Systems, the product, sam Sport, is an FDA-cleared medical device used both to reduce the pain associated with tendon, ligament and muscle injuries and to accelerate the healing process. It uses ZetrOZ’s proprietary miniaturization technology to provide ultrasonic waves that penetrate five centimeters into the tissue to increase circulation, oxygen and nutrient delivery and remove waste products such as lactic acid from the site of a musculoskeletal injury.