Evidence status: each field shows source quality, applicability, and review date. Research pending, information not established in reviewed sources, and vendor documentation pending are distinct outcomes.
Clinical fit
What this tool is for
Start with the authorized purpose, then verify how it fits your service line and reading workflow.
Exact purpose
Supervised automatic ultrasound image acquisition of hand and wrist joints in adults being investigated or monitored for musculoskeletal disease.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
Connected cleared ultrasound equipment/transducer supporting B-mode (2D), color Doppler and/or power Doppler. Camera-based hand and joint localization guides probe positioning.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
Requires professional supervision and compatible cleared ultrasound equipment; provides no diagnostic decisions. If images are inadequate or absent, the clinician can revert to manual scanning or joint palpation.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
The vendor's broad autonomous/no-direct-staff wording is not used to override the exact FDA supervision requirement.
The FDA listing establishes the regulatory identity. It does not by itself establish local workflow fit, pricing, security, or performance in your environment.
FDA submission
K260190
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-08-31
Use these fields to structure a vendor demo, security review, and implementation estimate.
Integration
Communicates with the ultrasound machine to switch grayscale and Doppler modes during scanning. A touchscreen guides hand placement and gel application under healthcare-professional supervision.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
Exact scanner/probe model compatibility, PACS interfaces and export formats are not established by this summary.
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
Mechanical/electrical safety testing and corporate quality claims do not establish current cybersecurity certification, image retention or network security for the installed robot.
Training and support
Vendor documentation pending
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
Supervised use is established, but the exact operator curriculum, competency assessment and retraining schedule are not public in reviewed materials.
Monitoring and change control
The summary describes planned continuation of EU post-market surveillance and collection of performance, safety and usability data by ROPCA.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
This is the manufacturer's submitted surveillance description, not an independently audited current service-level commitment.
Metrics are shown only when they are tied to a source, endpoint, population, and tested product version.
Evidence summary
The FDA summary describes performance and usability studies, including an additional US-clinic study, supporting automatic capture of clinically usable joint images. It does not provide study denominators, participant characteristics or detailed confidence intervals.
FDA source Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
Joint-acquisition success is not diagnostic sensitivity for arthritis. No numeric clinical accuracy is inferred from the acquisition acceptance statement.
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
No exact-release diagnostic sensitivity for musculoskeletal disease is established; the device acquires images for clinician interpretation.
Reported specificity
Not established in reviewed sources
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
No exact-release diagnostic specificity for musculoskeletal disease is established.
No contextualized exact-version metric has completed evidence review. Regulatory-document values, when available, are shown above with their limitations.
K260190 acquisition performance and usability studies
Manufacturer-summarized acquisition performance and usability studies, with an additional US-clinic evaluation · Adult hand/finger/wrist joint ultrasound workflow; participant and joint denominators not provided in the public summary
exact submission · Tested version: ARTHUR configuration submitted in K260190 · Sponsor or vendor study
K260190
Summary supports image acquisition rather than autonomous diagnostic decisions; no numeric arthritis-detection endpoint is reported here.
These are common procurement questions; unknown values remain visible until a source supports them.
Pricing and total cost
Vendor documentation pending
Vendor confirmation Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
Reviewed vendor page offers a demo, not a verified robot, ultrasound-system, service or consumable price.
Reimbursement and coding
Research pending
Needs research Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
No applicable payer coverage or payment policy reviewed for robotic joint ultrasound.
Safety and lifecycle
Postmarket record
Recall and adverse-event records are shown only after product matching. Adverse-event reports do not establish incidence or causality.
Postmarket safety review
Not established in reviewed sources
Reviewed sources checked Exact FDA submission Checked 2026-09-06
Downloaded exact-ID recall packet contained zero records; this limited result does not establish absence of recall or safety information.
Buyer worksheet
Open questions to take to the vendor
Verify security and privacy controls: Mechanical/electrical safety testing and corporate quality claims do not establish current cybersecurity certification, image retention or network security for the installed robot.
Verify training: Supervised use is established, but the exact operator curriculum, competency assessment and retraining schedule are not public in reviewed materials.
Verify pricing and total cost: Reviewed vendor page offers a demo, not a verified robot, ultrasound-system, service or consumable price.
Verify reimbursement and coding relevance: No applicable payer coverage or payment policy reviewed for robotic joint ultrasound.
Verify recalls and postmarket safety signals: Downloaded exact-ID recall packet contained zero records; this limited result does not establish absence of recall or safety information.
This audit distinguishes completed source review from fields that have not yet been researched.
Human reviewedStatus
2026-09-06Last searched
15Fields reviewed
9Source classes checked
20Reviewed PubMed leads
10Reviewed trial leads
0Unreviewed FDA recall leads
All 20 stored PubMed records were screened as personal-name/biographical ARTHUR matches rather than the ROPCA device. All ten stored trials concern unrelated drug, cancer, pain, endoscopy or lens-solution interventions; none is promoted. Vendor-linked ultrasound papers are separate discovery leads, not these candidates. The current discovery snapshot contains 20 PubMed and 10 ClinicalTrials.gov candidate records; its dated, count-matched human screening remains current. Unlinked candidates remain quarantined. Native FDA recall identifiers produced 0 postmarket candidate records; 0 have been reviewed (0 published, 0 rejected) and 0 remain unreviewed.
Candidate leads were screened against the exact product and tested version. Unlinked records remain quarantined.
Source classes: fda ai list, fda decision summary, vendor product page, literature index, trial registry, stored candidate metadata, pubmed, clinical trials, openfda device recall
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