Whole-body imaging. Support bladder care and guide PIV insertion—anytime, anywhere.
Empower bedside nursing decisions with an integrated imaging solution that never leaves your side.
Improve guidance for challenging PIV access.
With new Needle Viz™ technology, Butterfly iQ+ makes it even easier to identify the needle for the control necessary for difficult placements. And now, with the world’s first POCUS Biplane Imaging™, cannulation can be guided in the short and long axis simultaneously. Designed to help accuracy and control, these technologies can help not only find a good vein but support successful guidance of PIV access into it.
As many as 60% of all patients, and 1 of every 2 patients in acute care1 have difficult PIV access. The use of ultrasound is starting to appear in standards of nursing practice to help promote successful2 insertion of vascular devices in these cases, known to be associated with high-risk for complications3.
Auto Bladder Volume calculation* in seconds.
The ability to measure bladder volume at the bedside has been shown4 to assist in the evaluation and treatment of post-operative urinary retention and help prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections.5 In seconds, iQ+ acquires a 3D sweep, auto-calculates, and renders the bladder volume in three dimensions.
- The Journal of the Association for Vascular Access
- Pubmed
- Journal of Infusion Nursing
- AMN Healthcare Eduction Services
- Research Gate
- HCPs licensed to perform obstetric ultrasound varies by State and by region, please refer to licensing guidelines to ensure compliant practice
* Not available in Canada.
“The Butterfly Auto Bladder feature gives me the information I need to help guide important catheterization decisions, which can directly impact decisions regarding secondary care admission and patient discharge orders.”
– Harriet Howgill
Acute Medicine RN
The Royal Berkshire Hospital UK
Publications
Clinical evidence.
The Journal of the Association for Vascular Access
The use of ultrasound is now widely accepted to promote safe and accurate insertion of vascular devices, and is supported by many professional organizations for vascular access procedures.
Timothy R. Spencer, DipAppSc, BHSc, ICCert, RN, APRN, VA-BC™; Amy Bardin-Spencer, EdD(c), MSc, RRT, VA-BC™
The Journal of Clinical Nursing
Meta-analysis concluding that the use of the ultrasound bladder scanner reduces unnecessary catheterizations and therefore the risk of urinary tract infection associated with catheterization, therefore reducing patient discomfort, costs, and days of hospitalization associated with urinary tract infection associated with catheterization.
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Learn to identify Peripheral IV Access.
An approach to identifying suitable veins for upper extremity intravenous access.
Calculating bladder volume.
An overview of the auto bladder calculation tool, which removes the complexity and extra steps when using ultrasound to obtain a bladder volume.
Biplane Imaging™ to support guided-procedures.
An introduction to Biplane Imaging™, which allows physicians to see both short and long axis planes simultaneously.
These videos are for informational purposes only, to demonstrate potential uses of the Butterfly iQ. They are not a substitute for professional clinician training and experience. Clinicians are solely responsible for patient care and for exercising their independent clinical judgement at all times.
Benefits of POCUS for vascular access management
Want to learn more? Watch our webinar on the importance of vascular access management for hospitalized patients, with a focus on how COVID-19 has impacted patient care.
POCUS in Nursing
Patrick McKinney, RN
A discussion with a trauma resuscitation nurse about his experience with POCUS in the Emergency Room, predominantly for pulse detection during CPR, quick answers during rapid patient decline and for guidance of technically challenging procedures, such as PIV and A-line insertion.
The future of ultrasound is here.
Auto Bladder Calculation.
Get automated bladder volume calculations with 3D visualization in seconds to help make decisions more quickly.
New Biplane Imaging™ mode and Needle Viz™ technology.
Makes it easier to identify the needle and get the control needed for difficult peripheral vascular access. It is now possible to see the short and long axis of the needle in real-time, during joint injections, soft tissue interventions, PIV and more.
