Turning advanced technology into practical, widely used medical devices

Guangzhou Sonostar Information Technology Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures and sells medical equipment. Our work is to turn the latest advances in technology into devices that are practical to use and affordable to own. We aim to build a technology company whose engineering customers regard as advanced and whose brand they trust, and we run the business on innovation and differentiation, efficient operation, and partnerships in which both sides gain.

Our product development and application team covers acoustics, electronics, software, mechanical engineering, structural and industrial design, and clinical application, and its core members bring long industry experience. We also run joint research programmes with Peking University, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Sun Yat-sen University and South China University of Technology.

The company invests in its own research and development, and has brought to market a series of products that are technically advanced, clearly differentiated, matched to what customers actually need and priced to compete. Our probe-style handheld ultrasound scanner moved miniaturisation and intelligence in diagnostic ultrasound to a new level: the unit is the size of a smartphone and weighs 200 g, sends images wirelessly to phones, tablets and computers for viewing, storage and remote consultation, and costs a fraction of a conventional cart-based colour Doppler system with comparable imaging. It also offers needle-tip enhancement and magnetic navigation, functions otherwise found only on high-end systems. Because it is portable, affordable and quick to deploy, it is used across hospital departments, primary care, emergency and military settings, and in aesthetic and veterinary practice, where it supports preliminary screening, emergency assessment and needle guidance — useful where precise, visualised diagnosis matters and where avoidable complications are a concern. We see it becoming a personal visual stethoscope for clinicians. Volume shipments are already under way to more than 100 countries and regions. The wearable unit released more recently weighs 45 g and is no larger than a matchbox.

The company holds dozens of invention patents, utility model patents, design patents and software copyrights. Its projects have been funded under the Ministry of Science and Technology's key R&D programme in the 13th Five-Year Plan, and by Guangdong provincial and Guangzhou municipal science and technology programmes. The company is recognised as a National High-Tech Enterprise and a provincial specialised, refined, distinctive and innovative (SRDI) enterprise, and its products carry the Guangdong Provincial High-Tech Product designation.

Quality control is central to how we work. Our products hold registrations and certifications in China, under EU CE and ISO 13485, with the US FDA, and in Russia, Japan, Brazil, Australia, Turkey, Argentina, Indonesia and most other major markets. The SonoStar brand is well known to customers at home and abroad.

Our production, office and residential facilities are built to give employees a good place to work and live. We also take part in community work: supporting students and families in financial difficulty, running free rural health checks with medical partners, donating medicines and equipment, and funding school buildings. A donation box in the office collects staff contributions and keeps that culture visible.