Sonitor Introduces SonitorBLU™ and SonitorMOBILE™
17.4.2023 19:35:00 EEST | Business Wire | Press release
Sonitor® Technologies today announced expansion of its market leading Sense™ platform with SonitorBLU, a proprietary Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) solution for use cases when zonal accuracy is required, and SonitorMOBILE, a location visibility platform for positioning smart devices, combining Sonitor’s ultrasound technology with BLE to provide best-in-class accuracy, effectively turning a smart phone into an RTLS tag. The company made the announcement at the HIMSS Global Health Conference where it is exhibiting from April 18-20.
Sonitor’s new portfolio offers a tiered approach to the challenges faced by healthcare providers. These range from simple asset tracking to more demanding applications that require speed and accuracy such as patient flow and clinical workflow, as well as the critical need to ensure staff safety. As with Sense, these new products offer advanced analytics for workflow insights, and appropriate staffing assignments that help increase hospital capacity and improve patient and staff satisfaction.
“Sonitor is excited to invite healthcare providers, technology partners and all HIMSS attendees to our booth where we will be showcasing the SonitorBLU, Sonitor Sense and SonitorMOBILE suite of products,” said Matt Crane, Chief Commercial Officer, North America/CEO, Sonitor Inc. “In addition, we have recently expanded our team of clinical and technology experts to customize Sonitor’s solutions to meet customers’ strategic objectives and budgets.”
With SonitorBLU, hospitals have an easy-to-install platform to address use cases such as asset tracking when near real-time data flow is sufficient. With no cabling, installation is simple and fast, and the system can be up and reporting locations in less than a day. SonitorMOBILE, combines Sonitor’s patented ultrasound technology, SonitorULE™, and BLE to provide centimeter level accuracy with refresh rates of 1-2 seconds, to “move at the speed of a nurse™,” for highly demanding use cases.
About Sonitor
Sonitor Technologies AS is the leading provider of accurate, affordable, and easy to use Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS) with wearables for staff safety and workforce enablement. The first and only company to commercialize low energy ultrasound as the primary locating technology with proven 99.9% location accuracy, SonitorULE™, is more affordable than traditional RTLS platforms using radio (RF or RFID) or infrared (IR) technologies. Based on its proven record for uptime performance in clinical settings, Sonitor is the only RTLS company to offer a 5-year warranty as standard on its infrastructure technology. The company received a high ranking in the 2023 Best in KLAS RTLS report, second only to the winner, Sonitor partner Securitas Healthcare. Sonitor also earned certification as a “Great Place to Work®” in 2022 and was recognized as among the top companies poised for growth based on innovation and customer alignment in Frost & Sullivan’s Radar™ Industry Report for Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS). To learn more visit www.sonitor.com
To view this piece of content from cts.businesswire.com, please give your consent at the top of this page.
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230417005644/en/
Contact information
Dan Conley
Beacon Communications dconley@beaconpr.com
+1-312-593-8461
About Business Wire
For more than 50 years, Business Wire has been the global leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure.
Subscribe to releases from Business Wire
Subscribe to all the latest releases from Business Wire by registering your e-mail address below. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Latest releases from Business Wire
Kioxia and Sandisk Begin Production of 10th-Generation 3D Flash Memory Products at Kitakami Plant Fab23.7.2026 13:19:00 EEST | Press release
Kioxia Corporation, a subsidiary of Kioxia Holdings Corporation (TOKYO: 285A) and Sandisk Corporation (Nasdaq: SNDK) today announced the start of production for their 10th-generation 3D Flash memory technology at Fab2 (K2) at the Kitakami Plant in Iwate Prefecture in Japan. The milestone comes as the companies continue to drive meaningful, multi-year bit growth to address the strong demand for their innovative flash memory technology. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260702296115/en/ Unveiling ceremony for the K2 facility In conjunction with the start of production, the companies held an unveiling ceremony for the K2 facility. Opening in September 2025, the facility has produced the companies’ 8th-generation 3D flash memory products and will begin to scale production with the introduction of their 10th-generation products. Both generations of 3D flash memory adopt innovative CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array)
VeriSilicon Introduces CPP2000 Camera Post-Processing IP for Embodied Robotics and Mobile Vision Applications3.7.2026 13:02:00 EEST | Press release
VeriSilicon (688521.SH) today announced its high-performance CPP2000 Camera Post-Processing (CPP) IP, expanding the company’s Image Signal Processing (ISP) solutions with advanced post-processing capabilities. By improving image quality and visual perception in mobile imaging scenarios, CPP2000 enables more reliable vision performance in robotics, drones, and other mobile vision applications. CPP2000 integrates multiple image processing technologies and can further optimize YUV images output from image signal processors. The IP supports image and video processing at up to 8K resolution and offers multiple hardware configuration options to meet diverse requirements in Power, Performance, Area (PPA), and latency across different applications. CPP2000 leverages the combined operation of multiple image processing technologies, including motion-compensated temporal filtering, advanced spatial noise reduction, chroma adjustment and dynamic contrast improvement, and edge enhancement. Together
Messer Acquires Singapore-Based Industrial Gas Platform; Japan Corporate Advisory Institute Advises Sellers3.7.2026 12:11:00 EEST | Press release
Messer, the world’s largest privately held specialist for industrial, medical, electronic and specialty gases, has acquired WKS Group, a Singapore-based industrial gas platform with operations across Singapore and southern Malaysia. Transaction terms were not disclosed. Messer reported consolidated sales of approximately EUR 4.5 billion for its 2025 financial year. Founded in Singapore in 1977, WKS Group comprises six companies and employs approximately 195 people across Singapore and southern Malaysia. The acquisition expands Messer’s operating footprint in Southeast Asia and strengthens its access to key industrial clusters across the region. “We are pleased to have completed this transaction with Messer, whose strategic vision makes them an excellent partner for WKS Group,” said Mr. Wong Koh Hoi, shareholder of WKS Group. “We appreciate JCAI’s professionalism and dedication throughout the process, and their expertise was instrumental in achieving a successful outcome.” Japan Corpora
Access Advance Welcomes Meta Platforms, Inc. and Alibaba Group to the Video Distribution Patent Pool3.7.2026 02:00:00 EEST | Press release
Access Advance LLC today announced that Meta Platforms, Inc., one of the world's largest distributors of video content across its Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp services, has joined the Video Distribution Patent Pool (VDP Pool) as a Licensee. Meta also joined both the HEVC Advance and VVC Advance pools as a Licensee. Alibaba Group, whose video infrastructure spans a wide range of video-based services across e-commerce, entertainment, and digital media platforms, was also announced as a VDP Pool Licensee this week. Meta and Alibaba joining the VDP Pool further reinforces the program’s market leading position in resolving the licensing issues around the use of modern video codecs, including VP9, AV1, HEVC and VVC, across all the diverse business models of internet video streaming. "A significant U.S.-based company like Meta joining as a Licensee is a milestone moment for the content distribution business and the VDP Pool," said Peter Moller, CEO of Access Advance. "Meta reach
Kioxia Commences Sample Shipments of 10th-Generation BiCS FLASH™ Devices Delivering High Performance, High Capacity and Low Power Consumption3.7.2026 02:00:00 EEST | Press release
Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, today announced that it has commenced sample shipments of 1Tb (terabit) Triple-Level-Cell (TLC) memory devices utilizing its 10th-generation BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory technology.1 These will be primarily integrated into the company’s enterprise and data center SSDs, strengthening Kioxia’s lineup to meet the growing demand for AI storage, which requires higher performance, higher capacity, and lower power consumption. These new products will be manufactured using state-of-the-art equipment at Kioxia’s Kitakami Plant Fab2 facility in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. By leveraging innovative CMOS directly Bonded to Array (CBA) technology2 and On-Pitch Select Gate Drain (OPS) technology,3 both adopted since the 8th-generation BiCS FLASH™, the 10th-generation technology achieves a NAND interface speed of 4.8 Gb/s,4 a 33% improvement over the 8th generation. Bit density has increased by 59% by stacking 332 layers and improving lateral density
In our pressroom you can read all our latest releases, find our press contacts, images, documents and other relevant information about us.
Visit our pressroom