Why the HIFU market has a grey-market problem Search for a HIFU machine, and most results are not Ultherapy. The category is crowded with low-cost units, multi-function home devices, and systems marketed by the number of cartridges rather than by any clearance. For a clinic, that noise is a practical risk: a device described as HIFU may carry no...

What Ultherapy transducers are Ultherapy transducers are the interchangeable handpieces that set the treatment depth on an Ultherapy system. Each transducer focuses ultrasound at one fixed depth, so the operator selects depth by choosing a transducer rather than by adjusting a needle or a dial. They are reusable and serial tracked, which makes t...

What Ultherapy is and how it works Ultherapy is an FDA-cleared system that delivers micro-focused ultrasound with visualization, often shortened to MFU-V. It is made by Ulthera, Inc., now part of Merz. The system focuses ultrasound energy at set depths beneath the skin surface through a transducer, without piercing the skin and without radiofreq...