Butterfly Network

Butterfly Network is a medical device company founded in 2011 in Guilford, Connecticut and now headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States. It develops handheld point-of-care ultrasound systems built on proprietary semiconductor technology, aiming to make ultrasound imaging portable and affordable enough for routine use at the bedside.

Its core technology, Ultrasound-on-Chip, powers the Butterfly iQ3 and iQ+ handheld probes, the iQ+ Bladder automated bladder scanner, and the Butterfly Move point-of-care cart; a veterinary version, iQ3 Vet, is also available. Software such as Compass AI for program management, ScanLab for simulation-based training and TeleGuidance for remote scanning support complete the platform. Butterfly’s devices are FDA cleared and CE marked, and the company reports more than 145,000 customers worldwide.

1. Butterfly iQ3: third-generation handheld ultrasound probe using Ultrasound-on-Chip technology.

2. iQ+ Bladder: automated bladder volume scanning without manual probe positioning.

3. Butterfly Move: all-in-one point-of-care ultrasound cart for clinical settings.

4. Compass AI: software for managing ultrasound programs across a facility.

5. TeleGuidance and ScanLab: remote scanning guidance and simulation-based training.

6. FDA-cleared and CE-marked devices used by more than 145,000 customers worldwide.