About us

Founded in 2004, eZono AG is a different kind of ultrasound company, one that empowers non-traditional ultrasound users to incorporate sonography in their daily work. This enables our customers to improve clinical outcomes, enhance patient satisfaction and in particular lower cost. As a result we bring not only affordable portable sonography technology to specific applications but also makes it easy for instance for anesthetists to operate - reducing drastically their learning effort.

Investment demands and learning requirements have kept sonography in only well-defined clinical niches far too long. By empowering sonography, eZono breaks into new applications for ultrasound imaging like regional anesthesia. Only few regional anesthesia procedures are supported by ultrasound imaging today, the rest are done ‘blindly’ which result in patient anxiety, pain, cost and risk. With our eZono™ 3000 system designed for regional anesthesia, sonography becomes a standard tool for anaesthetists.

eZono AG was founded in July 2004 and is located in Jena, the capital of optical and precision engineering in Germany. Our diversified staff of 26 specialists comes from 16 nations and enables the company’s global footprint. So do our more than 40 shareholders across the globe with a particular focus in London, New Jersey and Boston. We generated our first revenues in late 2008 just three years after start of operations in May 2005. Our products are sold through our growing number of channel partners primarily in EMEA. The eZono™ 3000 system, our first generation of ultrasound products, is currently being introduced into the European market.

Our approach to application-specific sonography rests on three key pillars:

Use of standard state-of-the-art technology

We use technology from PCs, game consoles, mobile phones and internet routers to generate high-quality ultrasound images.  The vast processing power of the eZono™ 3000 is packaged into a highly portable form factor combined with the latest touch screen technology. This not only provides unprecedented flexibility but also leads to long battery life and low weight. Furthermore due to our system architecture, users can upgrade our system offering with a vast range of peripherals in order to further enhance it.

Software architecture designed for application-specific usage

The eZono™ 3000 runs on a proprietary operating system. Our system architecture is not only robust but also expandable for peripherals and upgrades in the future. Thus we are able to customize our system platform for specific applications like regional anesthesia. Here we developed the patent-pending Cue Cards, which guide anesthetists through their procedures with the help of 3D anatomical models, multimedia tools and reference images thus reducing learning efforts. Due to our software architecture, the eZono 3000 is tailor-made for the use of anesthetists but remains standard at its core. Hence this approach scales to further clinical applications quite easily in the future.

Low cost, high quality supply-chain - Made in Germany

Our system architecture is designed to support efficient supply-chain operations. Thus eZono is able to use standard electronics production technologies and bring them to the quality level of medical devices. Due to our investment in Oracle JD Edwards Enterprise One as our ERP backbone, we are able to outsource the complete supply-chain and logistics and still control completely our operations. This offers a low fixed-cost production while having high-quality standards. We operate with dedicated partners like medical-certified EPSa for production in Saalfeld, Germany and Kuehne+Nagel for global logistics. The unprecedented cost advantages from this approach benefit our customers, which struggle from rising cost and limited upside revenue opportunities.

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Made in Germany

Did you know that the eZono^™ 3000 is a German innovation? It is not only developed in Jena/Germany but also manufactured in the precision triangle between Erfurt, Jena and Saalfeld - famous for its precision engineering. Learn more here.

Quality made in Germany

eZono is not only producing in Germany but also its quality management system (ISO13485) is certified by German DEKRA in combination with Carl Zeiss for product testing of the eZono™ 3000. This ensures a high quality standard due to one of the most rigorous audit processes in the world given German thoroughness. Learn more here.