Burl Concepts is a San Diego-based medical device start-up that manufactures portable ultrasound device to detect strokes in the field. It was founded in order to bring a portable and affordable pre-hospital stroke detection solution to millions of at-risk people worldwide.Fueled by an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas between the naturalsciences and engineering disciplines, the company seeks to bring academic institutions and industrial partners together to meet today’s challenges in global medical care. The first product from BURL Concepts is the SONAS portable, battery-powered ultrasound device designed for the non-invasive, transcranial diagnosis of major strokes.Founded in 2013, Burl Concepts is based on the research of Thilo Hoelscher, a neurologist who previously served as a professor at UC San Diego, where he founded the UCSD Brain Ultrasound Research Laboratory.

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