Hyperfine Swoop vs Ultromics EchoGo

Bedside brain imaging in an ICU, or in a hospital with limited resources, is the Swoop case. Swoop is a portable 0.064T MRI with Optive AI reconstruction that needs no shielded room. A cardiology group wanting HFpEF and amyloidosis flags on routine echo is the Ultromics case.

Swoop is owned equipment. Per the FY2025 10-K summary, an annual software, service and support agreement follows a one-year warranty on 36 or 60 month terms, and a Scientific Reports paper estimates about $50,000 per system (currency not stated). openFDA holds 17 records for the applicant, the latest K262622 on August 19, 2026. A Scientific Reports paper reports image quality below 1.5T and 3T, and a review limits Swoop to structural contrasts.

Swoop answers a brain-imaging question and EchoGo an echo question, so an ICU's MRI purchase with its multi-year service agreement and an echo lab's EchoGo subscription are separate decisions even inside one hospital system.