Blue Phantom
Ultrasound Simulators

Elevate Healthcare is committed to improving clinical education and patient safety through simulation-based training solutions. With a mission to Improve clinical competency and performance, we develop evidence-based curriculum and innovative learning technologies for healthcare education.

Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in civil aviation, defence and security, and healthcare by revolutionising our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness. In a class of its own, our mission is to lead at the frontier of digital immersion with high-tech training and operational support solutions to make the world a safer place.

Enhancing patient safety Elevate Healthcare delivers medical simulation training products that help healthcare professionals provide safe, high quality patient care. Our end-to-end spectrum of simulation solutions includes patient, interventional and imaging simulation, centre management solutions and learning modules.

Each Elevate Healthcare product is developed in collaboration with clinicians and leading healthcare institutions to ensure educational relevance. Our evidence-based curriculum allows educators to integrate simulation easily and effectively.

With a broad array of products and services, we offer needs analysis, consulting and educational solutions to hospitals, medical schools, military branches and nursing, respiratory and allied health programs.

At the turn of the 21st century, the adoption of ultrasound was exploding. With the release of the first truly portable ultrasound systems, ultrasound, which had once been limited to radiologists, was now being used by a vast number of medical specialties from emergency medicine to anaesthesiology. The demand for ultrasound training was high, but little was available.

 Sonographer Brian Keegan recognised the need for a reliable training tool and set off to develop the first ultrasound training model. After countless hours creating and testing different configurations in his garage, he had finally hit the mark. The formula matched the acoustic properties of human tissue and worked perfectly with any ultrasound system.

The first ultrasound model to emerge from Keegan’s work was a small blue block with two internal vessels to mimic actual veins. This model inspired the company name "Blue Phantom".

In 2012, Elevate Healthcare acquired Blue Phantom to advance the improvement of simulation-based clinical training and the delivery of patient care globally. Today, Blue Phantom is a major producer of the most realistic and durable anatomical task trainers available. Coupled with a commitment to customer service and quality, Blue Phantom is now recognised as the world leader in ultrasound training models. 

Realism
All Blue Phantom models are made using our patented SimulexUS tissue. SimulexUS is specifically designed to match the acoustic properties of human tissue. This means that you can use virtually any ultrasound system with a Blue Phantom model and have a realistic ultrasound image.

Durability
Our patented SimulexUS tissue is designed to be self-healing. When you perform an ultrasound guided intervention procedure on any Blue Phantom, the SimulexUS tissue will automatically seal around the area where the needle was placed, eliminating leaks.

In a study carried out in partnership with the U.S. Government, it was shown that you can expect 1,000 needle sticks or more on any Blue Phantom model.

 → Read the study

Competence
At Blue Phantom, we know that it takes practice to achieve mastery in the techniques of ultrasound. We also know that it takes experience to develop confidence and skill. That is why we offer the best ultrasound simulation training solutions available.

 Learn how the medical schools in the United States integrate ultrasound in medical education.

→ Read the study

You can expect tremendous durability of your Blue Phantom ultrasound training model. Blue Phantom products have an indefinite shelf life and do not require any special storage or refrigeration. Blue Phantom’s proprietary tissue simulation materials are designed to withstand a minimum of one thousand needle and catheter cannulations without image degeneration or leaking.

Blue Phantom models are designed to be the most realistic and durable models available anywhere. We put tremendous effort into matching the ultrasound imaging characteristics for the specific imaging scenario we are simulating.

It is of the utmost importance to Sim & Skills, as authorised distubtors of Blue Phantom, that our customers are confident in the purchase of our products. We work to accomplish this in 3 ways:

   1. Sim & Skills offers a 28-day money back guarantee (read our policy).
   2. We attend national simulation events throughout the year where you can experience the products first hand. We also offer online video and in-person product demonstrations (subject to safety and availability).
   3. We are a supplier to the NHS and accept purchase orders. We will beat any like-for-like quote.

Yes. We would be happy to work with you to design, develop and manufacture custom models.

You can expect tremendous durability of your Blue Phantom ultrasound training model. Blue Phantom’s proprietary tissue simulation materials are designed to withstand thousands of needle and catheter cannulations without image degeneration or leaking. They are guaranteed to withstand a minimum of 1000 punctures.

We recommend that you utilize sharp, unbent 18-21 gauge needles and corresponding catheters. Users should avoid using dull and/or bent needles because they can cause stubborn needle tracks from being reabsorbed from the tissue simulation material. Needles should be replaced every 8-10 uses to make sure that they are sharp.

All medical ultrasound instruments can be utilised with Blue Phantom ultrasound training models.