LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--I-Flow Corporation (NASDAQ:IFLO) and GE Healthcare (NASDAQ:GE) announced that they have agreed to form a strategic alliance to conduct clinical trials and explore joint opportunities in the anesthesiology market. This exclusive alliance combines resources between the market-leading supplier of regional anesthesiology infusion pumps -- I-Flow Corporation -- and the market leader in global ultrasound and global compact ultrasound -- GE Healthcare -- to conduct a clinical study on the use of ultrasound for the placement of continuous peripheral nerve blocks. Regional pain management systems are one of the fastest growing areas for ultrasound-guided procedures.