BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SonoSite, Inc. (NASDAQ:SONO), the world leader in hand-carried ultrasound, announced today at the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Annual Meeting that it has introduced a new high-frequency broadband transducer, the C11e/8-5. With its small footprint, the C11e transducer provides enhanced image quality and deeper penetration for visualizing the delivery of regional anesthesia and line placement. This is the seventh MicroMaxx® system transducer offered by SonoSite for a variety of important anesthesiology procedures and assessments. Customer shipments are planned to begin by the end of November.