Darryl Barnes is a physician-turned-inventor who co-founded Sonex Health, an Eagan, Minnesota medtech company building ultrasound-guided devices that move carpal tunnel and trigger finger surgery out of the operating room and into the clinic office. A former Mayo Clinic sports medicine doctor, he co-invented the UltraGuideCTR device, holds numerous medical device patents, and helped raise more than $60 million to scale the company. He has served as both CEO and chief technology officer, and was named Medical Devices CEO of the Year for the Upper Midwest in 2018.
Sonex Health is a Minnesota-based medical device company that pioneered minimally invasive, ultrasound-guided treatments for common hand conditions. Its flagship UltraGuideCTR (carpal tunnel) and UltraGuideTFR (trigger finger) devices let surgeons see critical anatomy in real time and perform releases through a tiny incision in an office setting, allowing patients to return to normal activity in days rather than weeks. Founded in 2014 by Mayo Clinic physicians, the company has treated more than 20,000 carpal tunnel patients and raised over $62 million to make ultrasound-guided release the standard of care.