What is the purpose of the BxChip?

The purpose of the BxChip includes:

1. To save on materials, cost, tech time, and storage space by reducing cassette and block volume in the lab.
2. To improve tissue yield on slides. How? The BxChip reduces linear variability. In some labs, this has significantly increased histologic tissue surface area, biopsy core length, and, most notably, some pathologists who use the BxChip have reported an increase in their cancer detection rates.
3. To standardize tissue handling.
4. To improve scanned slides. The blue material is an anchor for scanners to lock in and focus on the relevant areas.
5. To maintain biopsy core orientation and site designation.
6. To provide a landmark for AI so multiple slides and levels of the same core can be viewed simultaneously on a grid.