Transform your lab’s workflow and diagnostic accuracy with the BxChip® and the BxCamera®
It’s Better for the Lab Technician
- Simplified Workflow: The engineered array holds up to six core needle biopsies in a single cassette, significantly reducing the number of individual cassettes/blocks to manage, embed, cut, and store.
- Speed and Efficiency: The AI-driven BxCamera auto-documents and measures specimens in the BxChip in seconds, with access to automatic grossing template builders.
- Substantial Time Savings: The BxChip processing method demonstrates a more than threefold reduction in preanalytical and analytical time (including grossing, embedding, sectioning, and diagnosis).
- Storage Reduction: Using the BxChip results in a sixfold reduction in storage space used for tissue blocks and slides.
“Ever since I started grossing I hated prostate biopsies... Now, I joke that I’m probably the only pathologists’ assistant in the country whose favorite specimen to gross is a prostate core case.”
Wyatt Anthony, Pathology Assistant
It’s Better for Cost & Efficiency
- Streamlined Logistics: Reduces material usage and inventory management through the consolidation of multiple cores into one cassette/block.
- Lower Staining Costs: Multiplexing up to six cores on one slide enables labs to perform additional stains (like dual-stain) with significantly reduced costs.
- Cost Neutrality: Implementing the BxChip incurs no additional expense for labs compared to traditional methods (before factoring in savings on staining/recuts).
It’s Better for Standardization & Quality Assurance
- Maintain Specimen Integrity: The chip keeps biopsies straight and maintains their orientation throughout tissue processing, eliminating coiling and fragmentation.
- Eliminate Human Variation: The BxCamera ensures consistent, high-quality, and precise measurements and gross descriptions, eliminating human error in documentation.
- Seamless Data Integration: The software seamlessly integrates with and auto-populates information into any existing Laboratory Information System.
- Reduced Recuts and Errors: Better core preservation on a single plane minimizes the need for recuts and reduces the risk of diagnostic errors.
It’s Better for the Pathologist
- Increase Diagnostic Confidence: The BxChip’s straight and flat core preservation minimizes fragmentation and deformation, resulting in higher-quality, less compromised samples.
- Enhance Tissue Yield for Review: The BxChip increases the total histologic tissue surface area on the glass slide by an average of 14.5%, giving more material for diagnosis.
- Higher Cancer Detection Rate: The improved sample quality has led to a notable increase in the overall cancer detection rate (up to 18.79% increase reported).
- Support for Digital Pathology: When used with Lumea software, the BxChip’s distinct material helps digital scanners focus, improving digital slide quality and enabling aligned multi-stain review.
“A pathologist’s biggest fear is missing something. Now, they’re able to economically see all of the cores dual-stained and have more confidence that they are giving the correct diagnosis.”
James Dixon, Pathology Lab Manager
It’s Better for the Patient
- More Precise Diagnoses: Proper orientation of specimens leads to more precise diagnoses and enables targeted, personalized treatment options.
- Increase Tissue Yield: The increased tissue yield provided by the BxBoard results in more accurate diagnoses, giving patients and their care teams greater confidence.
- Faster Results: Lab efficiencies accelerate turnaround time, speeding up the pathway to treatment decisions.
- Reduce Repeat Biopsies: High-quality samples minimize the risk of compromised results, reducing the need for stressful, costly repeat procedures.
Why Use the BxChip & BxCamera
The conventional method of grossing and processing core needle biopsies relies on manual processes and standard cassettes, which introduce several challenges:
- Manual grossing is time-consuming and prone to human variability and errors.
- Standard processing risks tissue fragmentation, coiling, or deformation, compromising diagnostic quality.
- Inefficient use of cassettes and blocks leads to excessive storage space requirements and materials waste.
Lumea’ BxChip and BxCamera solutions are designed to eliminate these inefficiencies. By standardizing the handling, preservation, and documentation of tissue, it provides an integrated, user-friendly system that benefits pathologists, lab staff, and—most importantly—patients.
Ready to implement the BxChip and BxCamera in your lab?
