Preserve tissue quality and increase cancer detection rates with tissue-handling devices for the clinic and lab
BxBoard®
For small core needle biopsies
Options available: 6-Lane: 16-18g core needle biopsies, 4-Lane: 11-14g core needle biopsies
Say goodbye to bottles for core needle biopsies and hello to Lumea BxBoards. Medical personnel now place tissue samples on special hydrophilic formalin-soaked sponges within the BxBoards. This innovative technology preserves anatomic orientation, allowing for more precise localization of diseases.
BxBoards also enhance safety for medical assistants, physicians, and lab personnel by significantly reducing formaldehyde exposure.
Clinics and surgery centers using the BxBoard report an 83% reduction in containers, an 89% reduction in formalin per prostate case, and a remarkable 136% reduction in biohazard waste per histology lab.
BxChip®
For small core needle biopsies
Options available: 6-Lane: 16-18g core needle biopsies, 4-Lane: 11-14g core needle biopsies
The BxChip is a patented Sectionable Matrix designed to hold up to six biopsy core specimens throughout lab processing. Labs using the BxChip have experienced significant benefits, including:
- 14.5% average increase in histologic tissue surface area on the glass slide
- 31.8% average increase in biopsy core length
- Most notably, the overall cancer detection rate increased by 9.3%!
- 78% reduction in grossing time
- 83% reduction in embedding time
- 76% decrease in total lab time per prostate case
BxCamera®
Works with any tissue that fits in a cassette
Enhance your lab and optimize your grossing station with Lumea’s AI-driven BxCamera, a reliable and affordable machine-learning tool used on over 2 million specimens that measures and documents specimens in seconds.
The BxCamera takes grossing to the next level, enabling labs to gross specimens in seconds with minimal handling. A laboratory technician places a specimen under the camera, which uses artificial intelligence to quickly and accurately measure the entire surface area of the tissue.
FocalRing®
Gyn, Non-Gyn, and UroCyte slide prep
The FocalRing tool is designed to reduce scanning failures and rescans commonly associated with poor focal plane definition of small tissue biopsies and cytology samples. It comes embedded in a block, and lab personnel section it at the same thickness as the tissue or cell structure that will be associated with it. Once the FocalRing is deparaffinized on the slide, place the desired sample (produced at the same thickness) within the ring. The slide can then go through the standard processes to stain and digitize, with the FocalRing providing the plane of focus for whole slide scanning.
BxAlign
The BxAlign is a multifaceted tool designed to reduce rescans, like our FocalRing, and also serves as a proprietary fiducial for Lumea’s digital pathology software and artificial intelligence. By implementing this tool at the embedding station along with the specimen(s), the BxAlign ensures a clear area of focus for the scanner and an unaltered fiducial marker regardless of how many sections of tissue are taken from the paraffin block.
BxBoard
Anti-Slip Platform®
Lumea’s BxBoard Anti-Slip Platform holds a BxBoard steady and in place during a procedure. The platform makes it easier for surgeons and physicians to load the BxBoard with tissue, especially if they do not have an assistant or nurse to assist during the biopsy.
Embedding Tamper
Lumea’s embedding tampers are designed and sized to apply even pressure to the full extent of the BxChip. The tamper base is aluminum, which can heat up quickly and is less likely to adhere to the back of the BxChip. The ergonomic handle fits nicely between the thumb and index finger interspace without fatiguing the user’s hand.
BxSOFTt COOL™
Options available: small, large
Color-Changing Soft Tamper
The BxSOFTt COOL is a hand-held device used to cool paraffin blocks during microtomy. It’s made from a soft rubber/metal composite with improved thermal transfer.
The user can (re)cool the paraffin block to obtain serial sections without removing the block from the microtome. The surface of the paraffin block cools quickly (10-15 seconds). Lumea BxSOFTt COOL changes color as it cools, so you know when it’s ready – it turns blue below 1°C (the recommended temperature for maximum efficiency).
BxSOFTt HOT™
Options available: XS (Yellow), S (Green), M (Red), L (Fuchsia), and XL (Blue)
Soft tampering device for casting paraffin blocks
Lumea BxSOFTt HOT tamper is made from a silicone elastomer composite with improved thermal transfer and high latent heat. The handle is detachable and self-centering on the soft tamper (via permanent magnets).
The soft tamper is intended for flattening, aligning in the same plane, and maintaining the position of the paraffinized tissue samples when cooling the paraffin blocks on the embedding station. The tamper removes the need to apply significant force and reduces the risk of breaking fragile biological specimens.
BxChip 6-lane
Onboarding Kit
The BxChip is perfect for medical laboratories! Our patented Sectionable Matrix technology allows you to increase tissue surface area and preserve the integrity of the tissue while aiding pathologists in cancer detection rate.
RFID Reader
RFID Readers enable Lumea’s BxLink users to associate an RFID Tag to a specific patient sample.
RFID Tags
RFID Tags to use with BxBoards and BxChips. RFID tags strengthen and enhance the chain-of-custody tracking for patient tissue and add an additional patient identifier. When RFID is linked to a patient encounter, it immediately initiates tracking so physicians can see where the tissue is at every step of the process.
Coming Soon
BxChip – 8 Well®
Each well can contain a small tissue
biopsy up to 7mm
BxChip – 16 Well®
Each well can contain a small tissue biopsy
up to 4mm
Learn More“It’s actually fun to gross prostates here. In a full day, I could gross 100 BxChips (600 prostate cores) by myself. If I had to do that same amount of cores the traditional way, it would take me a full week, and I would probably quit after the first day.”
Wyatt Anthony, Pathology AssistantPathNet