Aperio Adds Scanner Patent to Growing Portfolio; Company Receives Additional Patent on Use of Line Scanning in Virtual Microscopy.VISTA, Calif. -- Aperio Technologies announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property has issued the company Patent No. 6,917,696, entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Fully Automatic Rapid Microscope Slide Scanner A scanner that is specialized for scanning 35mm slides and film negatives. The slide or film is inserted into a single slot in the machine or into a tray, which is inserted. Many flatbed scanners are also able to scan slides. See scanner and transparency adapter. ." Aperio is the leading provider of scanners and related software in the field of digital microscope slide imaging (virtual microscopy Virtual microscopy is a method of posting microscope images on, and transmitting them over, computer networks. This allows independent viewing of images by large numbers of people in diverse locations. It involves a synthesis of microscopy technologies and digital technologies. ). Aperio's ScanScope(R) scanners are based on a patented line scanning method that has enabled the Company to leap-frog the competition in performance and price. ScanScope scanners create a digital image of an entire microscope slide at giga-pixel resolution in minutes. This digital slide features inherently superior image quality and is generated in a fraction of the time and at half the cost of competitive offerings. "Aperio pioneered the use of line scanning in virtual microscopy, setting new standards for scanning performance and image quality. Our technology leadership has contributed significantly to the development of the soon-to-be $1B digital pathology market," said Dirk Soenksen, Aperio's chief executive officer. "This patent strengthens Aperio's already formidable patent position in virtual microscopy, a position that comprises some 20 issued, licensed or pending patents covering digital slide capture, compression, viewing, management and entire-slide analysis. Our patent portfolio also includes licenses to the rich virtual microscopy patents of Bacus Laboratories, a suite of patents we believe are essential for anyone wishing to do business in the field of virtual microscopy." Virtual microscopy is the practice of converting entire glass microscope slides to high resolution digital slides -- entire-slide images that can be viewed remotely, analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. quantitatively, and annotated, shared and managed, all without a traditional microscope. Aperio's line of ScanScope Systems delivers automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. high-speed digital slide creation, management, and analysis for pathology. Archival and retrieval, education, quality assurance, frozen section interpretation, secondary consultations, and entire-slide image analysis are all improved with the ScanScope System. About Aperio Technologies, Inc. Aperio Technologies is a worldwide leader in virtual microscopy. Our award-winning ScanScope(R) scanners and Digital Slide Information Management Software deliver integrated digital slide creation, viewing, management, and analysis capabilities to pathologists. Applications include education, tissue microarrays Tissue microarrays (also TMAs) consist of paraffin blocks in which up to 1000 separate tissue cores are assembled in array fashion to allow simultaneous histological analysis. , toxicology toxicology, study of poisons, or toxins, from the standpoint of detection, isolation, identification, and determination of their effects on the human body. Toxicology may be considered the branch of pharmacology devoted to the study of the poisonous effects of drugs. pathology, telepathology, image analysis and workflow systems (PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. ). Our freely downloadable ImageScope(TM) viewer makes digital slides accessible anywhere, anytime. With headquarters in Vista, California, Aperio serves a global pathology market in clinical, research, and education. For more information, or to view a gallery of digital slides created by ScanScope Systems, please visit www.aperio.com. ScanScope and ImageScope are trademarks and registered trademarks of Aperio Technologies. |
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