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BioPhotonics: January 2010

BioPhotonics
 January 2010


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For medicine, finding the right touch When it comes to touch screens, the requirements of doctors and average users can differ. The needs of medical office staff, however, are like those of information technology worke...
Orange Laser Sources for Life Sciences Research Flow cytometry is a critical technology for both clinical medicine and basic research in the life sciences. Flow cytometers use lasers, hydrodynamically focused streams of single cells and photon...
Design Innovation in Biomedical Systems Innovation is what keeps biomedical systems on the cutting edge, advancing human health and wellness through analysis, diagnosis and treatment. Much novel design begins in university biomedical...
Multiphoton Microscopy: Ready for Prime Time? Having spent much of its admittedly short life in relative obscurity, multiphoton microscopy has, over the past decade, moved out of the shadows and into the mainstream of biologic...
EDITORIAL
Illuminating the issues Health care experts gave US legislators a healthy dose of information on biophotonics last month when SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, held a luncheon brie...
BIOSCAN
Exploding cells, one by one Blowing up cells really isn’t anything new. It’s done in laser surgery, for example, to tissues in cells. But a new mass spectrometry method now can create explosions on a one-by-one basis without wrecking a cell’s chemical properties. Akos Vertes, a professor of chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology at The George Washington University in Washington, and graduate student Bindesh...
Imaging lung disease A new type of MRI scan has been created by a team of scientists and clinicians from the University of Nottingham Medical School, part of the Queen’s Medical Centre campus. The research unit was...
Getting a better view of eye cancer Retinoblastoma is the most common and aggressive form of eye cancer found in children under the age of 5. As with most cancers, early detection and accurate monitoring are critical...
Smart drug delivery paved with gold Smart drug delivery – releasing medications only at the site of tumor or infection – has presented an ongoing puzzle in disease treatment. Scientists have tried to solve the problem with...
Kinder, gentler laryngoscopes A laryngoscope is a medical instrument designed to obtain a view of the vocal cords and the glottis, the space between the cords. It is typically incorporated in a medical procedur...
Applying logic yields intelligent diagnostics By applying molecular logic, researchers at Tufts University have demonstrated what could be the foundation for intelligent medical diagnostics. Their fluorescence-based approach c...
Virtual brain biopsy A new optical tool could help brain surgeons find and examine cancerous tissue without the need for a risky biopsy of brain tissue. Jin U. Kang, an electrical engineer at Johns Hopkins...
Photoswitch paralyzes animals A newly developed internal “on-off” photoswitch paralyzes animals exposed to a beam of UV light – and keeps them paralyzed even after the light is extinguished. When the animals are exposed to...
Pickin’ up good vibrations, with nanoantenna arrays Understanding the functions of proteins is fundamental to cell biology and chemistry. It can help us identify the mechanisms of disease and can contribute to the discovery of new d...
RAPIDSCAN
Bill in US Senate threatens medical imaging Tracking the US health care bill and how it will affect the imaging industry is like trying to shoot at a moving target. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s bill, currently being debated in the Senate, has changes in the physician fee structure and reimbursement that will not be good news for the imaging industry. However, several members of the House and Senate may introduce legislation to...
Opportunities abound for LEDs in medical devices The number of packaged LEDs used in selected test/measurement and medical science devices is expected to reach 1.783 billion in 2013, up from 468.5 million in 2008, with an annual growth rate of 30.7...
Trumpf Group Trumpf Group of Ditzingen, Germany, has expanded its medical technology division in the US with the purchase of a $6 million facility in Charleston, S.C. Headquartered next to the city’s Cooper...
Michelson Diagnostics Ltd. OCT products manufacturer Michelson Diagnostics Ltd. of London has won a £25,000 grant from the UK government’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB) to study the feasibility of highly miniaturized OCT...
Prism Clinical Imaging Inc. Prism Clinical Imaging Inc. of Elm Grove, Wis., in collaboration with investigators at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, has received a $1.6 million, three-year grant from the National...
Cerno Bioscience Cerno Bioscience of Danbury, Conn., and Santa Clara, Calif.-based Agilent Technologies Inc. have partnered to market the former company’s MassWorks calibration software to users of the latter’s gas...
Case Western Reserve University Researchers at Case Western Reserve University of Cleveland selected Avo Photonics Inc. of Horsham, Pa., to build an imaging catheter for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia. The device will enable...
Cell Gen Therapeutics LLC Photomedical company Cell Gen Therapeutics LLC of Dallas has commissioned Quantum Composers Inc. to manufacture systems designed for therapy using light-induced biostimulation. The contract moves the...
Gamma Medica-Ideas Inc. Digital molecular imaging systems developer Gamma Medica-Ideas Inc. of Northridge, Calif., has received an Innovation Award for a prototype imaging system that combines the molecular imaging...
Samsung Medical Center-Sungkyunkwan University In conjunction with the Samsung Medical Center-Sungkyunkwan University, SensL of Cork, Ireland, a low-light sensing solutions provider, has announced the completion of the first full-brain PET to be...
BioTek Instruments Inc. In Winooski, Vt., microplate instrumentation and software company BioTek Instruments Inc. has released an application note titled Automated Magnetic Bead Washing of Metabolic Hormone Assays, in...
Life Technologies Corp. Life Technologies Corp. of Carlsbad, Calif., a life sciences solutions provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioTrove Inc. of Woburn, Mass., for an undisclosed amount. The...
PerkinElmer Inc. PerkinElmer Inc., a company focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for its GSP genetic...
POST SCRIPTS
Snapshots from a fantastic voyage Over the past several years, GE Healthcare has invited users of its high-content analysis system, IN Cell Analyzer, to submit images for an annual contest. As with similar events s...
PRODUCTS
Silicon Photomultiplier Detector SensL has announced the SPMMatrix, a large-area, high-channel-count silicon photomultiplier detector and readout electronics for radiation imaging, mammography, PET and gamma cameras, x-ray, single-photon-emission CT, and nuclear and particle physics applications. The device consists of a 61.28 x 61.28-mm silicon photomultiplier detection area utilizing the company’s SPMArray4 detectors...
SensL (now under ON Semiconductor)
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Flow Cytometry The Kaluza flow cytometry analysis software from Beckman Coulter Inc. reduces processing and analysis times, allotting researchers more time to explore their data. It features tools to simplify the...
Beckman Coulter Inc., Diagnostics Div.
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Handheld Analyzer BaySpec Inc. has released the Xantus-1 handheld system equipped with a 785-nm laser stabilized for Raman spectroscopy applications. The laser delivers an output power >500 mW and a typical...
BaySpec Inc.
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Bioinstrumentation Lasers Coherent Inc. has introduced two bioinstrumentation lasers, the Sapphire 488 LP and the Sapphire 561 LP. Available in an OEM and CDRH (Center for Devices and Radiological Health) configuration, they...
Coherent Inc.
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Nanopositioning Stages Two multiaxis stages for superresolution microscopy applications are now available from PI (Physik Instrumente) LP. Providing accurate motion with subnanometer resolution over travel ranges of 200...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Diode Laser Blue Sky Research has released a 20-mW version of its 488-nm ChromaLase II diode laser module. Incorporating a blue semiconductor laser diode, the device is packaged in a rugged housing with...
Blue Sky Research
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Optical Spectrometer The 248/130 grazing incidence wavelength dispersive optical spectrometer from McPherson Inc. offers rapid analysis of spectral light in the ~1- to 300-nm wavelength region. Suitable for spectroscopy...
McPherson
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Focus Controller Prior Scientific Inc. has launched a focus-only control system for modern microscopes, suited for applications that involve extended focus or Z-stacking. The ES10ZE focus controller is a compact...
Prior Scientific Inc.
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3-D Microscopy A stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) approach uses an iXonEM+ electron-multiplying CCD camera from Andor Technology and an inverted microscope from Olympus to resolve cellular...
Andor Technology Ltd., Corporate Headquarters
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UV-VIS Spectrophotometers Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has introduced three new spectrophotometer models: the Genesys 10S Vis, the Genesys 10S UV-Vis and the BioMate 3S. Designed for research and routine analysis, the...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Molecular Spectroscopy
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Blue Laser Diode Vortran Laser Technology Inc. has launched the Stradus 488-nm blue laser diode module with 50-mW output power as an alternative to high-power diode-pumped solid-state lasers for flow cytometry and...
Vortran Laser Technology Inc.
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Immersion Oil Cargille Laboratories has designed type 37DF immersion oil to provide the optical values required for a sharp image at 37 °C. Immersion oil standardized for room temperature at 23 °C may offer...
Cargille-Sacher Laboratories
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Fluorescence Detection Vertilon Corp. has introduced the SIB232 sensor interface board for fluorescence detection applications using the Hamamatsu H7260 multianode photomultiplier tube (PMT). In conjunction with the...
Vertilon Corp.
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Spectroscopy Software To control a wide range of spectroscopic instrumentation as well as capture and process data, Jasco Inc. has released the Spectra Manager II, a cross-platform software suite designed to operate all...
JASCO Inc.
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Digital Camera Leica Microsystems GmbH has added the Leica DFC345 FX, a digital camera for fluorescence applications, to its portfolio. Featuring high resolution and sensitivity, a fast image capture rate and a...
Leica Microsystems GmbH
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DPSS Green Laser Sprout, a compact diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser launched by Lighthouse Photonics LLC, features noise elimination technology and is available in four versions ranging from 5 to 10 W. Suited...
Lighthouse Photonics Inc.
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Fiber Optic Assemblies Gulf Fiberoptics Inc. has launched a line of fiber optic assemblies, in both standard and enhanced grades, for spectroscopy and sensing applications. The assemblies will include a variety of patch...
Gulf Photonics Inc.
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Frame Grabber The Matrox Radient eCL Camera Link frame grabber from Matrox Imaging now supports the company’s Altera Stratix IV processing field-programmable gate arrays. With more processing elements, the Stratix...
Matrox Imaging
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Color Processing Baumer Optronic GmbH presents HQ Color Technology for high-quality color requirements. Based on the proprietary CIELAB Engine, it utilizes a single sensor to deliver color that the company says is...
Baumer Optronic GmbH
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DPSS Laser The Cobolt Mambo compact diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser from Cobolt AB is now available with up to 100 mW of power. Operating at 594 nm, the laser is suitable for fluorescence analysis...
Cobolt AB
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Superresolution The ELYRA microscope systems from Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH, which can be acquired on a turnkey or modular basis, enable the PAL-M and SR-SIM superresolution microscopy techniques to be...
Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC
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