[Histonet] The Biopsy Chip for high throughput pathology in prostate cancer (and other organs, the list is open..)

[Curt]

Interesting, are you having much success convincing the clinician to take the time to us the device? Looks like they might be required to be extremely careful as opposed to just shooting a core into a specimen jar. Also, how about specimen identy/location, are the rows numbered or something along those lines. Something unique about each row to differentiate one from the other?

Curt


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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sorin Musat
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 10:38 PM
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Subject: [Histonet] The Biopsy Chip for high throughput pathology in prostate cancer (and other organs, the list is open..)

Dear Histoneters,


I am a new subscriber to Histonet,
albeit I've been following this great website for at least 10 years.


I would like to post some information about a new medical device I invented and patented (the Biopsy Chip).
This device was intended for increasing the efficiency of processing and sectioning prostate biopsies, but can be used for other organs that require multiple biopsies (breast, thyroid, skin, etc.,) as well as for friable tissues (bone marrow).


For a quick preview, I uploaded on
youtube a little movie clip we presented at The Romanian Annual Congress of Urology in 2011 (summarizing the results of our first pilot study):

"High Throughput Biopsy Chip for the detection of Prostate Cancer":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP1iiE3CEn0



After we patented and registered
the medical device under the authority of the Romanian Ministry of Health, this technique was employed for over 2000 patients so far in a number of Romanian hospitals. We had very good results (significant economies in time and consumables + higher yield of tissue on the slides + more tissue left within the block + increased accuracy of the diagnostic). We already presented a couple of abstracts at 3 Urology conferences and we will publish very soon a full-length paper discussing our results.

We believe that the Biopsy Chip is the first application of tissue microarrays in clinical diagnostic. Presently we are trying to find collaborators in order to test the Biopsy Chip for other organs/pathologies besides prostate cancer.

We welcome any comments and suggestions. If anyone wants more information about this device I will be very happy to answer your questions. If appropriate, I could also upload a presentation on Histonet server.

Sincerely

Sorin Musat, MD, PhD
THEMIS Pathology (formerly HistoBest Inc, Edmonton, AB, Canada) Bucharest, Romania
mobile: (4)0768 735 194 / 0725 653 551
email: s_musat <@t> yahoo.com
skype: sorin.musat2
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