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Michelson Diagnostics to demonstrate prototype hand-held OCT Probe at BIOS 09
Michelson Diagnostics has announced that it will demonstrate its prototype Multi-Beam Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) probe at the BIOS Exhibition at SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, 24-25th January 2009 (Stand 8731).
More than one variant of the new probe will be launched later in 2009, including a dermal version (with X-Y scanning, to enable 3D mapping of skin lesions) and a version equipped with a rigid endoscope, suitable for oral applications.
"We will be applying for a CE-mark for the product enabling sale for clinical use in Europe, in the spring 2009 time-frame," said Jon Holmes, Chief Executive, "followed by a 510(k) for the equivalent in the US market."
The unique Multi-Beam design provides double the image resolution (i.e. better than 10 µm) available from conventional single-beam designs, resulting in crisper, clearer OCT images, showing more clinical detail.
"We have a lot of interest from clinicians who have seen the excellent quality of images produced by our existing EX1301 Multi-Beam OCT Microscope," said Dr Gordon McKenzie, Medical Director of Michelson Diagnostics, "and they are very keen to try out the hand-held version as soon as possible!"
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Hand-held OCT probe (artist's rendering) — dermal and endoscopic variants |
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Example Multi-Beam OCT image of nail-fold of finger, captured by EX1301 OCT Microscope (scale bar is 1 mm) |
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