VISTA, CA - Aperio Technologies Inc., a global leader in digital pathology for the healthcare and life sciences industry, announced in a Tuesday press release that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company patent No. 7,463,761 entitled "Systems and Method for Creating and Viewing Three Dimensional Virtual Slides."
US patent 7,463,761 includes claims for the general technique of acquiring two-dimensional digital slide images, and using this two-dimensional image as a map for subsequently acquiring three-dimensional images known as z-stacks.
“The ability to create and view z-stacks while a glass slide is still in the scanner is critical for specimens that have multiple focal planes, such as frozen sections for example,” Aperio’s Chief Technical Officer Ole Eichhorn said.
The ‘761 patent also includes claims for the high-performance remote viewing of three-dimensional digital slides across a network, including the Internet.
“The ability to create and efficiently view three-dimensional whole slide images makes it possible for Aperio to extend the benefits of digital pathology to the field of cytology, including Pap smears,” CEO of Aperio Dirk Soenksen noted.
“The recent expansion of our patent portfolio to encompass TDI-, fluorescence- and 3D-scanning, viewing, and analysis continues to reassure customers that Aperio has the broadest freedom to operate in all niches of digital pathology,” he continued.
Aperio’s patent portfolio encompasses all of the elements that comprise a digital pathology system, including digital slide creation, data management, advanced visualization, and image analysis.
Aperio holds over 30 issued patents and pending patent applications world-wide and is the digital pathology leader in the global market with an installed base of 500 systems in 28 countries.
From:www.ag-ip-news.com
