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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
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Monthly newsletter focusing on how light-based technologies are being used in the life sciences. Includes news, features and product developments in lasers, imaging, optics, spectroscopy, microscopy, lighting and more.
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Time to Speed Up Technology Transfer
JAMES SCHLETT, EDITOR
All too often, the journey from bench to bedside is measured not with a stopwatch but with a calendar. There are reasons for this slow pace: Time is the cost of a thorough vetting. But it’s unfortunate how some photonics technologies show so much promise to save lives, but — because of funding constraints — don’t reach their potential.
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Window to the Brain Could Enable Laser Surgery
Use of a novel material, nanocrystalline yttria-stabilized zirconia (nc-YSZ), to make cranial implants may allow the safe and efficacious use of laser-based therapies to treat brain disorders and combat the bacterial infections that are a leading cause of cranial implant failure.
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Imaging and diagnostic solutions provider Neurovision Imaging LLC has raised financing for regulatory approval of its retinal imaging technology for the early detection and monitoring of Alzheimer’s-related amyloid pathology.
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Microplate instrumentation developer BioTek Instruments Inc. has begun a $4 million expansion of its facility, adding 22,000 sq ft to support its design and manufacturing needs.
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Fiber, Components and Assemblies
AFL
Minimally-invasive surgical and diagnostic procedures have been enabled by the advance of various medical technologies. One of these technologies is the use of thin, flexible fiber optics to visualize, measure, ablate or cauterize.
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A New Standard for Dynamic FLIM
PicoQuant GmbH
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) is a very versatile microscopy method where fluorescence lifetime information is combined with spatial localization in the sample, allowing investigating, for example, biochemical and physical processes, detecting changes in the local environment of the sample, molecular interactions, or conformational changes via Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET).
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High Speed Multispectral Camera
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
The Piranha4 2K quadlinear line scan camera offers industry leading speeds for higher throughput in multi-spectral imaging applications. Built around Teledyne DALSA’s advanced CMOS image sensor design, the Piranha4 delivers outstanding color plus near-infrared (NIR) fidelity.
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AvaSpec Hero: A Real HERO for your Application!
Avantes BV
AvaSpec-HERO combines the best of both worlds; resolution ánd sensitivity! This combination will give you an excellent instrument offering the ideal balance between sensitivity and resolution, capability of using longer integration times in low light applications yet ensuring perfect signal to noise performance.
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Ultra Precise Piezo-Z Axis Stage
Applied Scientific Instrumentation Inc.
Applied Scientific Instrumentation's (ASI) Ultra Precise Piezo-Z Focusing stage has been specifically designed to provide a high resolution, and highly repeatable, means of controlling the X, Y, and Z position of the microscope stage.
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Choosing the Right LED for Medical Diagnostics and Bioanalytical Systems
Wed, Oct 19, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
With recent advancements in LED technology, OEMs are presented with new possibilities through a growing number of light source options. There are key factors to consider when determining which light source is best suited for your application, including: wavelengths; uniformity; technology platforms; thermal management; light delivery; power budget; and economy of space. Which light source will provide reliable and repeatable results? How can these factors expedite path to market and ensure success? In this webinar, Dr. Kavita Aswani and Tom Papanek will discuss these factors in detail and their impact on biomedical or diagnostic design, engineering and integration. Dr. Kavita Aswani is the Senior Applications Scientist for the Life Sciences products at Excelitas Technologies.
Tom Papanek is Director of Global Product Development for Excelitas Technologies, Solid State Lighting.
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Intracoronary NIRF Molecular Imaging - Translatable Approaches
Mon, Oct 24, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Dr. Farouc Jaffer of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) will discuss his lab’s use of cutting-edge fluorescence molecular imaging technology to develop intravital microscopy, for the purpose of understanding in vivo the molecular mechanisms of atherosclerosis, thrombosis and vascular injury. Dr. Jaffer performed the first intracoronary human studies at MGH using a novel OCT-fluorescence imaging catheter. He will speak on these studies and include specific examples based on preclinical trials.
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Features
New Tools for Optogenetics; Swept-source OCT for Eyes; SRS Microscopy; Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
Photonics Media is currently seeking technical feature articles on a variety of topics for publication in our magazine BioPhotonics. Please submit an informal 100-word abstract to Editor James Schlett at [email protected] or use our online submission form www.photonics.com/submitfeature.aspx.
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