iKnife, Next Gen Bovie does its own histopath

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The new iKnife which does its own histopathology from the emitted smoke:

http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/5/194/194ra93.abstract

Some really interesting proteomic/mass spec applications here.


The cliff notes:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_17-7-2013-17-17-32

http://www.the-scientist.com/?artic...78/title/Next-Generation--Smoking-Out-Cancer/



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PS I cross posted on the same topic in the surgery resident forum, but I hope its not a problem. I'm assuming that pathology residents and surgery residents will both have interest and yet very different "takes" on the new technology and that both will be interested in learning about it. It's not a duplicated question trolling for answers, just some new information that is potentially of great interest to lots of different people.

 

[LADoc00]

haha this is stupid but if it kills frozen sections aka total waste of time, Im all for it.

Heck, it can kill all breast resections too. With the crazy CAP reporting guidelines, I would happy if they just evaporated all breast lesions similar to what they do with some renal lesions after I do my 88305 bx and tons of ancillary work up. Having to do the resection/grossing/margins and reporting is a money loser.

 

[Path or bust]

haha this is stupid but if it kills frozen sections aka total waste of time, Im all for it.

Heck, it can kill all breast resections too. With the crazy CAP reporting guidelines, I would happy if they just evaporated all breast lesions similar to what they do with some renal lesions after I do my 88305 bx and tons of ancillary work up. Having to do the resection/grossing/margins and reporting is a money loser.

How much does this new gadget cost? Frozen section costs 50 bucks.

 

[Sulfinator]

The new iKnife which does its own histopathology from the emitted smoke:

http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/5/194/194ra93.abstract

Some really interesting proteomic/mass spec applications here.


The cliff notes:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_17-7-2013-17-17-32

http://www.the-scientist.com/?artic...78/title/Next-Generation--Smoking-Out-Cancer/



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PS I cross posted on the same topic in the surgery resident forum, but I hope its not a problem. I'm assuming that pathology residents and surgery residents will both have interest and yet very different "takes" on the new technology and that both will be interested in learning about it. It's not a duplicated question trolling for answers, just some new information that is potentially of great interest to lots of different people.

This won't be impacting the practice of pathology anytime soon (unfortunately?).