The new iKnife, does it's own histology

[alamo4]

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There is a new paper in Science Translational Medicine describing the iKnife. It does its own histopathology from the emitted smoke. Next generation bovie.

A few "popular press" articles on it:
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/

 

[911 Turbo]

mmmmmm wonder where i can get me one of these babies



gonna probably cost a few grand when/if released....

 

[THH]

mmmmmm wonder where i can get me one of these babies



gonna probably cost a few grand when/if released....

I don't think premeds are considered qualified to use surgical equipment.

 

[Winged Scapula]

gonna probably cost a few grand when/if released....

Just a few. The cost is estimated at $400,000.

 

[Chemdocx]

In addition to the burn mark on the skin I can see a bunch of keratin signal on the bovie screen

 

[loveoforganic2]

mmmmmm wonder where i can get me one of these babies



gonna probably cost a few grand when/if released....

I don't think premeds are considered qualified to use surgical equipment.

Seriously, wtf?

Just a few. The cost is estimated at $400,000.

I'm assuming that's including the actual mass spec? That's in the ballpark I would have figured (was thinking anywhere 200k-1m). Seems like it wouldn't be hard to justify the cost though if it removed the need to do frozen sections

 

[Kahreek]

i remember pre-med i was in this lab that we burned water to analyze it. Spectrography. It was pretty awsome, it gaves a curve of all the basic elements absorption, we just had to integrate it to have the concentration. I am yet to figure out what is the parameter to differentiate cancer from non cancer, especially after being burnt. I recon this could be effective in very well differentiate cancers that produce a specific substance.
But i think a probe kind of device would be better than a knife, to check ressection borders, or even to pre plan ressection.

 

[MOHS_01]

Just a few. The cost is estimated at $400,000.

Try $620k, give or take -- the 400k was in British pounds, I believe.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Try $620k, give or take -- the 400k was in British pounds, I believe.

$400K, $620K...none of my hospitals are buying it for me anytime soon!

 

[MOHS_01]

$400K, $620K...none of my hospitals are buying it for me anytime soon!

True, true.... especially not against the backdrop that is the pathology job market.

I volunteered to be a pilot center, by the way. It would meld perfectly with what I do.

 

[loveoforganic2]

i remember pre-med i was in this lab that we burned water to analyze it. Spectrography. It was pretty awsome, it gaves a curve of all the basic elements absorption, we just had to integrate it to have the concentration. I am yet to figure out what is the parameter to differentiate cancer from non cancer, especially after being burnt. I recon this could be effective in very well differentiate cancers that produce a specific substance.
But i think a probe kind of device would be better than a knife, to check ressection borders, or even to pre plan ressection.

I was wondering this too - seems like it would require pretreatment with isotope uptake by the neoplastic cells, but maybe they've got something else worked out