3DHISTECH Digital Slide Scanner Used in First COVID-19 Diagnosis in China
The first COVID-19 (novel coronavirus pneumonia) case biopsy pathological diagnosis report was released in Shenzhen, China on Feb 18, 2020.
A PANNORAMIC® SCAN II digital slide scanner was used to determine the diagnosis of a 66-year-old male patient, who was admitted to the hospital with complaints of fever and cough. His lung tissue was sampled extensively for examination and immunohistochemistry results led to a diagnosis of COVID-19.
“We are proud to be part of this effort along with our exclusive distributor partner Danjier and see how our state-of-the-art PANNORAMIC® digital slide scanners contribute to a faster and better diagnosis of COVID-19, helping Chinese health authorities in their efforts to curb the spreading of the virus.” said Béla Molnár, CEO, 3DHISTECH.
For more information about 3DHISTECH please visit https://www.3dhistech.com.
For more information about Danjier please visit http://www.danjier.com/en.
For more information about PANNORAMIC® SCAN II please visit https://www.3dhistech.com/pannoramic_scan.
In the EU the PANNORAMIC® SCAN II is CE marked under the EU’s In Vitro Diagnostics Directive (IVDD) for in vitro diagnostic use. This product has not been approved or cleared as a medical device by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
About 3DHISTECH
3DHISTECH (3dhistech.com) is the pioneer of digital pathology. The entire company is dedicated to developing and manufacturing a wide range of PANNORAMIC® whole slide scanners, Track & Sign™ and CaseManager™ laboratory and pathology management, CaseViewer™ digital microscopy and QuantCenter™ image analysis software solutions. Further products include tissue microarray machinery. The rapidly evolving product portfolio support not only clinical routine pathology, but also high level medical and pharmaceutical research as well as medical education. 3DHISTECH is the proud winner of several image quality and scanner speed awards at International Scanner Contests. The company with the largest global install base is represented in more than 70 countries and headquartered in Budapest, Hungary.
Source: 3DHISTECH
