Triple Helix Discovery Engine
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Industry
Architects: Small & Medium Size Business (SMBs), Product Development, De-Risking, Validation, Building Niche & Emerging Markets
*Architects: Telemedicine (Telepathology) Companies

Dmetrix, Inc.

Parents

*Architects: Diagnostics_In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD)
*Architects: Laboratory Equipment, Information Systems & Services, Biotechnology, Biology, BioChemistry and Biomanufacturing, Specimens, & Cell Manufacturing, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Software, Supplies & Blood Systems
*Architects: Telemedicine (Telepathology) Companies
*Industry: Arizona

*Key People: Dmetrix
Broke a medical imaging barrier by creating a high-resolution digital image of an entire pathology slide in less than 1 minute
Company has 25 patents for its ultra-high-resolution technology for medical microscopy.
In 2005, DMetrix's technology was recognized as a "breakthrough innovation" by The Wall Street Journal.
In 2009, DMetrix let go most of its roughly 15 employees and vacated its offices on West Grant Road near Interstate 10.
Microscopy Multiplied
The company's DX-40 array-microscope system, which can automatically process multiple slides, received the 2005 and 2007 R&D Magazine's prestigious R&D 100 Award
The system will process one slide at a time but is expected to cost about a third of the price of the company's all-in-one, jukebox-size DX-40, which is the fastest slide processor on the market but can cost nearly $250,000
Tucson tech Despite award-winning tech, DMetrix is forced to retool (2011)
Tucson, Arizona
Uses a patented, multiplexed microscope lens array - think of the multifaceted eyes of a housefly - to capture wide-field images of tissue samples on special imaging chips, with special software to process the images
Working to develop a smaller microscope system consisting of a scanning platform, or stage, that can be fitted on a standard pathology microscope and linked with a computer using the company's digital imaging software