BxAlign®

The Lumea BxAlign improves slide scanning accuracy by reducing rescans and ensuring consistent positioning for small biopsies and cytology samples. It allows pathologists to compare multiple specimen levels and stains simultaneously, enhancing diagnostic efficiency.

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Key Benefits & Facts:

Reduces scanning failures and rescans by providing a consistent plane of focus via the arrow.
Serves as a fiducial marker for Lumea’s digital pathology software and AI, ensuring consistent positioning across all sections.
Allows pathologists to view multiple levels and stains of the same specimen at once, enabling easier comparison.
Compatible with standard lab processes, including staining and digitizing.
One BxAlign block provides up to 100 sections when cut at 3 to 4 microns thick on the micrometer

To use, lab personnel section the BxAlign block at the same thickness as the tissue or cell structure that will go with it, deparaffinize and clear it on a slide, place the desired sample next to it on the slide, and then they can resume standard processing for staining and digitizing. Once uploaded into Lumea’s Viewer+™ or BxLink™ it can be used with Lumea’s MultiView for optimal digital slide comparisons and review.

Contact Lumea for more information on how BxAlign can enhance your lab’s efficiency and accuracy and for more specifics on how it works.

Type of Solution	Embedding and block facing, Microtomy and section transfer
Primary Laboratory Setting	Clinical Histopathology, Reference or Central Laboratory
Core Application	Digital Pathology Readiness, Routine Diagnosis
Tissue Compatibility	Delicate or Fragmented Tissue, Small Biopsies
Automation	Manual
Working Mode	Random Access
Downstream App. Compatibility	Computational pathology and AI workflows, Histochemical special stains, Immunohistochemistry (IHC), Routine H&E examination, Whole-slide imaging
Reagent & Consumable Model	Proprietary consumables required, Single-use consumables
Lab Requirements & Safety	No listed requirements or safety features