Lumea is a U.S.-based company specializing in clinical digital pathology. They provide innovative tools and software to digitize, manage, analyze, and streamline pathology workflows. Their solutions cover specimen handling, imaging, LIS (Laboratory Information System), digital slide viewing, and AI-driven tools. Lumea’s technologies aim to improve diagnostic speed, accuracy, tissue preservation, and cancer detection while reducing manual errors and turnaround time.
Products & Benefits
BxChip
The BxChip is a patented Sectionable Matrix designed to hold biopsy core specimens throughout lab processing. One study reported significant benefits of using the BxChip in their urology lab:
- 5% average increase in histologic tissue surface area on the glass slide
- 8% average increase in biopsy core length
- Most notably, the overall cancer detection rate increased by 18.79%!
- 78% reduction in grossing time
- 83% reduction in embedding time
- 76% decrease in total lab time per prostate case
Options available:
Lanes: 6-Lane, 12-Lane
12-18g core needle biopsies, 12g core needle biopsies (6-lane only)
Sterilized and non-sterilized BxChips
BxBoard tissue technology
BxBoard Tissue Technology is an innovative tissue-handling system developed by Lumea for collecting and transporting core needle biopsy specimens. Instead of placing tissue samples in traditional formalin containers, the BxBoard uses a specially designed board with formalin-soaked sponges that keep biopsy cores flat, separated, and correctly oriented. This helps preserve tissue integrity, reduces fragmentation and curling, improves diagnostic accuracy, and minimizes formalin exposure for healthcare workers. The technology also streamlines laboratory workflow by reducing the number of containers and labels required while supporting better tissue quality for histopathology and molecular testing.
BxFrame
The BxFrame is a sectionable planar matrix* made from a biomimetic organic polymer that allows the creation of tissue microarrays for routine clinical diagnostics during grossing.
Tissue samples can be loaded into the site-specific receptacles of the BxFrame either in the Operating Room or the Pathology Laboratory. It ensures the preservation of spatial orientation for the tissue samples within the paraffin block and on the resulting microscope slides.
Options available: BxFrame for plastic standard cassettes and BxFrame-p for Sakura Paraform® cassettes.
*The matrix material does not interfere with IHC, ISH, FISH, NGS, or other molecular testing methods.
