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MedTech Breakthrough Awards. The mission of the MedTech Breakthrough Awards is to honour excellence and recognise the innovation, hard work and success in a range of health and medical technology categories, including Telehealth, Clinical Administration, Patient Engagement, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Virtual Care, Medical Devices, Medical Data & Privacy, and many more. The annual awards atract thousands of nominations from more than 18 countries around the world. Also in 2024 – shortly after it was
The SlideMate TSP allows pathology laboratories to keep pace with high-volume demands while maintaining consistent print quality.
laboratory information system. The SlideMate TSP is the latest addition
to Epredia’s world-class portfolio of precision cancer diagnostics products and services that provide a seamless end-to- end laboratory workflow. Epredia also offers optimised slides designed for use with the SlideMate TSP, including non- adhesion slides with Superfrost technology and adhesion slides with Superfrost PLUS technology to maximise tissue adherence. Slides are available in a range of colours, which laboratories can use to coordinate downstream activities. SlideMate TSP is manufactured in Italy, and is the newest technology to
come out of PHC Group’s San Benedeto del Tronto facility.
Award-winning background Epredia’s other slide printing technologies boast an enviable pedigree, with the SlideMate Laser winning not one, but two prestigious industry accolades. In 2024, MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organisation that recognises the top companies, technologies and products in the global digital health and medical technology market, selected Epredia’s SlideMate Laser slide printer as the winner of the ‘Best New Pathology Solution’ award in the 8th annual
introduced – the SlideMate Laser printer received an Innovative Technology designation for improving laboratory efficiency and sample traceability from Vizient, the largest healthcare provider performance improvement company in the USA. Epredia exhibited SlideMate Laser at the Vizient Innovative Technology Exchange in Las Vegas, which took place in September of that year. Each year, healthcare experts serving on Vizient provider-led councils review select products and technologies for their potential to enhance clinical care, patient safety, or healthcare worker safety or to improve business operations of healthcare organisations. Innovative Technology designations are awarded to previously contracted products to signal to healthcare providers the impact of these innovations on patient care and the business models of healthcare organisations.
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Epredia is a global leader in the anatomical pathology field, providing comprehensive end-to-end solutions for precision cancer diagnostics. From patient to diagnosis, Epredia provides
a single source for sample collection, cassete printing, tissue processing, embedding, slide printing, microtomy, cryotomy, staining, coverslipping, cytology, tissue microarray and digital slide scanning. With over 85 years supporting anatomical
Enclosed slide hoppers
protect samples from potential dust contamination, while mechanical slide movement
offers smoother handling than gravity-fed solutions
pathology and world-class service, customers put their trust in Epredia over a billion times every year. Epredia has manufacturing sites in the United
States, the United Kingdom, Italy, France and China with a total of around 1,200 employees. For further information
on Epredia and its products, please visit the website.
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