BioImagene iScan Coreo

Designed To Set It Apart

 BioImagene, the innovation leader in digital pathology, retained IDE to design
and help develop three new products for their iScan family of automated digital
slide-scanners. The iScan Coreo is a new generation automated scanner with "walk
away automation" and the ability to scan up to 160 tissue samples per batch at
four different magnifications. The iScan Coreo also incorporates BioImagene's
latest vacuum slide transport system and their proven, innovative, auto-loading
slide rack, which allows up to eight Sakura slide trays to be easily loaded
(and removed) on the lab bench rather than at the instrument.

Click the image below to watch a video case study of the
iScan Coreo slide rack operation.



The iScan Coreo represents a new paradigm in automated digital scanning and therefore BioImagene wanted an industrial design that set it apart from the rest of the crowd. IDE's design team was engaged to create a compelling new design language for Coreo and its two sister products, the iScan Concerto and iScan Solo.

IDE's design team created six different concepts for the iScan Coreo design language and hand crafted full-scale foamcore models of two most popular concepts. The selected industrial design concept was then fully developed in 3D CAD using a combination of Rhino, SolidWorks and Cinema 4D. Once approved by BioImagene, the design was turned over to IDE's mechanical design team, which completed the detail mechanical design, engineering and documentation for all assemblies, sub-assemblies and individual parts. IDE's project management team then coordinated the efforts of no fewer than four prototype shops (IDE's included) to manufacture two iScan Coreo enclosures for the USCAP conference.

The iScan Coreo was scheduled to be introduced at the 2009 USCAP Pathology Conference in Boston, MA, on March 9th. Our design team was tasked with creating, developing and producing two working prototypes of the new iScan Coreo for the USCAP conference. IDE's design team worked very closely with BioImagene's internal development team as they worked on the instrument's optics, slide transport and electronic hardware. Because of the tight schedule, IDE fabricated two production intent enclosure assemblies to mate up with BioImagene's optics chassis. The Coreo enclosure is comprised of molded plastic (RIM) parts, formed sheet metal parts and brushed Aluminum appliqués. IDE's design team coordinated the procurement, manufacture, assembly and debug of all enclosure parts, kitting and delivering the enclosures to BioImagene for system integration.

The result of this team effort was a successful product launch for IDE's client, BioImagene, and their newest entry in the field of digital pathology, the iScan Coreo.