SCHOTT skin counseling system

(Launched Sept 9th 2013) 

SCHOTT skin counseling systems are used by international cosmetic manufacturers as marketing tools. The new i-Scope® Viewer for AndroidTM was developed to achieve a more handy counseling method using tablet computers. The product is now available on Google Play™ (!! Cool!)  in three languages: English, Japanese and Chinese.

i-Scope® Viewer for Android™ is the fitting software for i-Scope® USB 2.0. The program allows users to easily observe their skin conditions in detail: by moving the scope along their skin, shooting images and saving them, comparing two images in one screen or viewing multiple saved images simultaneously. i-Scope® USB 2.0 is a scope equipped with a 1.3 mega CMOS sensor that can be used to observe skin, scalp and hair conditions by connecting the USB cable to a computer. Five lens options are available. 

Features of i-Scope® USB 2.0 Android™ and specification of i-Scope® Viewer for Android™

•Connection: Wired (mini-USB cables sold separately)
•No additional setting necessary on tablet PC; easy connection 
•Stable view of moving pictures 
•Compatible devices: Versions after Android ver. 3.2 are USB host capable (except for some devices) 
•Can check skin conditions by shooting still images 
•Can display two images in one screen. Can check different parts of the skin 
•Can save displayed images 
•Can display multiple saved images 
•Available in English, Japanese and Chinese 

More on the Manufacturer's website here.

The clinical tomograph MPTflex™ is a novel skin imaging device

(This was announced April 2011... but we missed it...better late than never)

The clinical tomograph MPTflex™, which was developed by the German university spin-off Jenlab GmbH, is a novel skin imaging device that overcomes the poor resolution of skin imaging methods such as ultrasound, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and reflection. ( Note: Do not agree on the comment on OCT... see our blog on the LLTECH Full Field OCT system)

By using two-photon technology, the system's high-resolution skin imaging provides marker-free optical biopsies.

The tomograph is a compact system, with a flexible scan head that includes two detectors for simultaneous measurement of autofluorescence and the second-harmonic generation, used mainly for the early detection of melanoma and diagnostics of dermatological disorders. Providing a fast microscopic view into the skin without any surgery, single cancer cells, as well as elastin fibers and nanoparticles, can be imaged in vivo, and skin aging can be measured. The MPTflex™ tomograph is based on the two-photon effects predicted by the 1963 German-American Nobel Prize laureate Maria Goeppert-Mayer.

The MPTflex™ received the 2011 Prism Award for Photonics Innovation in January. Co-founded in 1999 by Prof. Dr. Karsten König, Jenlab’s primary goals are the development and the establishment of innovative bioinstrumentation based on Femtosecond Laser Technology for biotechnology, cell biology and medicine. More than 2,000 patients have already been investigated at clinics in Irvine, Brisbane, London, Modena, and Berlin. In the U.S., first clinical trials have been conducted at the University of California this year.

JenLab is translating the technology to markets. See the product brochure here and the product picture below. the Product is CE Marked.