Cervical Cancer - Diagnostics

New Device May Insure Reliable Pap Test Results

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 26th, 1995

A Milwaukee company whose lab technologist allegedly misread Pap smears that led to the deaths of two Wisconsin women, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, has begun testing a new device aimed at avoiding mistakes that may result from incomplete and/or inadequate screening of Pap smears.

The device, called Pathfinder, a microcomputer-based data manager from CompuCyte Corp., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a fundamental breakthrough in improving the reliability of test results from microscopic examination of specimens, such as Pap smears, the company reports.

Pathfinder attaches to a lab technologist's microscope and displays on a computer monitor all...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1995-06-26)

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