Anchored in research originally undertaken at Harvard University and in collaboration with University of Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) initiative, Invenio Imaging delivered the first fully integrated Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) research microscope in 2017. With the system validated at Michigan Medicine on samples from over 400 patients. Invenio Imaging Inc is structured around the development of a laser to perform SRS through inexpensive fiber-optic components. SRS - Stimulated Raman scattering, Named for C.V. Raman, one of the Indian scientists who co-discovered the effect and shared a 1930 Nobel Prize in physics for it, Raman scattering involves allows researchers to measure the unique chemical signature of materials. Using SRS, a weak light signal that comes out of a material after it is hit with light from a non-invasive laser can be detected. By carefully analyzing the spectrum of colors in the light signal, the researchers can tell a lot about the chemical makeup of the sample.A new laser-based technology may make brain tumor surgery much more accurate, allowing surgeons to tell cancer tissue from normal brain at the microscopic level while they are operating, and avoid leaving behind cells that could spawn a new tumor.
