Pathology

Digital Pathology Assist Software

Helps a pathologist work through a digitized slide, by finding, counting or measuring what would otherwise be counted by eye.

Pathologists spend real time counting things down a microscope. Cells, divisions, the share of tissue that stains a certain way. It is careful work, it is slow, and two experts genuinely disagree more often than patients would like to imagine.

Software in this group takes on the counting and measuring, on a slide that has been scanned into an image.

The word assist is the whole story. The pathologist reads the case and signs it. The software gets rid of the tallying.

Clearances per Year

What the FDA Actually Signed Off On

FDA product code
QPN
FDA name for it
Software Algorithm Device To Assist Users In Digital Pathology
Rule number
21 CFR 864.3750
Risk class
Class 2
Medical field
Pathology
The FDA's own wording: A software algorithm device to assist users in digital pathology is an in vitro diagnostic device intended to evaluate acquired scanned pathology whole slide images. The device uses software algorithms to provide information to the user about presence, location, and characteristics of areas of the image with clinical implications. Information from this device is intended to assist the user in determining a pathology diagnosis.

Before You Sign Anything

  • Ask which scanners and stains it is cleared with. Pathology AI is unusually sensitive to both.
  • Ask what it does with a poor quality slide, because a lab produces plenty of them.
  • Ask how the result appears in your reporting system, and who is responsible when software and pathologist differ.

Who Holds the Most Clearances Here

Companies with the most clearances under Digital Pathology Assist Software
CompanyCleared products
Ibex Medical Analytics , Ltd.1
Paige.Ai1

Every Cleared Product, Newest First

Each row links to the FDA's own record. The number in the last column is the clearance number, which is the single best thing to ask a vendor for.

All 2 products cleared under Digital Pathology Assist Software
ProductCompanyClearedFDA record
Galen™ Second Read™ Ibex Medical Analytics , Ltd. January 24, 2025 K241232
Paige Prostate Paige.Ai September 21, 2021 DEN200080

Clearance data comes from the FDA's public 510(k) and device classification records through openFDA. A clearance means the FDA agreed the product is close enough to something already on the market, not that the FDA tested it in your hospital. It says nothing about accuracy in your patient mix, your scanners, or your workflow. Confirm the current status and the exact cleared indication on the FDA record before you buy.