About Milestone Medical

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Profile

Milestone was founded in 1988 as a company specializing in advanced microwave instrumentation for analytical and organic chemistry labs. We are an industry leader in that field, with a worldwide installed base of over 10,000 systems, including 70% of Fortune 500 companies, as well as large and small research institutions, universities and laboratories.

In 1994, Milestone established a separate Medical division, to transfer our expertise in laboratory-grade microwaves to the world of histopathology. We were the first company to design and build a microwave tissue processor specifically for use in the histology lab, and subsequently created the first fully automated, high-throughput microwave processor. Today, our microwave histoprocessors are used every day in hundreds of medical laboratories around the world—making them the most widely used microwave processors in the field.

Much of the pioneering work done in the field of microwave histopathology was done on Milestone equipment. The two landmark books in the discipline feature Milestone Medical instrumentation exclusively: Dr. Mathilde E. Boon and Prof. L.P. Kok's Microwaves for the Art of Microscopy, and Dr. Anthony S-Y Leong's Microwave Technology for Light Microscopy and Ultrastructural Studies.

Milestone Medical's international headquarters and R&D facilities are located in Bergamo, Italy. Our North American headquarters, which includes an Applications Lab and Training Center, is located in Kalamazoo, MI. We have fully equipped Applications Laboratories for customer support and training in Kalamazoo, MI as well as our Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX location.

Technological Innovation

Continuous innovation and attention to detail are the cornerstones of Milestone's identity. Our unique technology is covered by more than 30 international patents, including the first-ever patent describing a method for performing rapid histoprocessing under vacuum in a microwave field.

The key to our technological success lies in establishing a dialogue with the doctors, technicians, and scientists who use our instruments, including some of the world's foremost experts in the use of microwaves for histopathology. Our own research & development team is made up of top engineers and scientists with a diverse set of skills. By applying their expertise to solving real-world problems, we are able to create microwave systems with superior performance capabilities and an unparalleled user experience.

Vision

Milestone is ultimately committed to helping the patient, by providing pathologists and histologists with the most advanced technology available to enhance diagnostic pathology. We played a pioneering role in realizing the ideal of the formalin-free, xylene-free laboratory, and we are still working to usher in the future—a future with greener, safer working conditions for medical professionals, and less stress for the patient through faster diagnosis.