Products

PathConsult™ and PathConsult Pro™‘s integrated hardware platforms for audio and video broadcasting appliances facilitate the transfer of image-rich pathology data between distant locations for the purposes of diagnosis, education, and research.

PathConsult and PathConsult-Pro gives HD streaming and recording power to quickly assess patients needs, not the laboratory power supplies.

Reduce Cost, Cables, Components, Power and Complexity in the Laboratory.

Remove Splitters, Converters, Power Supplies, Cables, Expensive Software, and Dedicated Capture Computer, with noisy fans and motors.

Simplify Your Solution

PathConsult - Simplify Your Solution

Deploy PathConsult or PathConsult Pro- Simple - Secure - Silent - No Moving Parts - Low Power with High Power HD Stream and Record. Simplify Telepathology, Capture, Record and Stream live from the laboratory in HD.

Remain Flexible

PathConsult Pro allow up to 100 pathologists to connect via web browser on any computer, iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch and simultaneously view the live HD video and audio stream from any location.

*Note. PathConsult allows for up to 10 individual connections and is not compatible with iPad, IPhone or iPod Touch.

PathConsult and PathConsult-Pro Features and Benefits

Single Integrated Device - Record, Stream in HD from the laboratory

Single Integrated Device for multi-media Capture, Stream, Record, Replay
Removes the need for dedicated capture computer, display specific splitters, multiple power supplies, cooling fans
Reduces space, cabling, power consumption and noise
Easily Portable for use on Multiple Microscopes or Devices within the Laboratory
Built in VGA/DVI/HDMI splitters and converters
Integrated with Power over Ethernet

Simple and Secure to Deploy

Simply connects to audio-visual input source cables
OS, CPU and display source agnostic.
Streaming and recording is passive, non-obtrusive, non-intrusive to video sources
No software to install or networking to configure on laboratories’ computers
No need for pathology consultants to connect to your network or 3rd party hosting servers or services
No performance or security degradation on host’s computer

Capture and synchronize audio, HD and SD video sources

HD Video Source : VGA/DVI/HDMI ( up to 1920 x 1200 )
SD Video Source : composite or S-video camera (PAL, NTSC)
Audio Source : Line, Mic, Stereo/Mono signals
HD1080p @ 30 FPS

Record and Stream as 1 channel or 2 channels - up to 30 FPS

Choice of single channel stream or independent channel streams
Choice of hardware based encoding CODECs and streaming transport
- Flash (H.264), ASF (MPEG4), ASF (H.264), RTSP (MPEG-4),
  RTSP (H.264 and MJPEG)
- HTTP, RTP over HTTP, UDP, RTSP
Supports streaming to Content Distribution Networks
Inter-operates with standard browsers, and media player

Internal/External Storage and Publishing

16G of internal solid state storage for hours of recordings - no fans, no motors, no moving parts
Auto copy to locally inserted USB Storage key.
Pull files using web interface or built in FTP server
Automatically upload recorded files to network file server repository using the choice of FTP, CIFS or RSYNC.

Visual Experience and Branding Features

Simply add text , time stamps, copyright notices to streams and recordings
Multiple picture in picture streaming and multiplexing / display matrix options
Streaming layouts can be personalized to brand the look and feel of live webcasts or video recordings using picture with picture options and XLST technology

Professional AV Features- System Management

Fine Tune Resolutions, Frame Rates, Performance and Bandwidth Management:
- Preserve original capture resolution or apply new frame size automatic real-time scaling
- Configure: frame size, scaling, frame rate, bit rate, key frames, and other performance parameters
Start/stop record using multiple interfaces and accessories
- web interface
- Push buttons, toggle switches
- EpiphanTouch a start/stop recording app iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch. Available free from iTunes
- RS-232 commands, AMX/Creston RS-232 controllers
- USB mouse, and USB foot pedal switches,
- HTTP command API
- HTTP-based and RS-232 API can be interfaced with classroom management and recording control systems.
Monitoring
- Monitor for Video, Audio, Streams/Record Monitoring via HTTP at the site, or remote over Internet
- Local Audio/Video Pass-through monitoring with local display or projector
No annual license maintenance or fees.
- No limit to the number of PathConsult and PathConsult-Pro s on your network.

PathConsult and PathConsult Pro are Epiphan’s compact integrated hardware platform solutions for telepathology needs that is 7.95"×4.13"×1.38" (202×105×35mm). The buttons and connector interfaces are shown below.

PathConsult - The buttons and connector