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Grundium Oy
Company type
Private
IndustryDigital pathology; medical devices
Founded2015
FoundersMika Kuisma, Janne Haavisto, Kimmo Alanen
HeadquartersTampere, Finland
ProductsOcus series

Grundium Oy is a Finnish company based in Tampere that manufactures microscope slide scanners used for digital pathology and whole-slide imaging.[1][2]

The company's slide scanners are marketed under the Ocus name.[3]

History

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Grundium was founded in 2015 by Mika Kuisma, Janne Haavisto and Kimmo Alanen, who previously worked in mobile imaging and related technology development.[4]

In 2017, Grundium raised €2 million in funding, reported in the European technology press, to support commercialisation of its portable digital microscope scanner.[5]

From July 2018 to June 2020, Grundium coordinated an EU Horizon 2020 project titled GRUNDIUM (grant agreement ID 822227).[6]

A 2023 feature article reported that the company had expanded sales internationally, with approximately half of products sold in the United States, and that turnover had grown to €44 million in the prior year.[7]

Products and use

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Grundium's Ocus series is described in peer-reviewed literature as a portable whole-slide imaging device with network connectivity that enables remote access workflows.[8]

In peer-reviewed validation work on frozen section diagnosis workflows, the Grundium Ocus system was reported as clinically validated and feasible for digitising frozen section slides in a routine workflow setting.[9]

In the context of EU-funded research coverage on portable microscopy, Horizon Magazine described Grundium's approach as producing digital images from repeated scans with coloured light for remote specialist review, and reported a pilot use case in rural Kenya where images were shared online for review by a pathologist in Helsinki.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. "Nokian raunioille kasvoi miljoonabisnes, ja siitä on kiittäminen yhtä lähiötä: "On hirveän vaikea nähdä muuta"". Yle (in Finnish). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  2. "'Microscope on a chip' could bring medical expertise to distant patients". Horizon Magazine. European Commission. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  3. Patel, A; et al. (9 December 2021). "Contemporary Whole Slide Imaging Devices and Their Applications within the Modern Pathology Department: A Selected Hardware Review". Journal of Pathology Informatics. 12 50. doi:10.4103/jpi.jpi_66_21. PMC 8721869. PMID 35070479.
  4. "Nokian raunioille kasvoi miljoonabisnes, ja siitä on kiittäminen yhtä lähiötä: "On hirveän vaikea nähdä muuta"". Yle (in Finnish). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  5. "Finland's Grundium raises €2 million from Chinese firm Ascend Capital Partners". Tech.eu. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  6. "The world´s first portable and smart digital microscope scanner for clinical and research use (GRUNDIUM, grant agreement 822227)". CORDIS. European Commission. Last update 1 September 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2026. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. "Nokian raunioille kasvoi miljoonabisnes, ja siitä on kiittäminen yhtä lähiötä: "On hirveän vaikea nähdä muuta"". Yle (in Finnish). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  8. Patel, A; et al. (9 December 2021). "Contemporary Whole Slide Imaging Devices and Their Applications within the Modern Pathology Department: A Selected Hardware Review". Journal of Pathology Informatics. 12 50. doi:10.4103/jpi.jpi_66_21. PMC 8721869. PMID 35070479.
  9. Kaushal, Rajiv Kumar; et al. (16 September 2021). "Validation of a Portable Whole-Slide Imaging System for Frozen Section Diagnosis". Journal of Pathology Informatics. 12 33. doi:10.4103/jpi.jpi_95_20. PMC 8529342. PMID 34760330.
  10. "'Microscope on a chip' could bring medical expertise to distant patients". Horizon Magazine. European Commission. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2026.

Category:Medical technology companies of Finland Category:Companies based in Tampere Category:Companies established in 2015