美国IonOptix  
美国IonOptix经过十几年的不断创新，推出了当今世界上最先进的，也是唯一的，同时测定
细胞内钙离子浓度和细胞组织收缩特性的多套科研仪器。自从1995年此系统问世以来，它已被全世界100多家顶级医学科研机
构和大型药厂的研究院广泛采用。这是一个具有划时代意义的系统，它的特点是高度精密，容易操作，实验结果可靠，且具权
威。此系统由以下部分组成：高精密度2波长的激光源，全新设计的PMT光电倍增管，高速CCD和ICCD摄像系统，信息处理和转
换中心，以及完美的计算机图像处理、资料摄取及其分析软件。

From our international headquarters in Milton, IonOptix produces a range of systems for fluorescent ion quantitation and cell dimension measurements. Our goal is to produce the best possible systems priced within reach of the individual researcher.

IonOptix Corporation was formed in 1990 by Dr. Douglas Tillotson, with the goal of developing, manufacturing and selling complete systems for quantifying cellular ion levels using fluorescence indicators. These initial systems were video-rate chopper systems with only a single pair of excitation filters. They were the forerunners of our HyperSwitch light source. In 1992, Doug began a professional collaboration with a leading Boston cardiology lab whose heart research efforts principally involved whole organ studies. Through this collaboration, a system was developed to simultaneously record the calcium level and the cell length of a single cardiac myocyte (obtained by digitizing the output of an analog edge detector). Development of the software-based edge detection system was begun in 1995 and sales to the heart research community now account for approximately 3/4 of the IonOptix business.

In 1998 IonOptix Corporation received grant support from the NIH SBIR program for developing new instrumentation for cardiac contractility recording. Real-time sarcomere length recording was born from this effort and numerous other advances resulted including the development of the MyoPacer, a stand-alone field stimulator for myocytes in a microscope-mounted cell chamber. Further developments in recent years include faster CCD cameras, the C-Pace system for preventing de-differentiation in cultured cells and advances in software control and analysis.

In 2008 IonOptix Corporation, with Red Box Direct Ltd., formed IonOptix LLC in the US and IonOptix Limited in Europe as part of an expansion plan to grow our business and provide better local support to our customers.