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{{Infobox company
|company_name      =  '''Physion, LLC'''
|company_name      =  '''Ovation.io, Inc.'''
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|company_type      =  Limited liability company
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|location_city    =  1430 Massachusetts Ave., Second Floor<br />Cambridge, Massachusetts
|location_city    =  32 Pearl St., Cambridge, Massachusetts
|location_country  =  U.S.
|location_country  =  U.S.
|locations        =  1
|locations        =  1
|area_served      =  Worldwide
|area_served      =  Worldwide
|key_people        =  Barry Wark, Winston Braser
|key_people        =  Barry Wark, Winston Braser
|products          =  Ovation Research, Ovation Service Lab, Ovation Enterprise
|products          =  Ovation LIMS
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|homepage          =  [https://www.ovation.io/ Ovation.io]
|homepage          =  [https://www.ovation.io/ Ovation.io]
|linkedin          =  [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovation-io/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovation-io/]
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'''Physion, LLC''' (doing business as "'''Ovation'''"<ref name="TMOvation">{{cite web |url=https://trademarks.justia.com/857/71/ovation-85771270.html |title=OVATION - Trademark Details |work=Justia Trademarks |publisher=Justia, Inc |date=15 April 2015 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref>) develops and distributes the [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) software solution LIMS+.
'''Ovation.io, Inc.''' (doing business as "'''Ovation'''"<ref name="TMOvation">{{cite web |url=https://trademarks.justia.com/857/71/ovation-85771270.html |title=OVATION - Trademark Details |work=Justia Trademarks |publisher=Justia, Inc |date=15 April 2015 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref>) develops and distributes the [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) software solution Ovation LIMS.


==History==
==History==
Physion was formally founded as Physion Consulting, LLC in March 2009, though the company changed its name to Physion, LLC in October 2013.<ref name="SecMassPhysion">{{cite web |url=http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=001032890&SEARCH_TYPE=1 |title=Business Entity Summary - ID Number: 001032890 |work=Corporations Division - Search the Corporate Database |publisher=Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> In mid- to late 2011, the company introduced its Ovation [[scientific data management system]] (SDMS) to the public, describing it as a tool that "handles the entire lifecycle of scientific data from acquisition to publication and beyond."<ref name="Ovation11Arch">{{cite web |url=http://physionconsulting.com/web/Ovation.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108150857/http://physionconsulting.com/web/Ovation.html |title=Ovation scientific data management system |publisher=Physion Consulting, LLC |archivedate=08 November 2011 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="TMOvationSDMS">{{cite web |url=https://trademarks.justia.com/853/46/ovation-scientific-data-management-system-85346962.html |title=Ovation Scientific Data Management System - Trademark Details |work=Justia Trademarks |publisher=Justia, Inc |date=15 April 2015 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> Development of the software happened in-house and on the company's GitHub account.<ref name="PhysionGH">{{cite web |url=https://github.com/physion |title=Physion |work=GitHub |publisher=GitHub, Inc |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> In 2012, CEO and co-founder Barry Wark shared the SDMS' data model with the INCF Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology Data Sharing Task Forces, comparing and contrasting it with the XCEDE 2 XML-based model developed by the Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN).<ref name="INCFOvation12">{{cite web |url=http://datasharing.incf.org/ep/Ovation |title=Ovation |work=INCF Portal |publisher=International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility |date=11 October 2012 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="WarkOvation12">{{cite web |url=http://datasharing.incf.org/ds_ep/images/2/22/Ovation_INCF_datasharing_taskforce_2012.pdf |title=Ovation Scientific Data Management System |author=Wark, Barry |publisher=International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility |date=September 2012 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="GaddeXCEDE12">{{cite journal |title=XCEDE: An Extensible Schema For Biomedical Data |journal=Neuroinformatics |author=Gadde, S.; Aucoin, N.; Grethe, J.S. et al. |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=19-32 |doi=10.1007/s12021-011-9119-9 |pmid=21479735 |pmc=PMC3836560}}</ref> After initially using relational databases to prototype the software, Physion later turned to IBM's Cloudant Dedicated Cluster in late 2014 for a more "scalable data layer that synchronizes data between the cloud and multiple local clients."<ref name="IBMPhysion14">{{cite web |url=http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=AB&infotype=PM&appname=SWGE_IM_IM_USEN&htmlfid=IMC14920USEN&attachment=IMC14920USEN.PDF#loaded |format=PDF |title=Physion |publisher=IBM Software |date=November 2014 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> The company had also developed a Python API to allow "full functionality of the Ovation ecosystem from within Python."<ref name="PyOvation14">{{cite web |url=https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ovation |title=ovation 2.1.17: Ovation Python API |author=Physion, LLC |publisher=Python Software Foundation |date=13 August 2014 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref>
Physion was formally founded as Physion Consulting, LLC in March 2009, though the company changed its name to Physion, LLC in October 2013.<ref name="SecMassPhysion">{{cite web |url=http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=001032890&SEARCH_TYPE=1 |title=Business Entity Summary - ID Number: 001032890 |work=Corporations Division - Search the Corporate Database |publisher=Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> In mid- to late 2011, the company introduced its Ovation [[scientific data management system]] (SDMS) to the public, describing it as a tool that "handles the entire lifecycle of scientific data from acquisition to publication and beyond."<ref name="Ovation11Arch">{{cite web |url=http://physionconsulting.com/web/Ovation.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108150857/http://physionconsulting.com/web/Ovation.html |title=Ovation scientific data management system |publisher=Physion Consulting, LLC |archivedate=08 November 2011 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="TMOvationSDMS">{{cite web |url=https://trademarks.justia.com/853/46/ovation-scientific-data-management-system-85346962.html |title=Ovation Scientific Data Management System - Trademark Details |work=Justia Trademarks |publisher=Justia, Inc |date=15 April 2015 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> Development of the software happened in-house and on the company's GitHub account.<ref name="PhysionGH">{{cite web |url=https://github.com/physion |title=Physion |work=GitHub |publisher=GitHub, Inc |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> In 2012, CEO and co-founder Barry Wark shared the SDMS' data model with the INCF Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology Data Sharing Task Forces, comparing and contrasting it with the XCEDE 2 XML-based model developed by the Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN).<ref name="INCFOvation12">{{cite web |url=http://datasharing.incf.org/ep/Ovation |title=Ovation |work=INCF Portal |publisher=International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility |date=11 October 2012 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="WarkOvation12">{{cite web |url=http://datasharing.incf.org/ds_ep/images/2/22/Ovation_INCF_datasharing_taskforce_2012.pdf |title=Ovation Scientific Data Management System |author=Wark, Barry |publisher=International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility |date=September 2012 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="GaddeXCEDE12">{{cite journal |title=XCEDE: An Extensible Schema For Biomedical Data |journal=Neuroinformatics |author=Gadde, S.; Aucoin, N.; Grethe, J.S. et al. |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=19-32 |doi=10.1007/s12021-011-9119-9 |pmid=21479735 |pmc=PMC3836560}}</ref> After initially using relational databases to prototype the software, Physion later turned to IBM's Cloudant Dedicated Cluster in late 2014 for a more "scalable data layer that synchronizes data between the cloud and multiple local clients."<ref name="IBMPhysion14">{{cite web |url=http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=AB&infotype=PM&appname=SWGE_IM_IM_USEN&htmlfid=IMC14920USEN&attachment=IMC14920USEN.PDF#loaded |format=PDF |title=Physion |publisher=IBM Software |date=November 2014 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> The company had also developed a Python API to allow "full functionality of the Ovation ecosystem from within Python."<ref name="PyOvation14">{{cite web |url=https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ovation |title=ovation 2.1.17: Ovation Python API |author=Physion, LLC |publisher=Python Software Foundation |date=13 August 2014 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref>


In January 2016, Physion implemented a series of new changes with the company's web presence and software offerings. The company shut down its physion.us domain<ref name="Phys.usArch">{{cite web |url=http://physion.us/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109162910/http://physion.us/ |title=404 page not found |work=physion.us |publisher=Physion, LLC |archivedate=09 January 2016 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref>, changed their doing business as name to Ovation, and seemingly phased out its Ovation SDMS for a new [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) called LIMS+.<ref name="HaslerLab16">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/clinical-lab-management-blog/lab-management-is-broken |archiveurl=https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20160314174343/https://www.ovation.io/clinical-lab-management-blog/lab-management-is-broken |title=Lab Management Is Broken: Introducing LIMS+ |author=Hasler, A. |work=ovation.io |publisher=Physion, LLC |date=16 February 2016 |archivedate=14 March 2016 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> The last known version of Ovation SDMS before that was 3.1.3.<ref name="HarisProb15">{{cite web |url=http://www.emersonexchange365.com/operateandmanage/ovation/f/51/t/5196 |title=Problem in Loading ,downloading new points on Operator drops in Ovation 3.1.3 |author=Haris |work=Emerson Exchange 365 |publisher=Emerson Process Management LLLP |date=11 August 2015 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref>
In January 2016, Physion implemented a series of new changes with the company's web presence and software offerings. The company shut down its physion.us domain<ref name="Phys.usArch">{{cite web |url=http://physion.us/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109162910/http://physion.us/ |title=404 page not found |work=physion.us |publisher=Physion, LLC |archivedate=09 January 2016 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref>, changed their business name to Ovation.io, Inc.<ref name="DelawareSearch" />, and seemingly phased out its Ovation SDMS for a new [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) called LIMS+.<ref name="HaslerLab16">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/clinical-lab-management-blog/lab-management-is-broken |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314174343/https://www.ovation.io/clinical-lab-management-blog/lab-management-is-broken |title=Lab Management Is Broken: Introducing LIMS+ |author=Hasler, A. |work=ovation.io |publisher=Physion, LLC |date=16 February 2016 |archivedate=14 March 2016 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> The last known version of Ovation SDMS before that was 3.1.3.<ref name="HarisProb15">{{cite web |url=http://www.emersonexchange365.com/operateandmanage/ovation/f/51/t/5196 |title=Problem in Loading ,downloading new points on Operator drops in Ovation 3.1.3 |author=Haris |work=Emerson Exchange 365 |publisher=Emerson Process Management LLLP |date=11 August 2015 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> (In March 2017, Physion, LLC withdrew its certificate of operation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts<ref name="MassForeignWithdrawalPhysion17">{{cite web |url=https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSearchRedirector.aspx?Action=PDF&Path=CORP_DRIVE1/2017/0327/001198119/0001/201730171570_1.pdf |format=PDF |title=Foreign Corporation Certificate of Withdrawal - Physion, LLC |publisher=The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |date=27 March 2017 |accessdate=06 October 2021}}</ref> and presumably fell back on its Delaware certificate of operation for Ovation.io, Inc., which was finalized in March 2009.<ref name="DelawareSearch">{{cite web |url=https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/eCorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx |title=General Information Name Search |publisher=State of Delaware, Division of Corporations |accessdate=06 October 2021 |quote=Search for file number 4668790}}</ref>)


At some point in late 2016 or early 2017, the company backtracked on LIMS+<ref name="ArchLIMS+">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/service-labs |archiveurl=https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20160506005503/https://www.ovation.io/service-labs |title=A Brand New LIMS |publisher=Physion, LLC |archivedate=06 May 2016 |accessdate=20 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="LPlusWhitePaper">{{cite web |url=https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/730505/ovation-whitepaper.pdf?t=1457751886726 |archiveurl=https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20160314162311/https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/730505/ovation-whitepaper.pdf?t=1457751886726 |format=PDF |title=To Profitably Grow, Service Labs Need Modern Technology Solutions Built for Current and Future Challenges |publisher=Physion, LLC |archivedate=14 March 2016 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> and decided to split the product up into two components: an SDMS-like "Research" component and a LIMS-like "Service Lab" component of the Ovation software platform.<ref name="OvaPlat">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/platform |title=Ovation's Scientific Data Layer |publisher=Physion, LLC |accessdate=20 April 2017}}</ref>
At some point in late 2016 or early 2017, the company backtracked on LIMS+<ref name="ArchLIMS+">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/service-labs |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506005503/https://www.ovation.io/service-labs |title=A Brand New LIMS |publisher=Physion, LLC |archivedate=06 May 2016 |accessdate=20 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="LPlusWhitePaper">{{cite web |url=https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/730505/ovation-whitepaper.pdf?t=1457751886726 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314162311/https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/730505/ovation-whitepaper.pdf?t=1457751886726 |format=PDF |title=To Profitably Grow, Service Labs Need Modern Technology Solutions Built for Current and Future Challenges |publisher=Physion, LLC |archivedate=14 March 2016 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> and decided to split the product up into two components: an SDMS-like "Research" component and a LIMS-like "Service Lab" component of the Ovation software platform.<ref name="OvaPlat">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/#home |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601025002/https://www.ovation.io/#home |title=Scientific-Data-Layer-as-a-Service for LIMS and Research |publisher=Ovation.io, Inc |archivedate=01 June 2017 |accessdate=11 January 2019}}</ref>  


==Technology and products==
In early 2018, the company changed their approach yet again, ditching the "Research" and "Service Lab" concept, calling the software "Ovation Diagnostic," which "helps clinical labs rapidly streamline operations by easing the burden of many of the day-to-day logistics."<ref name="ODArch">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111234045/https://www.ovation.io/ |title=All of the LIMS, None of the Hassle: Ovation Diagnostic |publisher=Ovation.io, Inc |archivedate=11 January 2018 |accessdate=11 January 2019}}</ref> By the summer of 2018, the "Ovation Diagnostic" concept was dropped, and, presumably though not entirely clear, the LIMS product was simply called "Ovation."<ref name=OvationArchMay18">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704120327/https://www.ovation.io/ |title=Ovation: Laboratory Medicine Is More than Running a Test |publisher=Ovation.io, Inc |archivedate=04 July 2018 |accessdate=11 January 2019}}</ref>
===Ovation===
Ovation is a cloud-based software platform for science. The platform is separated into an SDMS-like component (Research) and a LIMS-like component (Service Lab).<ref name="OvaPlat" /> Both components seem to make up a third product, Ovation Enterprise.<ref name="OvaEnt">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/enterprise |title=Ovation Enterprise |publisher=Physion, LLC |accessdate=20 April 2017}}</ref>


The Research component offers features such as chat, mentions, version control, team management, data management, role-based security, experiment and associated metadata management.<ref name="OvaResearch">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/research |title=Ovation Research |publisher=Physion, LLC |accessdate=20 April 2017}}</ref>  
In February 2019, Ovation,io, Inc. registered as a foreign corporation—incorporated in Delaware—in the state of Massachusetts.<ref name="MassForeignOvation19">{{cite web |url=https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSearchRedirector.aspx?Action=PDF&Path=CORP_DRIVE1/2019/0228/001610651/0001/201974847350_1.pdf |format=PDF |title=Foreign Corporation Certificate of Registration - Ovation.io, Inc. |publisher=The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |date=28 February 2019 |accessdate=06 October 2021}}</ref>


====Features====
==Technology and products==
 
===Ovation LIMS===
{{Ombox productfeature}}
Ovation LIMS is a cloud-based [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) that supports "the entire lifecycle of functions from order entry to final billing."<ref name="OvationProd">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/labs/ |title=Ovation LIMS |publisher=Physion, LLC |accessdate=06 October 2021}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="border-style:none;" background="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
  ! colspan="2"| Product: [https://www.ovation.io/service-lab Ovation Service Lab]
|-
  | style="background-color:white; border-style:none;"| {{Databox LIMSfeature
| sample_login_man  = Y<ref name="OvaServLab">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/service-lab |title=Ovation Service Lab |publisher=Physion, LLC |accessdate=20 April 2017}}</ref>  
| sample_track      = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| sample_batch      =
| task_event_sched  = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| manual_entry      =
| multiple_view      =
| data_analysis      =
| data_sharing      =
| custom_fields      =
| query              =
| import_data        =
| data_linking_int  =
| data_linking_ext  =
| eln_support        =
| export_msexcel    =
| export_raw        =
| data_warehouse    =
| deadline_control  =
| production_control =
| project_task_man  = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| inventory_man      =
| document_man      = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| case_man          =
| workflow_man      = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| spec_man          =
| customer_man      = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| billing_man        = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
 
| reg_compliance    = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| qa_qc              =
| performance_eval  = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| audit_trail        = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| chain_custody      =
| roles_security    = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| data_norm          =
| data_val          =
| data_encrypt      =
| version_control    =
| data_backup        =
| enviro_monitoring  =
 
| custom_reporting  = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| report_printing    =
| label_support      =
| barcode_support    =
| export_pdf        =
| export_msword      =
| export_htmlxml    =
| fax_integration    =
| email_integration  =


| admin_manage      = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| modular            =
| instrument_inter  =
| mobile_device      =
| alarms_alerts      =
| work_timetrack    =
| voice_rec          =
| external_monitor  = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| messaging          =
| multilingual      =
| network            =
| web_client        =
| online_help        =
| saas_model        = Y<ref name="OvaServLab" />
| usage_cost        =
| industries        = general
}}
|-
|}
====Pricing====
====Pricing====
Pricing for Ovation is as follows<ref name=OvaRPricing">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/research-pricing |title=Research Pricing |publisher=Physion, LLC |accessdate=20 April 2017}}</ref><ref name=OvaSLPricing">{{cite web |url=https://www.ovation.io/service-lab-pricing |title=Service Lab Pricing |publisher=Physion, LLC |accessdate=20 April 2017}}</ref>:
Pricing is not made public.
 
'''Research'''
Free: $0/month, up to 10GB of storage
 
Pro: $25/month, up to 1TB of storage; includes administrative controls, technical support, and phone support
 
Enterprise: $??/month, unlimited storage; includes warehouse, single sign-on, administrative controls, technical support, and phone support
 
''Note that HIPAA compliance is an extra $85/month, and extra storage is $20/TB.''
 
'''Service Lab'''
 
After a set-up fee of unknown cost, users are charged by sample: $10/per for pre-clinical, $15/per for clinical
 
''Note that HL7 integration is an extra $800/month, fax gateway $300/month, and research integration $15/seat.''
 
-----
 
Ovation Enterprise pricing is not public.


====Demonstration videos and other media====
====Demonstration videos and other media====
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/physionconsulting Physion YouTube channel]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/physionconsulting Ovation YouTube channel]


====Additional information====
====Additional information====
* [https://github.com/physion Physion on GitHub]
* [https://github.com/physion Ovation on GitHub]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:42, 28 May 2024

Ovation.io, Inc.
Type Limited liability company
Industry Informatics
Laboratory informatics
Headquarters 32 Pearl St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Number of locations 1
Area served Worldwide
Key people Barry Wark, Winston Braser
Products Ovation LIMS
Website Ovation.io
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovation-io/

Ovation.io, Inc. (doing business as "Ovation"[1]) develops and distributes the laboratory information management system (LIMS) software solution Ovation LIMS.

History

Physion was formally founded as Physion Consulting, LLC in March 2009, though the company changed its name to Physion, LLC in October 2013.[2] In mid- to late 2011, the company introduced its Ovation scientific data management system (SDMS) to the public, describing it as a tool that "handles the entire lifecycle of scientific data from acquisition to publication and beyond."[3][4] Development of the software happened in-house and on the company's GitHub account.[5] In 2012, CEO and co-founder Barry Wark shared the SDMS' data model with the INCF Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology Data Sharing Task Forces, comparing and contrasting it with the XCEDE 2 XML-based model developed by the Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN).[6][7][8] After initially using relational databases to prototype the software, Physion later turned to IBM's Cloudant Dedicated Cluster in late 2014 for a more "scalable data layer that synchronizes data between the cloud and multiple local clients."[9] The company had also developed a Python API to allow "full functionality of the Ovation ecosystem from within Python."[10]

In January 2016, Physion implemented a series of new changes with the company's web presence and software offerings. The company shut down its physion.us domain[11], changed their business name to Ovation.io, Inc.[12], and seemingly phased out its Ovation SDMS for a new laboratory information management system (LIMS) called LIMS+.[13] The last known version of Ovation SDMS before that was 3.1.3.[14] (In March 2017, Physion, LLC withdrew its certificate of operation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts[15] and presumably fell back on its Delaware certificate of operation for Ovation.io, Inc., which was finalized in March 2009.[12])

At some point in late 2016 or early 2017, the company backtracked on LIMS+[16][17] and decided to split the product up into two components: an SDMS-like "Research" component and a LIMS-like "Service Lab" component of the Ovation software platform.[18]

In early 2018, the company changed their approach yet again, ditching the "Research" and "Service Lab" concept, calling the software "Ovation Diagnostic," which "helps clinical labs rapidly streamline operations by easing the burden of many of the day-to-day logistics."[19] By the summer of 2018, the "Ovation Diagnostic" concept was dropped, and, presumably though not entirely clear, the LIMS product was simply called "Ovation."[20]

In February 2019, Ovation,io, Inc. registered as a foreign corporation—incorporated in Delaware—in the state of Massachusetts.[21]

Technology and products

Ovation LIMS

Ovation LIMS is a cloud-based laboratory information management system (LIMS) that supports "the entire lifecycle of functions from order entry to final billing."[22]

Pricing

Pricing is not made public.

Demonstration videos and other media

Additional information

References

  1. "OVATION - Trademark Details". Justia Trademarks. Justia, Inc. 15 April 2015. https://trademarks.justia.com/857/71/ovation-85771270.html. Retrieved 14 March 2016. 
  2. "Business Entity Summary - ID Number: 001032890". Corporations Division - Search the Corporate Database. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=001032890&SEARCH_TYPE=1. Retrieved 14 March 2016. 
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