US Patent Issued to Beckman Coulter on Oct. 27 for "Methods and systems for immobilizing a biological specimen for microscopic imaging" (Nevada, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,012, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Beckman Coulter Inc. (Brea, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for immobilizing a biological specimen for microscopic imaging" was invented by Carol Quon (Genoa, Nev.), Bart J. Wanders (Coto de Caza, Calif.) and John Mcdonald (Malibu, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods for immobilizing a biological specimen for extended periods of time for image capture. Specific embodiments may be used to support a target specimen in a gel matrix. In some embodiments, the biological specimen may be in liquid form at elevated temperatures, a stain a...