ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,513, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Clarapath Inc. (Hawthorne, N.Y.).
"Automated tissue section transfer system with high throughput" was invented by Baris Yagci (Montclair, N.J.), Eric Feinstein (New Canaan, Conn.), Partha P. Mitra (New York), Janak Sewkarran (New York), Cong Zhang (New York) and Robert Shusko (Merrick, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an automated system for preparing tissue samples that comprises one or more microtomes, a hydration system, and a processor, the processor being programmed to initiate facing, by one or more microtomes, of a first tissue block comprising a first tissue sample ...