US Patent Issued to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Leeds on Feb. 17 for "Scanner and method of using the scanner during a stain assessment" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,909, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Leeds, Great Britain) and University of Leeds (Leeds, Great Britain).

"Scanner and method of using the scanner during a stain assessment" was invented by David Brettle (Leeds, Great Britain) and Darren Treanor (Leeds, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanner for scanning a QA test slide as part of a stain QA method, and method of using the scanner are described. The scanner comprises a housing defining an interior of the scanner, a slide holder within the housing and configured to receive a QA test slide, a digital camera within the housing and ...