ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,884, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SAKURA FINETEK U.S.A. INC. (Torrance, Calif.).
"Tissue cassette reader" was invented by Erico Von Bueren (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.) and Joshua Greenlee (Torrance, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and system including an apparatus to identify an identifier on a tissue cassette in an assembly of a plurality of tissue cassettes including a light source operable to illuminate a plurality of tissue cassettes; a sensor operable to automatically capture an identifier on an individual tissue cassette or an image of the plurality of tissue cassettes in the assembly; and where the se...