ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,358, issued on July 22, was assigned to Ventana Medical Systems Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.) and Integrity Data Solutions Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.).
"Anti-fogging barcode reader" was invented by Isabel Barbero-Ortega (Seattle), Ramon R. Salazar (Oro Valley, Ariz.) and John M. Tavis (Queen Creek, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated specimen processing system is provided for performing slide processing operations on slides bearing biological samples. In some embodiments, the disclosed specimen processing system includes a barcode reader having a heated window. In some embodiments, the barcode reader having the heated window is configur...