US Patent Issued to BIOPATH AUTOMATION on May 20 for "Sectionable cassette and embedding frame with connectors, and methods for preparing biopsy tissue samples" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,904, issued on May 20, was assigned to BIOPATH AUTOMATION LLC (Marion, Mass.).

"Sectionable cassette and embedding frame with connectors, and methods for preparing biopsy tissue samples" was invented by Warren P. Williamson IV (Marion, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A histologic tissue sample support device includes a tissue cassette, a frame, a lid, and a frame-cassette connector. The tissue cassette formed of a first material has a recess including a body with at least one side wall and a bottom wall and is formed of material that can be successfully sectioned in a microtome and is resistant to degradation from solvents and c...