ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,322, issued on June 24, was assigned to CellPath Ltd (Powys, Great Britain).
"Cassette assembly and processing method" was invented by Richard Titcombe (Powys, Great Britain), Philip Webber (Powys, Great Britain) and Paul Webber (Powys, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A histology processing assembly comprising a frame with an area for application of a unique identifier for a biological sample and a recess for irreversibly receiving a sample carrier which has a compartment for holding the sample which is transmissible to processing fluids. A method is provided in which the sample is placed in the carrier with identifying ...