ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,598, issued on April 15, was assigned to CooperSurgical Inc. (Trumbull, Conn.).

"Specimen processing systems and related methods" was invented by Joseph Gordon (Mansfield, Mass.), John Glaberson (Sandy Hook, Conn.), Tara Pratap Ebsworth (Weston, Mass.) and Patrick N. Gutelius (Monroe, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A specimen processing system includes a plate for supporting a specimen system, wherein the specimen system includes a container and a specimen contained therein. The specimen processing system further includes a camera disposed above the plate and configured to generate images of the specimen system, a light source d...