ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,847, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to GoPath Laboratories LLC (Buffalo Grove, Ill.).
"Methods for processing a pathology specimen" was invented by Jim Lu (Buffalo Grove, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for processing tissue samples are provided. Tissue samples are obtained and disposed into individual compartments of a cassette with an embedded barcode identifier, which is scanned to generate a display screen of digital images and a reference table. Cassettes with tissue samples are stored and shipped in one formalin filled jar to a pathology facility, where the cassettes are removed and wiped of formalin. Digital image...