US Patent Issued to Green Solutions Group on March 25 for "Compositions and methods for preservation and fixation" (North Carolina, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,729, issued on March 25, was assigned to Green Solutions Group LLC (Salisbury, N.C.).

"Compositions and methods for preservation and fixation" was invented by Larry Dean Kennedy (Salisbury, N.C.) and Danny R. Fields (Stanford, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present inventive concept provides non-toxic compositions including ethanol, a polymer, and a polar aprotic solvent and methods of using the same in the field of preservation of plant, human and non-human animal tissue and anatomic pathology disciplines (e.g., surgical pathology, histopathology, cytopathology, forensic pathology). In particular, the compositions provide a...