ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,191, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTD (Mount Waverley, Australia).
"Histological tissue specimen processing" was invented by Gordon Sears (Victoria, Australia), Michael Houston Drummond (Victoria, Australia) and Donnchadh Oh-Ainle (Victoria, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a tissue processor for processing tissue samples is provided. The tissue processor includes at least one retort for receiving tissue samples, at least one container for storing a reagent, and at least one sensor arranged for fluid communication with one or both of the at least one container and the...