ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,017, issued on July 15, was assigned to LEICA MIKROSYSTEME GMBH (Vienna).
"Microtome system and corresponding method" was invented by Matthias Katzengruber (Vienna), Robert Ranner (Vienna) and Paul Wurzinger (Vienna).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microtome system for cutting sections from a specimen includes a knife including a knife edge configured to cut a section from the specimen, a knife holder, a specimen holder, an illumination, a first actor, a detector, and a controller. The knife holder and specimen holder are configured to be relatively moveable in a cutting direction. The first actor is configured to cause a rotation of...