US Patent Issued to Microvizual on July 29 for "Automatic system and method for tissue sectioning, staining, and scanning" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,441, issued on July 29, was assigned to Microvizual Inc. (New York).

"Automatic system and method for tissue sectioning, staining, and scanning" was invented by Zhengping Zhuang (Bethesda, Md.), Anthony Cappadona (Bethesda, Md.) and Young Wan Moon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is plate or film for collecting and analyzing a sample. The plate or film includes a surface and a plurality of slices from the sample immobilized on the surface. Further, the plurality of slices are cut from the sample with equal thickness, and the plurality of slices are placed on the surface of the plate or film following their...