US Patent Issued to Roche Diagnostics, Roche Molecular Systems on Dec. 2 for "Slide imaging apparatus including a robotic arm and a method for imaging a slide" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,533, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Roche Diagnostics GMBH (Mannheim, Germany) and Roche Molecular Systems Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Slide imaging apparatus including a robotic arm and a method for imaging a slide" was invented by Alexander Maier (Maxdorf, Germany), Denny Osswald (Biblis, Germany), Marc Rehberger (Ketsch, Germany) and Bernardo Spring De Souza (Lorsch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide imaging apparatus includes: at least one imaging device configured to generate an image of a sample mounted on a slide, wherein the imaging device comprises an operating button; a storage device loadable with a pluralit...