ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,562, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SamanTree Medical SA (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Sample dishes for use in microscopy and methods of their use" was invented by Etienne Shaffer (Pailly, Switzerland), Jonathan Abel Pirolet (Aclens, Switzerland), Frederic Schmitt (Vulliens, Switzerland), Bastien Rachet (Lausanne, Switzerland), Diego Joss (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Aurele Timothee Horisberger (Crissier, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are sample dishes for use with microscopes that are simple to mount on a microscope and facilitate easy manipulation of tissue samples disposed thereon during imaging as w...