US Patent Issued to TECAN TRADING on Oct. 7 for "3D-printed mask for lysing at a location on a tissue section" (Swiss, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,068, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TECAN TRADING AG (Mannedorf, Switzerland).

"3D-printed mask for lysing at a location on a tissue section" was invented by Philipp Ott (Steg, Switzerland), Patrick Kinney (Hayward, Calif.) and Adrian Sager (Mannedorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments are directed to a method for detaching tissue from a tissue section on a tissue slide. The method may include applying a 3D printed mask on top of the tissue section, the mask comprising barriers that define a cavity surrounding an area of interest on the tissue section, the cavity being open at a side facing the area of int...