US Patent Issued to Ventana Medical Systems on Feb. 10 for "Pathology slide automation system and method" (Arizona, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,792, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Ventana Medical Systems Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Pathology slide automation system and method" was invented by Matthew D. Mette (Marana, Ariz.), Clayton Reynolds (Tucson, Ariz.), Curtis C. Rose (Chicago) and Franklin R. Ventura (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide carrier includes: a base support; and a slide platform having a surface that is parallel to a first plane defined by a first vector and a second vector, wherein a vector extending in a direction opposite to the direction of gravity is normal with respect to a second plane defined by a third vector and a fourth vector, a...