ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,079, issued on July 15, was assigned to Ventana Medical Systems Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).
"Standardizing diffusion of a fluid into tissue" was invented by Daniel Bauer (Tucson, Ariz.), David Chafin (Tucson, Ariz.), Michael Otter (Tucson, Ariz.) and Abbey Theiss (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a system and method for evaluating a tissue sample that has been removed from a subject. Movement of fluid through the tissue sample is monitored by measuring time of flight of acoustic waves passed through the tissue sample. A system for performing the method can include a transmitter that outputs the energy and a receiv...