US Patent Issued to Ventana Medical Systems on March 18 for "Passive, gravity-driven system for treatment of an effluent in a diagnostic system" (Arizona, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,417, issued on March 18, was assigned to Ventana Medical Systems Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Passive, gravity-driven system for treatment of an effluent in a diagnostic system" was invented by Nathan Crum (Marana, Ariz.), Joseph M. Jakubowski (Georgetown, Texas), Jerome W. Kosmeder II (Tucson, Ariz.), Eric May (Oro Valley, Ariz.), Michael Otter (Tucson, Ariz.), Taylor J. Shingler (Tucson, Ariz.) and Benjamin C. Stevens (Oro Valley, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Automated systems to make target compounds from slide stainer waste streams inactive utilizing advanced oxidation processes are described herein. Advanced oxidation process...