US Patent Issued to Ventana Medical Systems on Sept. 30 for "Opposables incorporating onboard reagents and automated specimen processing systems" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,493, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Ventana Medical Systems Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Opposables incorporating onboard reagents and automated specimen processing systems" was invented by Christopher Lawrence Donat (Tucson, Ariz.) and Timothy James Keller (Oro Valley, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to opposables including a body having a plurality of cavities disposed therein. Each cavity can be designed to contain one or more reagents, liquids, or fluids which may be applied to a specimen-bearing surface. In some embodiments, the cavities include one or more reagent chambers, the reagent ch...