ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,297, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Zomedica Inc. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
"Slide preparation methods and apparatus" was invented by William Eugene Campbell (Marietta, Ga.) and Negin Ghassemian (Smyrna, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various examples are provided related to slide preparation. In one example, a slide preparation apparatus includes a support surface, an upper surface opposite the support surface, and a sample tube holder. The upper surface can include a slide channel extending to a stop, a fiducial mark disposed in the slide channel, and a support bar extending across the slide channel. The sample tube holder can se...