US 11,898,948 B2
Facing and quality control in microtomy
Partha P. Mitra, New York, NY (US); Janak Sewkarran, New York, NY (US); Baris Yagci, New York, NY (US); and Jerry R. Pinto, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Clarapath, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Clarapath, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/182,166.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/134,399, filed on Jan. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,194, filed on Feb. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,203, filed on Feb. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,201, filed on Feb. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,202, filed on Feb. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0262905 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 1/36 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01); G01B 11/22 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G01N 1/06 (2006.01); G01N 1/31 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/36 (2013.01) [G01B 11/22 (2013.01); G01N 1/06 (2013.01); G01N 1/286 (2013.01); G01N 1/312 (2013.01); G01N 21/6456 (2013.01); G01N 21/6486 (2013.01); G01N 35/00603 (2013.01); G01N 35/00613 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G01N 2001/2873 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00039 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00861 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00881 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30024 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an information reader configured to read identifying data associated with a tissue block;
a microtome configured to cut one or more tissue sections from the tissue block;
one or more slides for receiving the one or more tissue sections;
a visualization system in communication with a processor programmed to generate a comparison between a tissue sample in one or more first images of the tissue block and one or more tissue samples in one or more second images of the one or more tissue sections; and
a printer configured to receive the identifying data and print, based on the comparison and after the one or more tissue sections are cut from the tissue block, one or more labels for the one or more slides, the one or more labels comprising information associating the one or more tissue sections on the one or more slides with the tissue block.