US 11,906,398 B2
Automated tissue section transfer system with high throughput
Baris Yagci, Montclair, NJ (US); Eric Feinstein, New Canaan, CT (US); Partha P. Mitra, New York, NY (US); Janak Sewkarran, New York, NY (US); Cong Zhang, New York, NY (US); and Robert Shusko, Merrick, NY (US)
Assigned to Clarapath, Inc., Hawthorne, NY (US)
Filed by Clarapath, Inc., Hawthorne, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,725.
Application 17/866,725 is a continuation of application No. 17/469,351, filed on Sep. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,428,609.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/077,433, filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/075,441, filed on Sep. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0046748 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 1/06 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/36 (2006.01); G01N 1/31 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/06 (2013.01) [B01L 3/508 (2013.01); G01N 1/36 (2013.01); B01L 2300/043 (2013.01); B01L 2300/046 (2013.01); B01L 2300/069 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0809 (2013.01); G01N 2001/065 (2013.01); G01N 2001/315 (2013.01); G01N 2001/366 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
processing a first tissue block, wherein the processing of the first tissue block comprises one or more of:
facing, by one or more microtomes, the first tissue block;
hydrating the first tissue block by a hydration system; and
sectioning, by the one or more microtomes, the first tissue block; and
processing a second tissue block, wherein the processing of the second tissue block comprises one or more of:
facing, by the one or more microtomes, the second tissue block;
hydrating the second tissue block by the hydration system; and
sectioning, by the one or more microtomes, the second tissue block, wherein the first tissue block and the second tissue block are processed simultaneously.