US 12,275,011 B2
Tissue sample containers and related methods
Mark S. Evans, Holladay, UT (US); and Michael Andrew Ivie, Orem, UT (US)
Assigned to Leavitt Medical, Inc., Lehi, UT (US)
Filed by Leavitt Medical, Inc., Lehi, UT (US)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/329,136.
Application 17/523,107 is a division of application No. 16/115,990, filed on Aug. 29, 2018, granted, now 11,173,489.
Application 18/329,136 is a continuation of application No. 17/523,107, filed on Nov. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,707,740.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/551,683, filed on Aug. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311129 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B01L 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G01B 11/28 (2006.01); G01N 21/03 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/69 (2022.01)
CPC B01L 3/5085 (2013.01) [A61B 10/0096 (2013.01); B01L 3/50853 (2013.01); G01B 11/022 (2013.01); G01B 11/0608 (2013.01); G01B 11/285 (2013.01); G01N 21/03 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G06V 20/693 (2022.01); B01L 2300/02 (2013.01); B01L 2300/021 (2013.01); B01L 2300/022 (2013.01); B01L 2300/041 (2013.01); B01L 2300/069 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00752 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00772 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tissue sample container, comprising:
a lower tray including a base portion;
an absorbent substrate positioned over the base portion of the lower tray;
dividers defining compartments over the absorbent substrate, the compartments sized and configured for retention of respective tissue samples; and
a cover configured to, when closed over the lower tray and the absorbent substrate, hold at least one tissue sample in place over and relative to the absorbent substrate in at least one corresponding tissue-receiving compartment formed by the dividers and between the absorbent substrate and the cover.