US 12,276,598 B2
Specimen processing systems and related methods
Joseph Gordon, Mansfield, MA (US); John Glaberson, Sandy Hook, CT (US); Tara Pratap Ebsworth, Weston, MA (US); and Patrick N. Gutelius, Monroe, CT (US)
Assigned to CooperSurgical, Inc., Trumbull, CT (US)
Filed by CooperSurgical, Inc., Trumbull, CT (US)
Filed on May 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/665,640.
Application 18/665,640 is a continuation of application No. 18/101,769, filed on Jan. 26, 2023, granted, now 12,013,333.
Application 18/101,769 is a continuation of application No. 16/910,442, filed on Jun. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,593,934, issued on Feb. 28, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/894,202, filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0353313 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 35/12 (2015.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01); G01N 1/42 (2006.01); G01N 21/07 (2006.01); G01N 21/85 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/30 (2022.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/69 (2022.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)
CPC G01N 21/07 (2013.01) [G01N 1/4077 (2013.01); G01N 1/42 (2013.01); G01N 21/85 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/30 (2022.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/693 (2022.01); G06V 20/695 (2022.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G01N 2001/4083 (2013.01); G01N 2201/062 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30024 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A specimen processing system, comprising:
a plate for supporting a specimen system at a processing station, the specimen system comprising a specimen container and a specimen contained therein;
a camera disposed above the plate and configured to generate images of the specimen system;
a rotatable platform to which the processing station is secured for applying a centripetal force to the specimen to cause the specimen to move within the specimen container;
one or more processors electronically coupled to the camera and configured to track a position of the specimen within the specimen container in real time during a vitrification protocol based on the images;
a microcontroller configured to control a rotational speed, a spin direction, and an acceleration of the rotatable platform to maintain the centripetal force on the specimen at a substantially constant value during the vitrification protocol; and
a cutting station configured to cut and release a distal portion of the specimen container with the specimen contained therein following completion of the vitrification protocol.