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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Bauer, Tucson, AZ (US);

David Chafin, Tucson, AZ (US);

Michael Otter, Tucson, AZ (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 13/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/07 (2006.01); G01N 29/024 (2006.01); G01N 1/30 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 13/00 (2013.01); G01N 1/30 (2013.01); G01N 29/024 (2013.01); G01N 29/07 (2013.01); G01N 29/44 (2013.01); G01N 2013/003 (2013.01); G01N 2291/011 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0245 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02475 (2013.01);
Abstract

The subject disclosure presents systems and computer-implemented methods for evaluating a tissue sample that has been removed from a subject. A change in speed of the energy traveling through the sample is evaluated to monitor changes in the biological sample during processing. The rate of change in the speed of the energy is correlated with the extent of diffusion. A system for performing the method can include a transmitter that outputs the energy and a receiver configured to detect the transmitted energy. A time-of-flight of acoustic waves and rate of change thereof is monitored to determine an optimal time for soaking the tissue sample in a fixative.


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