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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2011
Sanjay Shivayogi Magavi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jack Barger, Poway, CA (US);
Michael Paul Emery, Santee, CA (US);
James Edward Sinclair, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jorge Arturo Ayala, San Diego, CA (US);
Sanjay Shivayogi Magavi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jack Barger, Poway, CA (US);
Michael Paul Emery, Santee, CA (US);
James Edward Sinclair, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jorge Arturo Ayala, San Diego, CA (US);
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for handling a portion of a tissue sample when sectioned by a microtome. The apparatuses include a container, a tissue sample holder in the container, and one or more outlets configured to allow flow of a fluid from the container. The flow through the outlet causes a portion of the tissue sample sectioned by a microtome to move into the outlet. The methods include sectioning one or more portions of a tissue sample, and flowing a fluid past the tissue sample to cause the one or more portions of the tissue sample to move away from the tissue sample and toward at least one fluid outlet.