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US 12,275,011 B2Granted
Tissue sample containers and related methods
AssigneeLeavitt Medical, Inc.
InventorsMark S. Evans, Michael Andrew Ivie
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Abstract
Tissue sample cassettes for receiving tissue samples include an upper tray including compartments separated by dividers, a lower tray coupled to the upper tray and having a central recess, and an absorbent material located in the recess of the lower tray. Related systems and methods for automated gross processing of tissue samples are also disclosed.
Claims18
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;
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- 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.
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A method of forming a tissue sample container, the method comprising:
- positioning an absorbent substrate over a base portion of a lower tray;
- positioning dividers to define compartments over the absorbent substrate, the compartments sized and shaped for retention of respective tissue samples;
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- releasably securing a cover over the absorbent substrate and the lower tray, the cover including indentations corresponding to the compartments defined over the absorbent substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.