Automated Tissue Sectioning and Storage System
AssigneeClarapath, Inc.
InventorsPartha P. Mitra, Baris Yagci, Cong Zhang
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically transferring sections from a sample block to a tape and for transferring select sections to a slide. A tissue storage system for storing cut sections on the tape and digital storage system for storing photos and other information during the transfer of the sections can also be provided, thereby creating a tissue repository and data repository for future use.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A system, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive, from one or more imaging devices, and compare at least two of:
- one or more images of one or more tissue sections on a face of a sample block;
- one or more images of the one or more tissue sections on a transfer medium, the transfer medium configured to transfer the one or more tissue sections removed from the sample block to one or more slides;
- or
- one or more images of the one or more tissue sections on the one or more slides.
A method, performed by one or more processors, comprising:
- receiving, from one or more imaging devices, at least two of:
- one or more images of one or more tissue sections on a face of a sample block;
- one or more images of the one or more tissue sections on a transfer medium, the transfer medium configured to transfer the one or more tissue sections removed from the sample block to one or more slides;
- or
- one or more images of the one or more tissue sections on the one or more slides;
- and
- comparing the at least two of:
- the one or more images of one or more tissue sections on the face of a sample block;
- the one or more images of the one or more tissue sections on the transfer medium;
- or
- the one or more images of the one or more tissue sections on the one or more slides.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded thereon executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out a method, the method comprising:
- receiving, from one or more imaging devices, at least two of:
- one or more images of one or more tissue sections on a face of a sample block;
- one or more images of the one or more tissue sections on a transfer medium, the transfer medium configured to transfer the one or more tissue sections removed from the sample block to one or more slides;
- or
- one or more images of the one or more tissue sections on the one or more slides;
- and
- comparing the at least two of:
- the one or more images of one or more tissue sections on the face of a sample block;
- the one or more images of the one or more tissue sections on the transfer medium;
- or
- the one or more images of the one or more tissue sections on the one or more slides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.