Cassette for apparatus for automated handling and embedding of tissue samples
CA 2800136 C · Owner: Biopath Automation, L.L.C. · Inventors: Allen, Douglas P.; Williamson, Warren P.; Ward, Thomas J.
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The invention comprises a cassette adapted for use in an apparatus for automated handling and embedding of tissue samples. The cassette is adapted to hold a tissue sample and comprises a body including a bottom wall and at least one side wall extending upwardly with respect to said bottom wall to define an interior space for receiving the tissue sample and a sensing element associated with said body and configured to allow an automated sensing system to determine at least one characteristic of the cassette. In further preferred embodiments the sensing element comprises one or more holes is machine readable or comprises machine readable indicia.
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- Filed September 26, 2002 and granted July 8, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 26, 2022.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 26, 2024.
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