Patents by Inventor Bjørn G. Bjørnsen

Bjørn G. Bjørnsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Arrangement and method for a cassette for preparation of biological specimens
    Patent number: 7547542
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for preparing a biological specimen (20), where the biological specimen (20), prior to being examined in e.g. a microscope, is dried, embedded in wax and optionally sliced, and where the biological specimen (20) is placed in a container (1) with a lid/clamping member (2) that is closed, in which it is retained by a biasing element (6), the specimen (20) remaining in the same closed container/lid (1, 2) during the subsequent drying and embedment operations, whereupon the container (1) is removed from the lid (2) and the specimen (20) prior to any slicing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Total Biopsy AS
    Inventor: Bjørn G. Bjørnsen