Patents by Inventor Maricus Johannes VAN DIJK

Maricus Johannes VAN DIJK 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).

  • Method and device for preparing tissue and mould for pretreating tissue material
    Patent number: 9116090
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing tissue material. The method comprises placing a quantity of tissue material in a closable but liquid-permeable assembly of a mold and enclosing element, enclosing the tissue material, guiding the tissue material placed in the receiving space at least through a hydrophilic liquid such as an alcohol solution, wherein water is extracted from the tissue material; and embedding the tissue material placed in the receiving space by at least partially filling the receiving space with a matrix material; wherein the assembly of mold and enclosing element has an orientation relative to a reference direction, and the orientation in one treatment step differs from the orientation in another treatment step. The invention also relates to a device and mold for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Klinipath B.V.
    Inventors: Ronald Johannes Wilhelmus Kusters, Maricus Johannes Van Dijk
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING TISSUE AND MOULD FOR PRETREATING TISSUE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20130087945
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing tissue material. The method comprises placing a quantity of tissue material in a closable but liquid-permeable assembly of a mould and enclosing element, enclosing the tissue material, guiding the tissue material placed in the receiving space at least through a hydrophilic liquid such as an alcohol solution, wherein water is extracted from the tissue material; and embedding the tissue material placed in the receiving space by at least partially filling the receiving space with a matrix material; wherein the assembly of mould and enclosing element has an orientation relative to a reference direction, and the orientation in one treatment step differs from the orientation in another treatment step. The invention also relates to a device and mould for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: KLINIPATH B.V.
    Inventors: Ronald Johannes Wilhelmus KUSTERS, Maricus Johannes VAN DIJK