Patents Assigned to Array Science, LLC
  • Patent number: 11946840
    Abstract: An assembly including a cassette having a support layer. At least a portion of the support layer is embedded in a recipient block formed from an agarose gel for securing the recipient block to the cassette. The recipient block has a surface spaced from the support layer and is provided with at least one bore extending from the surface into the recipient block that is adapted to receive a biological sample material. A method for forming an assembly is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Array Science, LLC
    Inventors: Regan Spencer Fulton, William Scott Crawford, Trinh Kiet Hoac
  • Publication number: 20220221381
    Abstract: An assembly including a cassette having a support layer. At least a portion of the support layer is embedded in a recipient block formed from an agarose gel for securing the recipient block to the cassette. The recipient block has a surface spaced from the support layer and is provided with at least one bore extending from the surface into the recipient block that is adapted to receive a biological sample material. A method for forming an assembly is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Array Science, LLC
    Inventors: Regan Spencer Fulton, William Scott Crawford, Trinh Kiet Hoac
  • Patent number: 11300486
    Abstract: A method for making a microarray block with a recipient block having at least one bore therein. A mold having a cylindrical bore with a cross-sectional shape approximating the cross-sectional shape of the at least one bore of the recipient block can be provided. The first end of the mold can have an opening that communicates with a cylindrical bore of the mold. A biological sample and a liquid carrier medium can be introduced through the opening and solidified in the mold to form a core. The core can be removed from the mold and at least a portion of the core can be inserted into the at least one bore of the recipient block. Related methods and assemblies are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Array Science, LLC
    Inventors: Regan Spencer Fulton, William Scott Crawford, Trinh Kiet Hoac
  • Publication number: 20170097292
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for forming high-yield tissue microarray blocks capable of producing 1,000 or more replicate slides. In one embodiment, a plurality of donor tissue samples are minced and suspended in separate molten liquid carriers to form a plurality of separate two-phase mixtures of solid minced tissue and molten wax. Each of the two-phase mixtures is preferably formed into elongated columns and transferred into a separate well of a microarray block. A method and apparatus are provided for forming the elongated molten wax columns with minced tissue evenly distributed along the length of each column. The apparatus for forming the array includes an extrusion mechanism for transferring the columns of two-phase mixtures into the deep wells of the microarray block. The two-phase mixture may alternately be cooled and allowed to solidify before being transferred into the microarray block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Array Science, LLC
    Inventors: Regan Spencer Fulton, William Scott Crawford
  • Patent number: 9523629
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for forming high-yield tissue microarray blocks capable of producing 1,000 or more replicate slides. In one embodiment, a plurality of donor tissue samples are minced and suspended in separate molten liquid carriers to form a plurality of separate two-phase mixtures of solid minced tissue and molten wax. Each of the two-phase mixtures is preferably formed into elongated columns and transferred into a separate well of a microarray block. A method and apparatus are provided for forming the elongated molten wax columns with minced tissue evenly distributed along the length of each column. The apparatus for forming the array includes an extrusion mechanism for transferring the columns of two-phase mixtures into the deep wells of the microarray block. The two-phase mixture may alternately be cooled and allowed to solidify before being transferred into the microarray block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Array Sciences, LLC
    Inventors: Regan Spencer Fulton, William Scott Crawford
  • Publication number: 20150226651
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for forming high-yield tissue microarray blocks capable of producing 1,000 or more replicate slides. In one embodiment, a plurality of donor tissue samples are minced and suspended in separate molten liquid carriers to form a plurality of separate two-phase mixtures of solid minced tissue and molten wax. Each of the two-phase mixtures is preferably formed into elongated columns and transferred into a separate well of a microarray block. A method and apparatus are provided for forming the elongated molten wax columns with minced tissue evenly distributed along the length of each column. The apparatus for forming the array includes an extrusion mechanism for transferring the columns of two-phase mixtures into the deep wells of the microarray block. The two-phase mixture may alternately be cooled and allowed to solidify before being transferred into the microarray block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Array Science, LLC
    Inventors: Regan Spencer Fulton, William Scott Crawford
  • Patent number: 8911682
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for forming high-yield tissue microarray blocks capable of producing 1,000 or more replicate slides. In one embodiment, a plurality of donor tissue samples are minced and suspended in separate molten liquid carriers to form a plurality of separate two-phase mixtures of solid minced tissue and molten wax. Each of the two-phase mixtures is preferably formed into elongated columns and transferred into a separate well of a microarray block. A method and apparatus are provided for forming the elongated molten wax columns with minced tissue evenly distributed along the length of each column. The apparatus for forming the array includes an extrusion mechanism for transferring the columns of two-phase mixtures into the deep wells of the microarray block. The two-phase mixture may alternately be cooled and allowed to solidify before being transferred into the microarray block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Array Science, LLC
    Inventors: Regan Spencer Fulton, William Scott Crawford