Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Allan Ross

Jeffrey Allan Ross 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 for preventing chatter in histological samples
    Publication number: 20080131975
    Abstract: A device and method for the removal of excess embedding tissue from histological samples comprising a plate with heating elements. The plate has at least one trench and a plurality of grooves at the surface of the plate. The plate is arranged at a slight angle as compared to a horizontal plane. Once the device reaches working temperature the user slide the cassette, with extra embedding medium down the surface of the plate. The extra embedding medium melts from the cassette and runs through the plurality of grooves to the trench and finally to a receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allan Ross, Carolyn Ann Durkowski
  • Method and device for preventing chatter in histological samples
    Publication number: 20020042147
    Abstract: A device and method for the removal of excess embedding tissue from histological samples comprising a plate with heating elements. The plate has at least one trench and a plurality of grooves at the surface of the plate. The plate is arranged at a slight angle as compared to a horizontal plane. Once the device reaches working temperature the user slide the cassette, with extra embedding medium down the surface of the plate. The extra embedding medium melts from the cassette and runs through the plurality of grooves to the trench and finally to a receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allan Ross, Carolyn Ann Durowski