Patents by Inventor John BItner Wirthlin

John BItner Wirthlin 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING DIGITAL SLIDE IMAGES
    Publication number: 20260008041
    Abstract: The disclosed method of processing tissue samples may include (1) placing a tissue sample within a pre-formed structure that includes a sectionable fiducial marker therein, (2) processing the tissue sample and the pre-formed structure, which includes the sectionable fiducial marker therein, together to form a sectionable tissue sample block, and (3) sectioning the sectionable tissue sample block into a variety of sections, each of which comprises a section of the tissue sample and a section of the sectionable fiducial marker. Various other methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Ivie, John Bitner Wirthlin
  • Systems and methods for aligning digital slide images
    Patent number: 12444063
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) receiving an image of a section of a sectionable tissue sample block, the image including image data of, embedded into the section of the sectionable tissue sample block, (A) a section of a tissue sample, and (B) a section of a sectionable fiducial marker, (2) determining an attribute of the section of the sectionable fiducial marker from the received image of the section of the sectionable tissue sample block, and (3) executing a tissue sample management action based on the determined attribute of the section of the sectionable fiducial marker. Various other methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: Leavitt Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Ivie, John Bitner Wirthlin
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING DIGITAL SLIDE IMAGES
    Publication number: 20230117821
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) receiving an image of a section of a sectionable tissue sample block, the image including image data of, embedded into the section of the sectionable tissue sample block, (A) a section of a tissue sample, and (B) a section of a sectionable fiducial marker, (2) determining an attribute of the section of the sectionable fiducial marker from the received image of the section of the sectionable tissue sample block, and (3) executing a tissue sample management action based on the determined attribute of the section of the sectionable fiducial marker. Various other methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Ivie, John BItner Wirthlin