Patents by Inventor Keren SHAPIRA-SCHWEITZER

Keren SHAPIRA-SCHWEITZER 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).

  • Mold and molding apparatus for embedding biological specimen in a block and related methods
    Patent number: 10429281
    Abstract: A molding apparatus for producing a biological tissue embedded in a block of an embedding material. The molding apparatus comprising a mold comprising a compartment configured for containing the embedding material. The compartment having a compartment floor and at least one wall extending upwards from said compartment floor. The compartment comprises at least one depression extending downwards from the compartment floor. The molding apparatus further comprising a sample sheet configured to attach to the biological tissue and hold the biological tissue thereon. The sample sheet being further dimensioned to be positioned in the compartment and to be constrained to the position thereof, at least along one direction, by the compartment. The depression is configured for accepting the biological tissue at least partially therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: UC-CARE LTD.
    Inventors: Alex Pasternak, Keren Shapira-Schweitzer
  • MOLD AND MOLDING APPARATUS FOR EMBEDDING BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN IN A BLOCK AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20160169778
    Abstract: A molding apparatus for producing a biological tissue embedded in a block of an embedding material. The molding apparatus comprising a mold comprising a compartment configured for containing the embedding material. The compartment having a compartment floor and at least one wall extending upwards from said compartment floor. The compartment comprises at least one depression extending downwards from the compartment floor. The molding apparatus further comprising a sample sheet configured to attach to the biological tissue and hold the biological tissue thereon. The sample sheet being further dimensioned to be positioned in the compartment and to be constrained to the position thereof, at least along one direction, by the compartment. The depression is configured for accepting the biological tissue at least partially therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Alex PASTERNAK, Keren SHAPIRA-SCHWEITZER