Patents by Inventor Melinda Polaske

Melinda Polaske 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).

  • Staining reagents and other liquids for histological processing of biological specimens and associated technology
    Patent number: 10551395
    Abstract: Processing specimens in an automated histological staining system comprising robotically moving a slide carrier into a stainer of the system, the slide carrier carrying slides which respectively carry the specimens, and the specimens being at least partially embedded in paraffin. Liquids are automatically dispensed onto the slides according to a predetermined recipe for at least deparaffinizing, staining, and counterstaining the specimens. The slide carrier can be robotically moved out of the stainer after automatically dispensing the liquids. In some embodiments, a total of all liquid dispensed onto the slides after moving the slide carrier into the stainer and before moving the slide carrier out of the stainer has a greater volumetric concentration of polyol than of monohydric alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Heidi Barnett, Daniel Champion, Edward Durrant, Casey Kernag, Brian Howard Kram, Kristina Orosz, Melinda Polaske, Charles Weidner, Chad Wilkinson, Zofia Wosinska
  • STAINING REAGENTS AND OTHER LIQUIDS FOR HISTOLOGICAL PROCESSING OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20190376988
    Abstract: Processing specimens in an automated histological staining system comprising robotically moving a slide carrier into a stainer of the system, the slide carrier carrying slides which respectively carry the specimens, and the specimens being at least partially embedded in paraffin. Liquids are automatically dispensed onto the slides according to a predetermined recipe for at least deparaffinizing, staining, and counterstaining the specimens. The slide carrier can be robotically moved out of the stainer after automatically dispensing the liquids. In some embodiments, a total of all liquid dispensed onto the slides after moving the slide carrier into the stainer and before moving the slide carrier out of the stainer has a greater volumetric concentration of polyol than of monohydric alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Heidi Barnett, Daniel Champion, Edward Durrant, Casey Kernag, Brian Howard Kram, Kristina Orosz, Melinda Polaske, Charles Weidner, Chad Wilkinson, Zofia Wosinska
  • Staining reagents and other liquids for histological processing of biological specimens and associated technology
    Patent number: 10416176
    Abstract: Processing specimens in an automated histological staining system comprising robotically moving a slide carrier into a stainer of the system, the slide carrier carrying slides which respectively carry the specimens, and the specimens being at least partially embedded in paraffin. Liquids are automatically dispensed onto the slides according to a predetermined recipe for at least deparaffinizing, staining, and counterstaining the specimens. The slide carrier can be robotically moved out of the stainer after automatically dispensing the liquids. In some embodiments, a total of all liquid dispensed onto the slides after moving the slide carrier into the stainer and before moving the slide carrier out of the stainer has a greater volumetric concentration of polyol than of monohydric alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Heidi Barnett, Daniel Champion, Edward Durrant, Casey Kernag, Brian Howard Kram, Kristina Orosz, Melinda Polaske, Charles Weidner, Chad Wilkinson, Zofia Wosinska
  • STAINING REAGENTS AND OTHER LIQUIDS FOR HISTOLOGICAL PROCESSING OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20160282374
    Abstract: Processing specimens in an automated histological staining system comprising robotically moving a slide carrier into a stainer of the system, the slide carrier carrying slides which respectively carry the specimens, and the specimens being at least partially embedded in paraffin. Liquids are automatically dispensed onto the slides according to a predetermined recipe for at least deparaffinizing, staining, and counterstaining the specimens. The slide carrier can be robotically moved out of the stainer after automatically dispensing the liquids. In some embodiments, a total of all liquid dispensed onto the slides after moving the slide carrier into the stainer and before moving the slide carrier out of the stainer has a greater volumetric concentration of polyol than of monohydric alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Heidi Barnett, Daniel Champion, Edward Durrant, Casey Kernag, Brian Howard Kram, Kristina Orosz, Melinda Polaske, Charles Weidner, Chad Wilkinson, Zofia Wosinska