Patents by Inventor Michael Andrew Ivie

Michael Andrew Ivie 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).

  • Publication number: 20230341672
    Abstract: The disclosed spacers for microscope slides may include a spacer body including a material configured to provide an optical focal reference for a microscope and a central opening in the spacer body sized and shaped to receive a cytological sample. The spacer body may have a thickness of about 20 ?m or less. Methods of analyzing cytological samples may include disposing a cytological sample on a microscope slide adjacent to a spacer positioned on the microscope slide, focusing an optical module of a microscope to a focal plane using at least a portion of the spacer as a focal reference, and viewing the cytological sample through the optical module of the microscope at the focal plane. Various other related methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Mark S. Evans, Michael Andrew Ivie
  • Publication number: 20230311129
    Abstract: Tissue sample cassettes for receiving tissue samples include an upper tray including compartments separated by dividers, a lower tray coupled to the upper tray and having a central recess, and an absorbent material located in the recess of the lower tray. Related systems and methods for automated gross processing of tissue samples are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Mark S. Evans, Michael Andrew Ivie
  • Patent number: 11707740
    Abstract: Tissue sample cassettes for receiving tissue samples include an upper tray including compartments separated by dividers, a lower tray coupled to the upper tray and having a central recess, and an absorbent material located in the recess of the lower tray. Related systems and methods for automated gross processing of tissue samples are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Leavitt Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Evans, Michael Andrew Ivie
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220062892
    Abstract: Tissue sample cassettes for receiving tissue samples include an upper tray including compartments separated by dividers, a lower tray coupled to the upper tray and having a central recess, and an absorbent material located in the recess of the lower tray. Related systems and methods for automated gross processing of tissue samples are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Mark S. Evans, Michael Andrew Ivie
  • Patent number: 11173489
    Abstract: Tissue sample cassettes for receiving tissue samples include an upper tray including compartments separated by dividers, a lower tray coupled to the upper tray and having a central recess, and an absorbent material located in the recess of the lower tray. Related systems and methods for automated gross processing of tissue samples are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Leavitt Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Evans, Michael Andrew Ivie
  • Publication number: 20200365241
    Abstract: A system and method for on-site biopsy management. Patient information is retrieved through a biopsy system. A name of a patient, a biopsy type, and a site of the biopsy information are communicated to a user. Confirmations are received from the user through the biopsy system of the name of the patient, the biopsy type, and the site of the biopsy. A biopsy is associated with an identifier of a container securing the biopsy in response to receiving the confirmation. The biopsy information and the patient information is linked in the biopsy system. The linking is performed at a location the biopsy is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Mark S. Evans, Matthew O. Leavitt, Jared L. Szymansk, Michael Andrew Ivie, Derek Brett Mann
  • Patent number: 10734099
    Abstract: A system and method for on-site biopsy management. Patient information is retrieved through a biopsy system. A name of a patient, a biopsy type, and a site of the biopsy information are communicated to a user. Confirmations are received from the user through the biopsy system of the name of the patient, the biopsy type, and the site of the biopsy. A biopsy is associated with an identifier of a container securing the biopsy in response to receiving the confirmation. The biopsy information and the patient information is linked in the biopsy system. The linking is performed at a location the biopsy is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Leavitt Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Evans, Matthew O. Leavitt, Jared L. Szymanski, Michael Andrew Ivie, Derek Brett Mann
  • Publication number: 20200139361
    Abstract: The disclosed pathology slides may include a substantially transparent substrate that includes a top major surface, at least two regions on the top major surface of the substantially transparent substrate having a size sufficient for receiving at least two respective biopsy tissue sample sections on the substantially transparent substrate, and at least one visibly perceptible separation mark on or in the substantially transparent substrate separating the at least two regions from each other. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Leavitt Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew O. Leavitt, Mark S. Evans, Michael Andrew Ivie
  • Publication number: 20190060893
    Abstract: Tissue sample cassettes for receiving tissue samples include an upper tray including compartments separated by dividers, a lower tray coupled to the upper tray and having a central recess, and an absorbent material located in the recess of the lower tray. Related systems and methods for automated gross processing of tissue samples are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Leavitt Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Evans, Michael Andrew Ivie
  • Publication number: 20160085913
    Abstract: A system and method for on-site biopsy management. Patient information is retrieved through a biopsy system. A name of a patient, a biopsy type, and a site of the biopsy information are communicated to a user. Confirmations are received from the user through the biopsy system of the name of the patient, the biopsy type, and the site of the biopsy. A biopsy is associated with an identifier of a container securing the biopsy in response to receiving the confirmation. The biopsy information and the patient information is linked in the biopsy system. The linking is performed at a location the biopsy is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: Leavitt Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Evans, Matthew O. Leavitt, Jared L. Szymanski, Michael Andrew Ivie, Derek Brett Mann