Patents by Inventor Michael B. Fortuna

Michael B. Fortuna 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 preparing multiple tissue samples for microscopic investigation and testing
    Patent number: 4914022
    Abstract: A flexible, efficient and rapid method is shown whereby many different tissues samples may be stained or reacted and examined simultaneously, on one standard glass slide. This method is based on the preparation of "cores" of paraffin embedded tissue from standard sources of tissue such as histology blocks. The paraffin embedded tissue cores are inserted into a casing cut from an ordinary drinking straw, or similar holding device, mounted in a paraffin block and sectioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: AMC Cancer Research Center
    Inventors: Philip Furmanski, Michael B. Fortuna, Wen-Hui Wan