Patents by Inventor Robert W. Compton

Robert W. Compton 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).

  • Patent number: 4010554
    Abstract: A process is described by which macroscopic anatomical organ specimens are sliced into sections of equal thickness and arranged in a serial array within a transparent container for visual display. The process includes the steps of (1) suspending the anatomical organ within a block of transparent agar solution; (2) slicing the suspended organ and surrounding agar into sections of equal thickness; (3) pouring a liquid preservative into an upwardly open transparent container; (4) arranging the sliced sections in a prescribed array within the container; (5) pressing a transparent cover plate over the sections in the container to remove air from between the plates; and (6) affixing the transparent cover plate to the container to hermetically seal the sections and liquid preservative within the container under the transparent plate. The device for displaying serialed macroscopic sections of a sliced anatomical organ includes two planar transparent opposed plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Inventor: Robert W. Compton