Patent ID: 11860072
Assignee: ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. An instrument for meso-dissection, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
obtaining one or more reference annotations derived from one or more reference slides, wherein the one or more reference slides include one or more reference tissue specimens derived from a biological specimen;
automatically registering the one or more reference annotations onto a milling image of a tissue specimen disposed on a milling slide, wherein the tissue specimen disposed on the milling slide is derived from the biological specimen;
dissecting one or more portions of tissue from the tissue specimen disposed on the milling slide based on the one or more reference annotations; and
associating the one or more reference annotations and the dissected one or more portions of tissue with the biological specimen using a unique identifier;
wherein the one or more reference annotations are generated using one or more automated image analysis algorithms; and
wherein the milling image is a live capture of the tissue specimen disposed on the milling slide.