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Organizing pathology assets

  • US 9,144,829 B2
  • Filed: 06/05/2013
  • Issued: 09/29/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of organizing pathology assets, the method comprising:

  • receiving a group of pathology assets, each pathology asset including (i) a sample portion which stores a pathology sample and (ii) an asset identification portion which identifies that pathology asset among other pathology assets;

    performing an iterative sorting operation to sort the group of pathology assets into smaller subgroups; and

    based on results of the iterative sorting operation, storing the smaller subgroups in respective container files;

    wherein the iterative sorting operation includes;

    distributing the pathology assets of the group of pathology assets among a set of first dividers based on application of a first sorting criteria to the asset identification portions of the pathology assets to separate the group of pathology assets into subgroups, anddistributing a subgroup of pathology assets from one of the first dividers among a set of second dividers based on application of a second sorting criteria to the asset identification portions of the pathology assets to separate the subgroup of pathology assets into the smaller subgroups.

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