Specimen management system

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1997-09-09

1999-10-05

Spyrou, Cassandra

Optical: systems and elements

Compound lens system

Microscope

359391, 359397, 359398, 356 72, G02B 2134, G02B 2126, G01N 2100

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059633689

ABSTRACT:
A system for managing specimens in a clinical laboratory comprises specimens and a computer controlled instrument. Each specimen includes a biological sample and an identifier which is unique to the specimen to which it is applied. The computer controlled instrument includes a reader for automatically logging and verifying the specimen to be analyzed, and a print head for modifying the identifier to indicate whether the specimen has been analyzed and whether the sample includes any abnormalities. The print head is also used to indicate whether the specimen has been reanalyzed. Further, the print head works to print symbols adjacent the locations of the abnormalities in the sample.

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