Patent ID: 9582688
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. An identification (ID) reader for closely proximate stacked items that are peripherally tagged within a width of, thin, side edges of the items with light-responsive transponders, the reader comprising: a body incorporating or adapted to reversibly couple with the ID reader for reading the transponders, the ID reader emitting a modulated light signal from a light-emitting port; one or more movement elements coupled to, configured to couple to, or incorporated into the body; and one or more aligners coupled to or incorporated into the body, adapted to operate with a corresponding element on a stack of the items, or a container for a stack of the items, so as to align the light-emitting port with the transponders to trigger the transponders, wherein the ID reader is configured for reading closely proximate stacked items that are specimen slides, tissue cassettes, tissue blocks, blood spot cards, microtiter plates, petri dishes, Compact Disks (CDs), Digital Versatile Disks (DVDs), Blu-Ray disks, flash memory cards, microfluidics chips, wafers or printed circuit boards, wherein the items are peripherally tagged within a width of, the thin, side edges of the items with light-responsive transponders.