Patent ID: 6615763
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An apparatus for applying information to a medical slide comprising:a printing medium, means for applying the printing medium onto a surface portion of a slide to define printed data, the printed data formed on said surface portion of the slide being resistant to removal or damage during subsequent handling or treatment of the slide, storage means for holding slides onto which data is to be printed, said storage means having a plurality of compartments, each for holding a multiplicity of slides, a printing station having said printing-medium applying means for applying data to a slide, transport means for conveying in one direction a slide onto which data is to be printed from the slide storage means to the slide printing station and the slide onto which data has been printed from the slide printing station to a slide discharge location, means for selecting one of said compartments for transfer of a slide therefrom to said transport means for said conveyance of said slide from said one compartment of the slide storage means to the slide discharge location, and means for enabling input of data to be printed onto said slide during said conveyance thereof in said one direction from said storage means to said slide discharge location.