Patent ID: 7944460

Claim:
A device ( 1 ) suitable for marking a laboratory sample cassette ( 2 ), comprising: a heater ( 12 a , 13 ) arranged to heat an end ( 10 ) of at least one wire ( 9 ) of a plurality of wires with ends ( 10 ) arranged substantially parallel and adjacent to each other and in a group of the device ( 1 ); an oscillating mechanism ( 11 ) arranged to oscillate selected wires ( 9 ) in a first direction ( 25 ) to and from a marking location ( 7 ) forming part of the device ( 1 ), the marking location ( 7 ) arranged to receive a marking surface ( 3 ) of the cassette ( 2 ); and translating mechanism ( 16 , 17 ) arranged to move the end ( 10 ) of said at least one wire ( 9 ) in a second direction ( 18 ) transversely relative to the first direction ( 25 ).