Patent ID: 7079241

Claim:
A spectral label identification method comprising: spatially restraining a first spectrally labeled body at a site in an array of sites; generating a first spectrum from the first body while the first body is spatially restrained, the first spectrum having a plurality of signals at different wave lengths; dispersing the first spectrum from the first body across a sensor surface; identifying the first body from the dispersed first spectrum; spatially restraining a second spectrally labeled body at a site; generating a second spectrum from the second body while positioning the second body, the first spectrum being different than the second spectrum, the second spectrum having a plurality of signals at differing wavelengths; and identifying the second body from the second spectrum, wherein a first plurality of spectrally labeled bodies are simultaneously spatially restrained at the array of sites when the first body is restrained, and wherein a second array of spectrally labeled bodies are simultaneously spatially restrained at the array of sites when the second body is restrained.