SPECIMEN SLIDE UNIT FOR HOLDING A SPECIMEN THAT IS TO BE EXAMINED UNDER A MICROSCOPE OR ANALYZED WITH A LABORATORY ANALYSIS SYSTEM
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Abstract
A specimen slide unit for holding a specimen that is to be examined under a microscope or analyzed with a laboratory analysis system includes a specimen slide, a data carrier device and a signal element. The data carrier device has a radio frequency identification tag that can be read out and/or written on using Phase Jitter Modulation so as to switch a communication carrier frequency between two predefinable communication carrier frequencies. The signal element can be activated so as to assist an operator in following a predefinable processing sequence including a second specimen slide unit when the RFID tag is in a range of action of the read/write device. The signal element can be a visual or an acoustic signal element.
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62 Claims
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43. A specimen slide unit for holding a specimen that is to be examined under a microscope or analyzed with a laboratory analysis system, the specimen slide unit comprising:
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a specimen slide configured to receive the specimen;
a data carrier device configured to be read out and/or written on in a contact-free manner by a read/write device, the data carrier device including a radio frequency identification tag (RFID tag) configured to be read out and/or written on using Phase Jitter Modulation so as to switch a communication carrier frequency between at least a first and a second predefinable communication carrier frequency; and
a signal element activatable so as to assist an operator in following a predefinable processing sequence including a second specimen slide unit when the RFID tag is in a range of action of the read/write device and the specimen slide unit is next in the sequence, the signal element being at least one of a visual and an acoustic signal element. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A specimen slide unit for holding a specimen that is to be examined under a microscope or analyzed with a laboratory analysis system, the specimen slide unit comprising:
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a specimen slide configured to receive the specimen;
a data carrier device configured to be read out and/or written on in a contact-free manner by a read/write device, the data carrier device including a radio frequency identification tag (RFID tag) configured to be read out and/or written on using Phase Jitter Modulation so as to switch a communication carrier frequency between at least a first and a second predefinable communication carrier frequency; and
a signal element activatable so as to locate the specimen slide unit when the RFID tag is in a range of action of the read/write device, the signal element being at least one of a visual and an acoustic signal element. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A microscope comprising:
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a read/write device;
a specimen slide unit including;
a specimen slide configured to receive a specimen that is to be examined or analyzed;
a data carrier device configured to be read out and/or written on in a contact-free manner by the read/write device, the data carrier device including a radio frequency identification tag (RFID tag) configured to be read out and/or written on using Phase Jitter Modulation so as to switch a communication carrier frequency between at least a first and a second predefinable communication carrier frequency; and
a visual signal element activatable so as to emit light; and
a light-sensitive detector configured to detect the light emitted by the visual signal element so as to determine a position, relative to the microscope, of the specimen slide unit. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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