EP3999832A1 - Drucker zum bedrucken von histologielabor-verbrauchsartikeln - Google Patents
Drucker zum bedrucken von histologielabor-verbrauchsartikelnInfo
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- the invention relates to a printer for printing unused histology laboratory consumables.
- Histological samples taken from a patient go through a large number of treatment steps in different treatment stations in a histological laboratory before they can be examined, for example with a microscope.
- the samples are first fixed by using a fixing medium, for example formalin. Any tissue fluid present is then removed from the sample. This is done in several steps through treatment with alcohol in increasing purity.
- a fixing medium for example formalin.
- an embedding medium for example paraffin, gelatine, agar, nitrocellulose, polyester wax, polyethylene glycol or plastic - is infiltrated into the samples.
- the samples are usually in a cassette that has a large number of sieve-like openings ⁇ in order to be able to rinse the samples with the chemicals.
- a special design of such a cassette is known, for example, from DE 43 33 1 18 A1.
- the samples can be removed from their cassette and blocked in paraffin.
- the block can then be cut into thin sections with a microtome, which are then individually placed on microscope slides.
- the thin sections can then be colored for microscopic examination.
- the samples can be assigned to the patient at any time.
- special printers are used in histological laboratories, with which the cassettes in which the samples are to be stored ⁇ and / or the slides can be printed in particular with patient-relevant data or data that can be assigned to the patient. Plierbei it is great It is important that the imprint can be read with sufficient accuracy and long-term.
- EP 1 245 395 A2 describes a method and a device for printing plastic cash-boxes for histological specimens and / or slides for microscopic thin sections.
- the device has a computer device for controlling the printing device.
- the printing device includes ⁇ an inkjet printer for printing the cassettes and / or the slides.
- the ink is pre-dried ⁇ with hot air drying and through-dried ⁇ with a flash device.
- US 2019/0324048 Al apparently ⁇ a slide printer that prints two barcodes on a slide ⁇ .
- a first barcode relates to a control tissue sample, while a second barcode relates to a patient tissue sample.
- the slide printer includes ⁇ a barcode reader that can read the first barcode previously printed by the slide printer.
- a printer for printing histology laboratory consumables which is characterized by an optical reading device that reads an image pattern from a histology laboratory consumable to be printed ⁇ , generates analog or digital image signals with regard to the image pattern read ⁇ and sends the image signals to a Control device of the printer hand over ⁇ , which evaluate the received image signals ⁇ and depending on the evaluation result at least one processing step ⁇ for the further processing of the histology laboratory consumable with regard to the quality of the print to be printed.
- cassettes for example cassettes from different manufacturers or cassettes which are in different production processes ⁇ have very different properties in terms of the exact applicability ⁇ and durability of an imprint.
- the cartridges from a first manufacturer can be printed particularly well and permanently under certain printing parameters with a certain ink, while the printing of cartridges from another manufacturer under the same printing parameters and with the same ink leads to poor results ⁇ .
- the imprint is blurred, there is blurring or the imprint is not sufficiently durable if the print is made on a cartridge that is not sufficiently suitable for the set printing parameters and / or the ink used. This can be due, for example, to the fact that the cassettes from different manufacturers or different product series are made from different materials or material mixtures, in particular from different plastics ⁇ .
- the printer according to the invention has the particular advantage that it can be determined in advance by means of the optical reading device whether the respective histology laboratory consumable to be printed can be printed with sufficient quality.
- ⁇ the printer reads an image pattern, which can be or may contain, for example, a manufacturer or product logo, from the respective histology laboratory consumables to be printed using the optical reading device and transfers ⁇ corresponding analog or digital image signals relating to the image pattern read to a Control device.
- Control device after evaluating the received image signals For example, if it determines that the histology laboratory consumable is to be assigned to a specific manufacturer and / or a specific product series, in the next step it can determine whether and / or with which printing parameters printing should take place. For this purpose it is advantageous if the relevant data relating to the histological laboratory consumables from different manufacturers or different product series are stored in a memory of the control device.
- control device fesfsfellf that a histology laboratory consumable, from which a picture musfer has just been read, cannot be printed with sufficient quality;
- a histology laboratory consumable is being used that is not compatible with the set printing parameters and / or the ink used.
- the printing can be refused or, alternatively, a warning can be issued to the laboratory staff.
- the same procedure can be used if a histology laboratory consumable to be printed does not have an image pattern that can be recorded by the optical reading device ⁇ or if no manufacturer and / or product series can be assigned ⁇ to a recorded image pattern.
- control device evaluate the received image signals and, depending on the evaluation result, define at least one processing step for the further processing of the histology laboratory consumable.
- this definition of a processing step or several processing steps is not necessarily final.
- the control device can initially specify as a processing step that an input by the user is required. After receiving the input and depending on the user's decision, the control device can then define further processing steps.
- An input can be requested from a user in particular if a histology laboratory consumable to be printed has been entered into the printer, which is not compatible with the printing parameters of the printer or if a Histology laboratory consumables to be printed do not have an image pattern that can be captured by the optical reading device ⁇ or if no manufacturer and / or product series can be assigned to a captured image pattern during the evaluation.
- the current printing parameters of the printer can relate, for example, to the ink or the toner or a drying temperature or a drying time or a font size to be used or a font to be used.
- the printer can have a button or a keypad and / or some other input device by means of which the user can make an input.
- the input is entered via a computer to which the printer is connected directly or via a network.
- the control device evaluates the input and can then, depending on the content of the input, delete an already defined processing step and / or define at least one further processing step for the further processing of the histology laboratory consumable. For example, the control device can delete the originally intended processing step of applying an imprint if the user has entered that the histology laboratory consumable for which an input was requested should not be imprinted.
- control device can stop the further processing of a histology laboratory consumable, with regard to which an input is expected, until the input arrives and then start or continue the processing of at least one other histology laboratory consumable.
- This design has the particular advantage that the time available for printing a large number of histology laboratory consumables is always used.
- a histology laboratory consumable article for which an input is expected ⁇ is temporarily sorted out ⁇ and transferred ⁇ to an intermediate parking position.
- the histology laboratory consumable is retrieved from the intermediate parking position ⁇ and then, depending on the entry made, either processed ⁇ and provided with a predefined or individually specifiable imprint, or ejected without applying an imprint .
- one of the processing steps includes outputting a message to a user.
- the printer according to the invention can be set up in such a way that the control device outputs the message that everything is in order and proper printing can take place if the control device has recognized the histology laboratory consumable to be printed and ascertains that a qualitative high quality printing is possible.
- a warning message is output if the control device has recognized that a qualitatively good print is not possible or if the control device could not assign a manufacturer and / or product series to the captured image pattern during the evaluation.
- a processing step determined by the control device can include printing the histology laboratory consumable, the image pattern of which has been read and evaluated, with a predefined or individually predefinable imprint.
- the control device then defines this processing step, for example, if it was able to assign the image pattern read from the histology laboratory consumable to a specific manufacturer and / or a specific product series, from which the control device has the information that printing has been discontinued Printing parameters is possible in a sufficiently high quality manner.
- an assignment of different image patterns to the information as to whether or not a sufficiently high-quality print is possible can be stored in a memory device of the control device.
- the assignment which is stored in a memory device of the control device, contains even more detailed information, for example information about required print parameters.
- the required printing parameters can be, for example, properties of the ink to be used advantageously or a drying temperature or drying time or information about the duration and / or temperature of warm air predrying or about a temperature and duration of thorough drying in a flash device or about a font size to be used or a to used font.
- control device individually adapts at least one printing parameter of the printer to the printing parameters determined as necessary.
- the printer examines each histology laboratory consumable by means of the optical reading device for image patterns and, in the event that a printout is to be made, provides it with a predetermined or individually predeterminable print.
- the printer receives the information about the print to be individually applied, which can in particular contain patient data, from a superordinate computer to which the printer is connected directly or via a network.
- one of the processing steps defined by the control device includes ejecting the histology laboratory consumable without printing it. This can take place in particular in combination with the output of a warning message to the user, for example on a display of the printer, and / or to a connected computer.
- the control device keeps a log.
- the protocol can in particular contain the image pattern as such and / or data relating to the imprint made.
- the protocol can contain information about the time of processing the respective histology laboratory consumable and / or about an assigned patient and / or the batch number of the printing medium used and / or the batch number of the histology laboratory consumable used.
- the control device preferably stores the log data continuously in a memory and / or outputs the log data via an interface. Alternatively or additionally, it is also possible for the control device to display the log data on an output device, for example a display of the printer, in particular to display it continuously.
- the log data are transmitted to a higher-level computer and stored there and / or processed further ⁇ .
- the higher-level computer receives further log data from other printers and / or other laboratory devices and, in particular, together with the log data of the printer, store it and / or process it further.
- a histology laboratory system that contains a higher-level computer ⁇ that receives log data from a printer according to the invention and / or other log data from other laboratory devices, stores ⁇ and / or processes it ⁇ is of particular advantage.
- the protocol data and the further protocol data relating to the same sample are preferably assigned to one another by the superordinate computer and are stored jointly and / or processed further.
- the superordinate computer in particular sample-specific, to create a superordinate protocol which contains the protocol data transmitted by the printer and the further protocol data from other printers and / or other laboratory devices.
- the superordinate protocol can preferably contain data relating to all process steps in the processing of a sample in a histological laboratory.
- the superordinate protocol can in particular contain protocol data and further protocol data which contain the processing of a sample from the cutting station to diagnosis by means of a microscope.
- the superordinate protocol may contain protocol data and further protocol data from a section of such a sample processing sequence ⁇ .
- logging is only carried out in cases identified as problematic, for example because no image sample could be read or because the evaluation showed that the print could not be of sufficiently good quality.
- one of the processing steps can include storing the image signals of the image pattern read and / or storing information about the histology laboratory consumable determined by the control device. In particular, this can be done in such a way that the corresponding data are stored in the above-mentioned protocol ⁇ .
- the control device compares the image signals received by the optical reading device with the image signals of at least one reference image pattern.
- a storage device can be present in which image signals of at least one reference image pattern are stored or can be stored. The control device can retrieve the reference image patterns individually from the storage device and compare them with the image signals received from the optical reading device.
- control device determines on the basis of the image signals whether and, if so, how, in particular with which printing parameters, the respective histology laboratory consumable is to be printed.
- the control device uses the image signals to determine where a pressure field is on the histology laboratory consumable ⁇ . If it is determined ⁇ that an imprint is to be made, the control device causes ⁇ that the imprint takes place exactly in the print field ⁇ . In such an embodiment of the printer according to the invention, very different histology laboratory consumables can be used in a particularly flexible manner.
- the optical reading device can in particular be designed and arranged to be designed as a barcode or as a QR code or as a logo or as lettering Read the image pattern.
- the image pattern can in particular also be a purely analog image pattern, in particular an image pattern that does not contain any binary symbols (in particular no standardized lines and / or points and no standardized gaps between them).
- the image pattern can also be designed in such a way that it does not contain a barcode or a matrix code (for example QR code) or the like.
- the picture musfer it is in particular not necessary for the picture musfer to always be arranged at the same location of the hisological laboratory consumables. Rather, with this design, the entire histology laboratory consumable item is recorded by means of the optical reading device ⁇ in order to determine where an evaluable image pattern is located ⁇ .
- the printer according to the invention preferably has a receptacle for a large number of histology laboratory consumables to be printed, from which a transport device individually removes and further transports the histology laboratory consumables to be printed.
- a transport device individually removes and further transports the histology laboratory consumables to be printed.
- the optical reading device reads the image pattern during transport ⁇ . This has the particular advantage that the reading of the print can be parasitic over time, so that the entire process flow within the printer is not slowed down.
- the histology laboratory consumables can be, for example, a cassette for tissue samples or a slide, especially for thin sections.
- the printer can be designed specifically as a cassette printer and / or as a slide printer.
- the printer according to the invention can in particular be designed as an inkjet printer or as a laser printer.
- FIG. 3 shows a detail of a third exemplary embodiment of a printer according to the invention.
- FIG. 4 shows a detail of a fourth embodiment of a printer according to the invention
- Figure 1 shows ⁇ an embodiment of a printer according to the invention, which has a material feed 1 ⁇ .
- the material feeder 1 contains ⁇ several Sfapelmagazine 2 for (not visible in this figure) to be printed flisfology laboratory consumables 16, such as cassettes 17 or slides 19.
- Material feed 1 to a printing device 4 transport ⁇ .
- the printing device 4 can include, for example, an ink jet printer.
- the printed flisfology laboratory consumables 16 are conveyed from the transport device 3 to a warm air drying device 5 and are pre-dried there.
- the flisfology laboratory consumables 16 are then sent to a flashing facility 6 ⁇ , which ensures that the ink dries through by supplying heat with infrared radiation and / or UV radiation.
- the flisfology laboratory consumables 16 processed in this way are then sent to a collection facility 7.
- the printer has ⁇ an optical reading device 13 (not visible in FIG. 1) which reads an image pattern 18 (not visible in FIG. 1) from a flistology laboratory consumable 16 to be printed ⁇ and analog or digital image signals relating to the image pattern 18 read generated.
- the image signals are transferred to a control device 8 of the printer.
- the control device 8 has an interface 9 for connecting the printer to a computer network or for direct connection to a computer.
- the control device 8 also has a display 10 by means of which messages can be output to a user.
- the display 10 can also be used to request inputs from a user, which the user can input via an input device 11, which can be a keypad, for example.
- the display 10 can, for example, also serve to continuously display information about the image patterns 18 recognized by means of the optical reading device and / or the evaluation results with regard to the image patterns read.
- the control device 8 contains a storage device 12 in which image signals of reference image patterns can be stored and / or in which information regarding the optically read image patterns and / or the evaluation results and / or regarding the imprint and / or the data regarding the respective image pattern read and / or or can be filed with regard to the processing steps to be carried out or carried out.
- a log can advantageously be stored in the storage device 12 which can be forwarded to a connected computer via the interface 9 and / or which can be shown on the display 10.
- Figure 2 shows schematically a second embodiment of a printer according to the invention.
- the printer has a material feed 1 in which the histology laboratory consumables 16 to be printed, such as cassettes 17 or microscope slides 19, can be stored.
- the printer also has a transport device 3 which successively transports a histology laboratory consumable 16 from the material feed 1 to a printing device 4.
- the transport device 3 transports the histology laboratory consumables 16 printed by the printing device 4 to a removal device 7, from which the printed histology laboratory consumables 16 can then be removed.
- the printer also has an optical reading device 13 which reads an image pattern 18 from a histology laboratory consumable 1 6 to be printed, analog or generates digital image signals with respect to the read image pattern 18 and transfers the image signals to a control device 8 of the printer.
- the control device 8 has an interface 9 for connecting the printer to a computer network, a higher-level computer or for direct connection to a computer.
- the control device 8 is connected by means of data cables 14 to the optical reading device 13, to the material feed 1, the transport device 3 and the printing device 4 in order to receive data and / or output control commands.
- the control device 8 evaluates the image pattern image signals received from the optical reading device 13 as a function of the evaluation result at least one processing step for the further processing of the histology laboratory consumable 16. During the evaluation, the control device 8 compares the image signals received by the optical reading device 13 with the image signals of at least one reference image pattern.
- control device 8 If the control device 8 recognizes the histology laboratory consumables 1 6 to be printed and determines ⁇ ha ⁇ that high-quality printing is possible, the control device 8 outputs the message that everything is in order. At the same time, the control device 8 stipulates as a further processing step that a correct imprint should be made.
- a warning message is output.
- printing is only successful after confirmation by the laboratory staff that printing is nevertheless desired ⁇ .
- Figure 3 shows ⁇ a detail of a third embodiment of a printer according to the invention, which has a transport device 3 for transporting histology laboratory Consumables 16 coming from a material feed 1 (not shown in this figure) are transported further ⁇ .
- the printer contains an optical reading device 13, which can be designed as a digital camera, for example.
- the optical reading device 13 is connected to a control device 8 (not shown in this figure) via a data cable 14.
- the optical reading device 13 conducts analog or digital image signals relating to the image pattern 18 read in each case to the control device 8 via the data cable 14.
- the transport device 3 has a conveyor belt 15 on which flisfology laboratory consumables 1 6, namely cassettes 1 7, are transported.
- the optical reading device 13 reads a picture musfer 18 from each passing flisfology laboratory consumable item 16 and passes on picture signals relating to the read picture musfer 18 to the control device 8 (not shown in this figure).
- FIG. 4 shows a detail of a fourth exemplary embodiment of a printer according to the invention, which further transports a transport device 3 for transporting flisfology laboratory consumables 16 coming from a material feed 1 (not shown in this figure).
- the printer contains an optical reading device 13, which can be designed as a digital camera, for example.
- the optical reading device 13 is connected to a control device 8 (not shown in this figure) via a Dafen cable 14.
- the optical reading device 13 conducts analog or digital image signals relating to the image pattern 18 read in each case to the control device 8 via the data cable 14.
- the transport device 3 has a transport belt 15 on which flistology laboratory consumables 16, namely slides 19, are transported.
- the optical reading device 13 reads a picture musfer 18 from each passing flisfology laboratory consumable item 1 6 and passes on picture signals relating to the read picture musfer 18 to the control device 8 (not shown in this figure).
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