WO2008015277A2 - Dispositif et procédé de marquage d'objets - Google Patents

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WO2008015277A2
WO2008015277A2 PCT/EP2007/058078 EP2007058078W WO2008015277A2 WO 2008015277 A2 WO2008015277 A2 WO 2008015277A2 EP 2007058078 W EP2007058078 W EP 2007058078W WO 2008015277 A2 WO2008015277 A2 WO 2008015277A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K11/00—Marking of animals
    • A01K11/005—Branding or tattooing devices for animals

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  • the invention relates to a device and a method for marking objects.
  • a dye can be introduced into the object via the entry points formed during the penetration.
  • the invention relates to a method and a device for identifying marked living beings in a group of living beings.
  • tattooing objects are arranged in a desired pattern. With the help of these arranged in the pattern needles, the objects are then tattooed. In this case, color is introduced at each penetration of a needle, whereby the desired tattoo pattern is generated.
  • the arrangement of the needles must be made according to the desired pattern, so that the arrangement of the needles for different patterns must be changed.
  • the tattoos may also be generated by means of a hand-held tattoo machine, which is operated and activated by an operator.
  • the cost of producing the desired tattoo using a hand tattoo machine is dependent upon the pattern desired and generally higher than with tattoos with the aforementioned pen assemblies.
  • Fast, simple and error-free marking of objects is not possible with the aid of such known arrangements and methods.
  • the known tattooing needles have a relatively large diameter and cause considerable pain when piercing the skin of an animal or a human. Small markings in particular small colored areas, which are arranged at a small distance from each other, can not be produced with known tattoo machines or only with considerable effort.
  • devices and methods are known, by means of which an animal, a tag, in particular a transponder, is implanted, which has a uniquely identifiable identifier.
  • the information stored in the transponder can be read out with the help of a special detector. From document DE 37 337 75 A1, for example, a device for planting a marker in an animal is known. However, adverse effects of the planted tags on the animal are not excluded. Furthermore, suitable plantable markers are relatively expensive.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an arrangement and a method as well as coding elements for identifying objects, by which objects can be characterized in a simple manner with little effort. It is another object of the invention to provide a method and to provide a device for identifying living beings in a group of animals.
  • an object with a mark containing a coded information or a plurality of objects with different marks can be provided with mutually different coded information, without the arrangement of the pin-shaped elements must be changed. As a result, the effort for marking objects over conventional devices for marking objects can be significantly reduced.
  • each grid point of the information grid can have at least two mutually different information states. These information states are generated by coloring the halftone dot with the dye as well as by not coloring the halftone dot. When using different dyes further additional information states can be generated, in particular by the - A -
  • the pin-shaped elements can be formed by microneedles, preferably microinjection needles.
  • the pin-shaped elements or the microneedles can preferably be made of silicon, metal, polymers and / or glass, wherein they have a solid or a hollow cross-section.
  • the microinjection needles have a color guide region which is formed by a cannula-like central opening or a groove arranged laterally on the pin-shaped element.
  • other needle assemblies are also suitable which in particular have a larger needle length and / or a larger needle diameter than microinjection needles.
  • Such larger needles may for example be made of a plastic material and are then also called a plastic needle array in the case of a matrix-shaped arrangement of the needles.
  • both microneedle arrays and other needle arrays can be used to advantage.
  • an exchangeable coding element can be provided which has at least one through-hole.
  • the through-hole is arranged such that a dye is supplied to a pin-shaped element associated with the through-hole, whereby this dye is introduced into the object at the point of penetration of the pin-shaped element.
  • an exchangeable coding element may comprise at least one dye reservoir associated with a stick-shaped element which is arranged such that the stick-shaped element associated with the dye reservoir is penetrated by the dye of the dye reservoir the object penetrates and thereby introduces a part of the dye into the object.
  • micro-electro-mechanical system MEMS
  • This micro-electro-mechanical system or an alternative dosing preferably has controllable metering, which are individually controlled so that individual can be used for marking needles, the dye is selectively fed or not.
  • the micro-electro-mechanical system or the alternative dosing system are arranged on the front and / or back of the needle array so that dye can be supplied to individual needles.
  • the micro-electro-mechanical system and / or the alternative dosing system has openings into each of which an associated needle protrudes for color transfer.
  • the Micro-Eletro-Mechanical system or the alternative dosing system allows very flexible coding of the needle array or the object to be marked.
  • the pin-shaped elements preferably have a penetration area with a tip having a surface.
  • a pin-shaped element generates an entrance opening or a penetration point in the surface of the object with the aid of the penetration area. Through this inlet opening the tip of the pin-shaped element penetrates through the surface of the object into the object.
  • the pin-shaped elements preferably have a frustoconical, a truncated pyramid or a obliquely cut tip. Through the surface, a relatively large proportion of the dye can be introduced into the surface of the object.
  • the dye supply comprises liquid dye
  • at least the part of the pin-shaped element penetrating the dye supply has an ink guide region formed on the outside of the pin-shaped element, which forms a connection between the dye reservoir and the penetration region, as a result of which at least part of the dye from the dye supply can flow into the penetration region, in particular by a capillary action or by gravity, when the penetration opening is arranged below the dye supply.
  • the marking may contain a test element, in particular a check digit or checksum, by means of which, upon detecting the marking applied to the object, it can be checked by a detection unit whether the coding has been detected correctly. Additionally or alternatively, the marking may have a marking region for determining the position, by means of which the position of the marking for analyzing the coded information of the individual marked positions can be determined.
  • interchangeable coding elements can be provided which can be identified by means of a suitable direction are exchanged so that each of the objects to be marked is coded using another coding element.
  • the device for marking objects comprises a revolver-like device which is used for marking the object, this device preferably being placed on the surface of the object for generating the marking.
  • the tips of the pin-like elements are pressed into the surface of the object and penetrate into the surface of the object.
  • a dye is supplied by the coding element fixed pin-shaped elements and introduced into the object.
  • the coding element used is removed in a suitable manner, preferably automatically with the aid of an exchange or charging arrangement, and a further coding element is used.
  • a different encoding of multiple objects can be realized in a simple manner.
  • the device is particularly suitable for marking and marking of experimental animals, in particular of laboratory mice.
  • a suitable area of the animal is selected and, if necessary, a body hair of the animal is removed at that location. In a laboratory mouse, this may be a suitable area of the trunk, preferably in the area of the back, or an area of the tail.
  • the marking can be detected, preferably with suitable illumination of the area containing the marking, with the aid of an image acquisition unit, in particular a camera with a CCD image acquisition element.
  • the acquired image can then be analyzed with the aid of an image evaluation unit, preferably using a pattern recognition method.
  • driving the code detected and an information associated with the code can be output.
  • the information can be generated as a dot pattern in the form of a coded binary information similar to a Braille and recorded in a subsequent reading and evaluated.
  • Braille is also known as Braille.
  • a dye with luminescent particles may contain different compositions and proportions of luminescent substances.
  • the luminescent substances can be used as a dye or admixed as a luminescent particle to a dye and preferably have photoluminescent, thermoluminescent, radioluminescent, cathodoluminescent, electroluminescent, triboluminescent, crystal luminescent, chemiluminescent and / or sonoluminescent properties.
  • the luminescent particles contained in the dye are suitably excited, preferably by irradiating the marked region of the object with radiation of a preset wavelength or a preset spectral range, whereby the luminescent particles are excited become and emit a radiation.
  • the radiation used to excite the luminescent particles preferably has a different wavelength or a different wavelength range than the radiation emitted by the irradiated luminescent particles. This can be one with the make naked eye visible to the human eye and / or a detection unit.
  • a mark applied to an animal can also be reliably recognized by the body hair of the animal. Due to the body hair, the shape of the individual marker points in an image acquired with the aid of the detection unit can deviate from the actual shape of these marker points, which would be detected without body hair in this area.
  • practical experiments have shown that, particularly with the aid of a suitable pattern recognition method, the individual marker points can be reliably detected if the marker points are completely or partially covered with body hair and a suitable color or suitable luminescent color additives are used.
  • the information coded with the aid of the coding points is decoded.
  • a dye in the sense of the invention may be a dye visible to the human eye or a dye which is invisible to the human eye after penetration of the dye into the surfaces of the object, the dye being visible and / or visible upon suitable irradiation due to its preferably luminescent properties can be detected by an image capture unit.
  • a second aspect of the invention relates to a method of marking objects in which the tips of a plurality of pin-shaped elements are pressed into the surface of an object.
  • the tips of the pin-shaped elements penetrate at penetration points in the surface of the object.
  • After and / or at the penetration of the tips of the pin-shaped Elements in the surface of the object are introduced into the object only at selected points of penetration of the dye.
  • a third aspect relates to a coding element for marking an object having at least one through-hole located at a position relevant to a coding information, the through-hole penetrating the coding element.
  • the coding element can be arranged in an arrangement for feeding a dye in such a way that a dye which is assigned to the through hole can be supplied with a dye through the through-hole.
  • a marking with a desired coding information can be generated in a very simple manner for marking the object.
  • An incorrect coding is avoided by the coding element.
  • the amount of work to generate the coding is very low.
  • a fourth aspect of the invention relates to another coding element for marking an object.
  • the coding element has at least one dye store arranged at a position relevant for coding information.
  • the coding element is disposable in a dye delivery arrangement such that a pin-shaped element associated with the relevant position penetrates the dye supply and incorporates a portion of the dye of the coloring matter supply into the surface of the object as it enters.
  • this coding element can be a mark with a desired coding in a simple manner on the surface of the object are generated or introduced into the surface of the object.
  • a fifth aspect of the invention relates to a method for identifying a living being in a group of living beings, in particular for identifying laboratory animals.
  • Each creature is marked with a marker different from the markers of the other creatures in the group.
  • the label is generated by means of a dye.
  • the marking of at least one living being of the group is detected, whereby the living being is identified by means of the detected mark.
  • the detection of the marking is preferably carried out with a camera, in particular a video camera.
  • a sixth aspect of the invention relates to a device for identifying a living being in a group of living beings which has the same advantages as the method according to the fifth aspect of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a laboratory mouse with a marked marking area
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the underside of a microneedle array
  • FIG. 3 shows a marking with coded information applied with the aid of the microneedle array according to FIG. 2 for identifying the mouse on its surface;
  • FIG. 4 shows the coding information according to FIG. 3 with the binary coding points of the marking which can be generated with the aid of the microneedle array according to FIG. 2;
  • Figure 5 shows a first arrangement for generating a mark with the desired coding information
  • Figure 6 shows the device of Figure 5 after the penetration of the tips of the microneedles into the surface of the mouse and the introduction of dye into the mouse by means of a coding element selected microneedles;
  • Figure 7 is a plan view of a coding element for producing the mark with the desired coding for use in a device according to Figures 5 and 6;
  • FIG. 8 shows a device for producing a marking with the aid of the microneedle array according to FIG. 2 according to a second embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 9 shows the device of Figure 8, with the tips of the microneedles of the microneedle array penetrating the skin of the mouse, and dyeing into a selected portion of the indentations created by the microneedles, according to the coding of a coding element by microneedles;
  • Figure 10 shows a coding element for use in the device according to Figures 8 and 9;
  • 11 shows a detection unit for detecting the marking of
  • FIG. 12 an image of the marking detected with the aid of the detection unit according to FIG. 11;
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic representation of a coding option for encoding information using the marker.
  • FIG. 1 shows a mouse 10 which is to be held in a laboratory as an experimental animal. To distinguish this mouse 10 from other similar mice, it is necessary to mark the mouse 10 for clear identifiability. For marking, a marking area 12 is provided in the region of the back of the mouse 10, in which the coat of the mouse has been removed for producing the marking. It is advantageous to mark mice shortly after birth with a marker, especially at the age of 1 or 2 days, since the mice then have no fur. The removal of the fur is then not necessary. Labeling of mice shortly after birth is not possible with known methods without causing significant damage to the mouse.
  • a so-called microneedle array 14 which has a base plate 15 from which several pin-shaped elements, ie microneedles, protrude.
  • the microneedles projecting on the base plate 15 are used as microstamp pins and are preferably microinjection needles having an outer diameter of, for example, 250 ⁇ m.
  • the microneedles are arranged in the present embodiment in a matrix of twelve columns and four rows. To create a marker in the marker area 12 of the mouse 10, all of the microneedles of the microneedle array 14 in and / or through the skin of the mouse 10 in the marker area 12 are stung.
  • a dye is introduced through a cannula-like opening of the microneedles and / or along the microneedles in the penetration of selected microneedles.
  • an area in and / or below the skin is colored around the penetration point.
  • a dot pattern in a through the Microneedle matrix fixed grid generated. With the aid of this grid, in the case of a reading and evaluation process, the mark applied to the mouse 10 can be used to determine and output coded information with one or more colored dots by means of pattern matching.
  • microneedle arrays are known, which can be advantageously used in connection with the invention.
  • the structure described in these documents and the use of the microneedle arrays described therein are hereby incorporated by reference into the present description.
  • the areas colored with the aid of the microneedles of the microneedle array 14 are shown as circles filled over the entire area and the puncture sites of the microneedles, through which no dye has been introduced, are shown as dots.
  • FIG. 4 shows an evaluation matrix for evaluating the coded information of the mark applied to the mouse 10 in the region 12.
  • the colored areas are shown as filled circles and the non-colored areas are shown as unfilled circles.
  • the colored areas and the non-colored areas are, as already mentioned, arranged in the pattern of the microneedle matrix of the microneedle array 14, the filled circles or the colored areas having a first signal state and the unfilled circles or the in-frame non-colored areas indicate second signal state.
  • FIG. 5 shows a sectional view of a device 20 for generating a marking in the area 12 of the mouse 10.
  • the underside of the device 20 is formed by the microneedle array 14.
  • the device 20 is shown in section along the section line AA of the microneedle array 14 according to FIG.
  • a coding plate 16 is arranged, which has through holes. Through the through holes of the coding plate 16, a dye can be supplied to individual microneedles, which can then be introduced by means of the respective microneedle for marking in the surface of the mouse 10. Above the coding plate 16, a Farbzu slaughterraum 18 is arranged. The coding plate 16 seals the supply openings of the individual microneedles, which are provided at the top in FIG. 5 at the back of the micro-needle array 14, with respect to the ink-feeding space 18, to which no through-hole is assigned due to the coding of the coding plate 16.
  • paint can flow through and / or be pressed into the backside injection openings of the microneedles of the microneedle array 14 through the through holes of the coding plate 16.
  • the ink present in the ink supply chamber 18 can be introduced into the holes in the manner of a known screen printing process, for example by using a rubber wiper for introducing the ink into the holes of the coding plate 16.
  • the ink can also be forced into the injection openings by means of an overpressure through the through-holes of the coding plate 16.
  • the ink feed space 18, the coding plate 16 and the microneedle array 14 are connected to each other in a suitable manner, in particular the coding plate 16 is exchangeable in a simple manner for a further coding plate.
  • the coding plate 16 can be made of paper, Carton, a plastic plate, a foil and / or a metal plate may be formed, wherein the passage openings have been preferably prepared by means of a laser drilling method or other method. It is advantageous if the coding plate 16 is cut out by means of a laser cutting process from a suitable base material.
  • FIG. 6 shows the device 20 according to FIG. 5, wherein the microneedles of the microneedle array 14 have penetrated into the skin of the mouse 10.
  • Each of the microneedles generates, as explained in connection with Figure 3, a penetration area.
  • dye is introduced into the mouse 10 on the microneedles identified by the reference numerals 22, 24, 26 in FIG.
  • colored areas 22b, 24b, 26b which are preferably circular around the penetration point of the respective microneedles 22, 24, 26, are produced.
  • simply colored areas 22b, 24b, 26b can be produced in the marking area 12 of the mouse 10.
  • FIG. 7 shows the coding element 16 according to FIGS. 5 and 6 for producing the marking illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4.
  • the through holes 22a, 24a, 26a is the microneedles 22, 24, 26, respectively, a required amount of dye has been supplied so that the dye-colored areas 22b, 24b, 26b have been formed.
  • FIG. 8 shows a sectional view of a device 40 for producing a marking according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • the device 40 is shown cut along the section line A-A of the microneedle array 14 according to FIG.
  • a guide element 44 for guiding the microneedle array 14, which is fixedly connected to the rear side of the microneedle array 14, is provided on the rear side of the microneedle array 14.
  • the microneedle array 14 can be easily guided by means of the holding element 44.
  • the device 40 comprises a guide frame 46, in which a coding element 42 is inserted. With the help of the holding element 44, the microneedle array 14 is inserted into the guide frame 46 and guided down to the coding element 42.
  • the microneedles of the microneedle array 14 penetrate the coding element 42 and penetrate into the surface of the mouse 10 or into the skin of the mouse 10.
  • the coding element 42 comprises at least one color supply, wherein the coding element 42 for generating a marking with the dot pattern illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4 has eleven ink supply regions. These ink supply areas are arranged in the coding element 42 at the desired raster positions, so that selected microneedles of the microneedle array 14 penetrate the ink supply areas, whereby a portion of the dye present in the storage areas has penetrated into the penetration areas of the microchips penetrated into the skin of the mouse 10. needle points penetrates. As a result of the penetration of the dye into the penetration region of the respective microneedle, a region of the skin and / or of the tissue is dyed with the dye around the penetration region, so that it is detectable from the outside as a substantially circular colored region.
  • FIG. 9 shows the device 40 according to FIG. 8, wherein the device 40 is shown in a state in which the microneedles of the microneedle array 14 pierce the coding element 42 and penetrate into the body of the mouse 10.
  • colored areas 22b, 24b, 26b are produced adjacent to the penetration points of the microneedles 22, 24, 26.
  • the dye is introduced by piercing a supply of ink with a microneedle through this from the ink supply in the penetration of the needle generated in the mouse 10 penetration.
  • microneedles of the microneedle array 14 flattened tips, in particular truncated cones or truncated pyramidal tips, so that these tips introduced by piercing the respective ink supply and subsequent penetration into the penetration of the mouse 10 a correspondingly large amount of ink in the penetration of the penetration becomes.
  • a groove is provided laterally on the microneedles of the microneedle array 14, through which subsequently further dye can pass from the color reservoir of the coding element 42 into the penetration opening produced by the respective microneedle.
  • FIG. 10 shows a top view of the coding element 42.
  • the color supplies are represented by filled circles. However, the color supplies need not be visible from the outside in other embodiments. Furthermore, the color supplies may also be visible only and / or also from the underside opposite the upper side shown in FIG.
  • the ink supplies each have a color volume sized to correspond to the needle shapes of the microneedles of the microneedle array 14 so that upon permeation of a color supply with a microneedle, a sufficient amount of the dye is introduced into the indentation formed by the needle in the outer skin of the mouse 10 to color a relevant area around the penetration hole.
  • the dye present in the respective ink supply can be liquid or powdery and / or tablet-shaped.
  • the dye can be applied to a carrier or carrier material, for example by means of a piezoelectric process, and / or introduced into a region of the coding element 42 forming the ink supply.
  • the dye preferably contains luminescent particles. It is also possible to provide a dye which is not visible on normal observation of the marking area 12 of the mouse 10, but upon irradiation of the area 12 with radiation having radiation fractions in a suitable wavelength range, stimulates particles of the introduced dye to emit radiation in one another wavelength range, preferably in a wavelength range of visible light. This radiation emitted by the inked areas is particularly suitable to be detected as an image by means of an image capture device, since these areas are then particularly bright and stand out in the recorded image, whereby their position in the image can be easily determined.
  • the mouse 10 can be tattooed in a simple manner.
  • Alternative to the illustrated dot pattern It is also possible to tattoo characters, in particular letters and / or numbers, with the aid of the described procedure as a marking on the mouse 10.
  • With the help of the illustrated dot pattern using only one color 240, one Terrabit, and thus over one trillion different codings can be generated. However, it makes sense to divide the colorable grid areas into groups. This will be explained in more detail below in connection with FIG.
  • FIG. 11 shows a detection device 50 for detecting the marking present in the marking area 12 of the mouse 10.
  • the marking region 12 is irradiated with the radiation emitted by a radiation source 52, whereby the pigments introduced when creating the marking in the marking region 12 of the mouse 10 are excited and emit a radiation which preferably has a different wavelength range than the radiation emitted by the radiation source 52 ,
  • the radiation emitted by the radiation source 52 is radiation not visible to the human eye and the radiation produced by the pigments present in the colored areas is visible to the human eye.
  • an image of the marking area 12 of the mouse 10 is taken, wherein the image data of the recorded image are further processed by a data processing installation not connected to the detection unit 50.
  • the image recorded with the aid of the camera 54 is analyzed, with the aid of a pattern comparison a grid being laid over the determined colored areas in order to determine and output the coded information. It is it is advantageous if the colored areas of a part of the marking are used for coding an information useful for identification of the mouse 10 and at least one further area of the marking is used for coding a check digit and / or checksum.
  • an area for determining the position of the marking can also be used in order to be able to correctly detect the information coded with the help of the colored areas.
  • image analysis and image analysis known methods can be used, as it is used in particular in the image analysis of two-dimensional and three-dimensional barcodes.
  • OCR methods for text recognition as well as methods for interpreting Braille and other methods for image analysis and analysis can be used.
  • FIG. 12 shows an image captured with the aid of the detection device 50 with colored areas in the marking region 12.
  • the colored areas are shown as filled circles. In practice, however, usually other outlines of the colored areas arise. In this case, parts of the colored areas may also have a different coloring intensity. Also, the acquisition of the image may be adversely affected by regrown fur, the outlines of the inked areas and the inking intensity of parts of the inked areas being changed by the regrown coat. However, the detection of colored areas which contain suitable luminescent particles is in principle also possible due to the regrown coat of the mouse. In other embodiments, the tattooing of the mouse 10 by means of the device 20, 40 through the coat of the mouse 10 through. In FIG. 13, the image shown in FIG.
  • the encoded information is in blocks of eight bits each, i. one byte, encrypted. These blocks are separated by dashed lines in FIG. With the help of each block 256 different information can be coded.
  • a block is used to uniquely determine the location of the tag for information decoding.
  • all the inkable areas of the lowermost or the topmost row can be colored, whereby the raster positions of other possible colored areas can be easily determined.
  • control information in particular a checksum, is formed from the encrypted information of five of the six blocks shown in FIG. 13, wherein the correctness of the checksum can be checked with the aid of information encrypted in the sixth block.
  • the coding elements 16, 42 of the devices 20, 40 can be exchanged simply and quickly, preferably automatically, by other coding elements for generating a further encoding different from the coding of the coding elements 16, 42.
  • This can be done, in particular, by removing the further coding element from a supply with further coding elements, the respectively used coding element 16, 42 ejected and the further coding element instead of the coding element 16 in the assembly 20 and instead of the coding element 42 in the assembly 40 is used.
  • transport devices for the coding elements can be used, as are known, for example, in price marking devices to transport the preferably arranged on rolls price tags and to solve the role.
  • loading and ejection arrangements can be provided for loading and ejecting coding elements, such as those used in CD changers or in weapons.
  • the markers can be generated by means of a first color and in the case of a second group of mice by means of a second color.
  • the dye can also be supplied to the individual areas to be inked and / or to the individual microneedles with a nozzle arrangement which has a similar or the same structure as used in ink-jet printers.
  • valve arrangements are possible, via which the dye can be supplied to individual microneedles.
  • each microneedle is preferably associated with a valve.
  • each microneedle can be associated with at least two valves, wherein the microneedle can be supplied via the first valve, a dye of a first color and the second valve, a dye of a second color. With the help of a Such arrangement also mixed colors of the first and the second color can be generated.
  • FIG. 1 the use of piezo pumps is additionally or alternatively possible in order to supply dye to the individual microneedles, wherein preferably each microneedle of the microneedle array 14 is assigned one piezopump each.
  • at least two pumps can be assigned to each microneedle, wherein the microneedle via the first pump, a first dye of a first color and the second pump, a second dye can be supplied. As a result, mixed colors of the first and the second color can be generated.
  • the devices 20, 40 can also be arranged in a suitable housing, in particular to improve the handling of the devices 20, 40. Also, further controls can be provided to enable in particular a simple exchange of Kodierplatten 16, 42 and the ink supply to and / or penetration of the needles.
  • other areas of the mouse 10 can also be used as a marking area, in particular on the tail, the head and / or the belly of the mouse 10.
  • the procedure for identifying mice described in connection with the figures can also be advantageously used to mark other objects of living beings as well as of objects and plants, in which case a suitable marking area for attaching the marking is then selected in each case.
  • the mark The range is selected so that the marking can be attached with relatively little effort and can be detected simply, preferably automatically, by means of a detection unit.
  • organs and / or organ parts, in particular skin, to be transplanted and / or transplanted may be labeled in the manner described.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif et un procédé de marquage d'objets. Les pointes de plusieurs éléments en forme de tige sont enfoncées dans la surface de l'objet (10), les pointes de ces éléments pénétrant dans la surface de l'objet (10). Lors de la pénétration et/ou après la pénétration des pointes dans la surface de l'objet (10), un colorant n'est introduit dans l'objet (10) qu'à des endroits d'introduction sélectionnés.
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