Patents Assigned to Robert-Koch-Institut
  • Method for diagnosing TSE-induced changes in tissues using infrared spectroscopy
    Patent number: 6777241
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing TSE-induced pathologic changes in tissues including the steps of: (a) directing infrared radiation to a tissue sample with pathologic changes caused by TSE, recording its spectral characteristics after irradiation and (b) comparing and classifying the infrared spectra thus obtained with a reference database containing infrared spectra of TSE-infected tissues and non-infected tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Robert-Koch-Institut
    Inventors: Dieter Naumann, Janina Kneipp, Elizabeth Baldauf, Peter Lasch, Michael Beekes