Patents Assigned to Spectro-Scan, Inc.
  • Method for determining intracellular mineral levels
    Patent number: 4717826
    Abstract: Intracellular mineral concentrations are obtained from very small tissue samples, such as sublingual tissue smears. The tissue smears are subjected to excitation radiation, typically a scanning electron beam, and mineral analyses may be based on the profile of emitted x-ray fluorescence. A number of correlations are made between various diseased states, susceptibility to diseased states, metabolic status based on the elevated and depressed levels of some or all of the mineral concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Spectro-Scan, Inc.
    Inventor: Burton B. Silver