LIFE SCIENCES—Menon’s bio-scanners were developed by the company with the hopes of saving lives and improving security for the homeland.

•    Biological Analyte Scanner: MENTOR-100

There is a need for a compact instrument to detect and identify analytes such as Avian Influenza virus, Foot and Mouth virus and biological weapons such as B. anthracis.  This instrument should be useful for biodetection in the field where the biological pathogen is mixed with interferants from the environment, with varying sample volumes and multiplexed for a large number of threat species.

The Life Sciences Division employs biochemists, microbiologists and system engineers to build instruments to help mankind diagnose and fight disease.  The Company is funded by the Department of Homeland Security and the US military through the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to build and deploy MENTOR-100 systems in various locations.  The instrument meets all the needs for field installation and monitoring.  It is configurable for portable and fixed installation.  Through blind tests conducted by US Army, the system has been demonstrated to detect biological threats.  A high throughput biological analyte scanner called MENTOR-500 is under development.