AAFS Meeting to Feature Innov-X XRF in Forensic Science

Woburn, MA, ---Visitors to Innov-X’s Booth 311 at the AAFS 59th Annual Meeting† will learn how X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) in forensic science applications can perform rapid elemental analysis and gain valuable information at the scene. In just seconds, materials may be identified and quantified. Investigators can now analyze evidence with the Innov-X Alpha Series™ portable X-ray Fluorescence analyzer without altering, damaging, or transporting evidence to a remote laboratory. They can check for gunshot residue, automotive paint tracers, methamphetamine or other “clan-lab” indicators, environmental markers, and much more. Using hand-held XRF, investigators can identify victims (even if decomposed, disarticulated, or incinerated) through restorative dental materials, such as resins, castings, crowns, posts, and precious metals*. Additionally, items such as jewelry can be analyzed to gain valuable information by rapidly distinguishing similar looking materials through elemental analysis*.

Use handheld XRF Innov-X analyzers in demanding applications. Criminalistics, Odontology, and many other forensic science applications are easily accomplished with the Alpha’s state-of-the-art software, special filters, tube windows and power control. The Alpha Series provides on-the-spot, fast and precise elemental analysis from phosphorus to uranium. It’s the only handheld XRF unit capable of analyzing down to phosphorus in the periodic table of elements. When checking for lighter elements --Al, Si & Mg –an internal vacuum option is offered. Innov-X’s breakthrough design uses an x-ray tube in a compact unit with a PDA for unprecedented flexibility in a portable analyzer. A rear-facing display makes the unit easy to read, supplementing the color PDA screen. The Innov-X System offers the performance, portability and versatility required for field crime scene investigations.

The Innov-X handheld analyzer runs with up to 25-element software suites using fundamental parameters, spectral matching and/or empirically generated calibrations. Data is stored in binary format which is virtually impossible to alter. Wireless data transfer enables rapid information transfer from remote locations. Leading edge technology such as Bluetooth and others being developed will continue to “future-proof” the Alpha Series™.
More information can be accessed at: http://www.innov-x-sys.com

†AAFS Annual Meeting & Exhibit, Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX, 2/21-23/2007 http://www.aafs.org/
* “Identification Through X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Dental Restorative Resin Materials: A Comprehensive Study of Noncremated, Cremated, and Processed-Cremated Individuals”-- Mary A. Bush, D.D.S.; Raymond G. Miller, D.D.S.; Jennifer Prutsman-Pfeiffer, M.A.; and Peter J. Bush, B.S. – J. Forensic Science, January 2007, Vol. 52, No. 1

About Innov-X Systems
Innov-X Systems is a vital new force in the x-ray fluorescence (XRF) industry. Their systems perform fast, accurate chemical analysis in seconds to identify, differentiate and quantify most materials by elemental composition. Founded in 2001, they pioneered handheld XRF instrumentation using a miniature x-ray tube rather than radioactive isotopes.
With R&D and manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Innov-X has offices in Europe (the Netherlands), and Asia (Hong Kong). They maintain sales and service alliances in Canada, the Middle East, Latin America and worldwide. Service, installation and training is available in over 100 countries.

More company information is available at http://www.innov-xsys.com.
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