1. A method for opening shellfish for uncooked use comprising:
orienting shellfish on a conveyor made of material that minimizes heat absorption;
moving shellfish on said conveyor in predetermined range from at least one infrared burner; and
collecting opened uncooked shellfish from said conveyor.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of detaching uncooked meat from said opened shellfish.
3. The method of claim 2 in which the step of detaching uncooked meat from said opened shellfish is manual.
4. The method of claim 1 in further comprising the step of collecting juice from uncooked shellfish from said conveyor.
5. The method of claim 4 further comprising the step of detaching uncooked meat from said opened shellfish.
6. The method of claim 5 in which the step of detaching uncooked meat from said opened shellfish is manual.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of spray washing said shellfish prior to orienting said shellfish on said conveyor.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of spray cooling said opened uncooked shellfish.
9. The method of claim 1 in which said shellfish are selected from the group consisting of clams, scallops, mussels, and oysters.
10. The method of claim 1 in which said predetermined range is 6 inches.
11. A method for opening shellfish for uncooked use comprising:
orienting shellfish on a conveyor made of material that minimizes heat absorption;
imparting infrared energy in a wide array on shellfish moving on said conveyor; and
collecting opened uncooked shellfish from said conveyor.
12. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of detaching uncooked meat from said opened shellfish.
13. The method of claim 12 in which the step of detaching uncooked meat from said opened shellfish is manual.
14. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of collecting juice from uncooked shellfish from said conveyor.
15. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of detaching uncooked meat from said opened shellfish.
16. The method of claim 15 in which the step of detaching uncooked meat from said opened shellfish is manual.
17. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of spray washing said shellfish prior to orienting said shellfish on said conveyor.
18. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of spray cooling said opened uncooked shellfish.
19. The method of claim 11 in which said shellfish are selected from the group consisting of clams, scallops, mussels, and oysters.
20. The method of claim 11 in which said infrared energy has a wavelength centered about 2.7 microns.
21. A device for opening shellfish for uncooked use comprising:
a conveyor made of material that minimizes heat absorption;
at least one infrared burner; and
collection means for collection of opened uncooked shellfish.
22. The device of claim 21 further comprising collection means for collection of juice from opened uncooked shellfish.
23. The device of claim 21 in which said uncooked use is real time consumption of raw shellfish meat.
24. The device of claim 22 in which said uncooked use is real time consumption of raw shellfish meat and juice.
25. The device of claim 21 in which said conveyor is reversible in direction.
26. The device of claim 25 further comprising control means for said conveyor.
27. The device of claim 26 further comprising means for inversion of said shellfish prior to reversing direction of said conveyor.
28. The device of claim 27 in which said means for inversion is manual inversion.
29. The device of claim 21 in which said opened uncooked shellfish are raw oysters intended to be served on the half shell.
30. The device of claim 25 in which said opened uncooked shellfish are raw clams intended to be served on the half shell.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for detecting or monitoring cancer in a subject, comprising:
administering polysilicon mirrors to random locations within the bloodstream of a subject orally or by injection;
transmitting near infrared light through the subject’s skin;
detecting light which is reflected from the polysilicon mirrors though the subject’s skin;
converting received light into a digital signal; and
calculating a level of CEA in the subject’s blood from the digital signal.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein differences in the level of CEA in a subject’s blood are determined based on previously stored measurements and currently taken measurements.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the level of CEA is stored.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the level of CEA is transmitted to a third party.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the level of CEA is transmitted to the third party via an Internet.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein an intensity of light reflected from said polysilicon mirrors varies according to an amount of antigen markers in the subject’s blood.