This device briefly converts a person to energy, beams the energy, then reassembles the person
[DOC] [TLE] transporter (Star Trek) - The Worlds of David Darling [PAR] The device, first seen aboard the Starship Enterprise in the Star Trek original 
series, ... the transporter "briefly converts an object or person into energy, beams 
that energy to another location, then reassembles the subject into its original form
.