Patents Assigned to Bio Explorers Ltd.
  • Method and apparatus utilizing animals for detecting target substances
    Patent number: 7921810
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting a target substance in a monitored environment involves, in a training phase, training at least one animal capable of detecting the target substance to execute a particular avoidance action, immediately upon detecting said target substance, in order to avoid particular aversive stimulus; and in an operational phase, exposing the trained animal to a specimen (e.g., air) from the monitored environment or object, and sensing when the animal has executed the particular avoidance action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Bio Explorers Ltd.
    Inventors: Eran Lumbroso, Alon Lumbroso
  • Method and Apparatus Utilizing Animals for Detecting Target Substances
    Publication number: 20090145369
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting a target substance in a monitored environment involves, in a training phase, training at least one animal capable of detecting the target substance to execute a particular avoidance action, immediately upon detecting said target substance, in order to avoid particular aversive stimulus; and in an operational phase, exposing the trained animal to a specimen (e.g., air) from the monitored environment or object, and sensing when the animal has executed the particular avoidance action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: BIO EXPLORERS LTD.
    Inventors: Eran Lumbroso, Alon Lumbroso