Abstract: A method of collecting and loading a plurality of insects of a particular type into respective insect holders includes extracting a plurality of insects from an insect habitat to a storage chamber which is operable to allow access to a plurality of exit holes and allowing access to the exit holes, followed by luring and/or compelling the insects to leave the storage chamber via the exit holes for subsequent loading into an insect holder.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 10, 2009
Publication date:
July 28, 2011
Applicant:
INSCENTINEL LIMITED
Inventors:
Andrew Durnford, Mathilde Briens, Mark Haite, David Grant, David Westley, Kenneth Cherry, Thomas Howard
Abstract: Apparatus for detecting a specific target odour comprises: a detector unit adapted to have removably associated therewith a holding unit for housing at least one insect in a predetermined position; means for exposing an insect in a holding unit associated with the detector unit to a sample of gas to be tested; and means for enabling monitoring of a response of the insect to the sample thereby to detect a response indicative of the target odour. In use of the apparatus, a holding unit housing at lest one insect that responds in a detectable manner to the target odour is associated with the detector unit. A sample of gas to be tested is supplied to the apparatus, for exposure to the insect or insects in the holding unit. The insect is monitored for a response indicative of the target odour, thus enabling determination as to whether or not the target odour is present in the sample.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2002
Date of Patent:
July 3, 2007
Assignee:
Inscentinel Limited
Inventors:
Paul James Davis, Lester Wadhams, Justin Sheldon Bayliss