Abstract: Minimal-cost, high-accuracy, and portable devices used to detect the presence of insects at all stages of life, including in the egg stage, in stored products by sensing gas phase markers such as volatile pheromones, semiochemicals, and kairomones. The methods, devices, and systems disclosed herein utilize a sensor array configured to simultaneously measure a plurality of target markers and filter background gases while remaining compact, highly accurate, and easy to operate.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 8, 2024
Publication date:
May 30, 2024
Applicant:
Sensor Development Corporation
Inventors:
Nicholas Joseph Smilanich, Samuel Firestone Reichert, Frank Bernard Tudron
Abstract: Minimal-cost, high-accuracy, and portable devices used to detect the presence of insects at all stages of life, including in the egg stage, in stored products by sensing gas phase markers such as volatile pheromones, semiochemicals, and kairomones. The methods, devices, and systems disclosed herein utilize a sensor array configured to simultaneously measure a plurality of target markers and filter background gases while remaining compact, highly accurate, and easy to operate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 20, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2024
Assignee:
Sensor Development Corporation
Inventors:
Nicholas Joseph Smilanich, Samuel Firestone Reichert, Frank Bernard Tudron
Abstract: Minimal-cost, high-accuracy, and portable devices used to detect the presence of insect larvae and adult insects in stored products by sensing gas phase markers such as volatile pheromones, semiochemicals, and kairomones. The methods, devices, and systems disclosed herein utilize a sensor array configured to simultaneously measure a plurality of target markers and filter background gases while remaining compact, highly accurate, and easy to operate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 1, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 5, 2023
Assignee:
Sensor Development Corporation
Inventors:
Nicholas Joseph Smilanich, Samuel Firestone Reichert, Frank Bernard Tudron
Abstract: Minimal-cost, high-accuracy, and portable devices used to detect the presence of insects at all stages of life, including in the egg stage, in stored products by sensing gas phase markers such as volatile pheromones, semiochemicals, and kairomones. The methods, devices, and systems disclosed herein utilize a sensor array configured to simultaneously measure a plurality of target markers and filter background gases while remaining compact, highly accurate, and easy to operate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 3, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 15, 2022
Assignee:
Sensor Development Corporation
Inventors:
Nicholas Joseph Smilanich, Samuel Firestone Reichert, Frank Bernard Tudron