	US 11,716,983 B2
	Selective detection of bed bugs
Mark W. Beach, Midland, MI (US); Andrey N Soukhojak, Midland, MI (US); Neil A. Spomer, Carmel, IN (US); Shane L. Mangold, Midland, MI (US); Ravi B. Shankar, Midland, MI (US); Sukrit Mukhopadhyay, Midland, MI (US); Jeremy Chris P. Reyes, Lake Jackson, TX (US); Bruce A. Jacobs, Fishers, IN (US); William L. Winniford, Lake Jackson, TX (US); Ronda L. Hamm, Carmel, IN (US); Phillip J. Howard, Greenville, SC (US); Andrew J. Pasztor, Midland, MI (US); Mary D. Evenson, Zionsville, IN (US); Thomas G. Patterson, Westfield, IN (US); and Natalie C. Giampietro, Carmel, IN (US)
Assigned to CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed by DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/226,222.
Application 17/226,222 is a continuation of application No. 16/295,785, filed on Mar. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,000,024.
Application 16/295,785 is a continuation of application No. 15/985,093, filed on May 21, 2018, granted, now 10,271,534, issued on Apr. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/577,437, filed on Oct. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/509,501, filed on May 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0227818 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A01M 1/02 (2006.01)

CPC A01M 1/026 (2013.01) [A01M 1/023 (2013.01); A01M 2200/011 (2013.01)]

9 Claims

1. A pest control device comprising:

a housing including (i) an inner chamber, (ii) a plurality of inlets opening into the inner chamber, and (iii) a plurality of inner walls dividing the inner chamber into a plurality of channels, each channel is sized to receive one or more pests;

a sensor configured to detect a targeted biochemical analyte secreted by pests, the sensor being attached to the housing; and

a controller coupled to the sensor and configured to analyze sensor data generated by the sensor;

wherein the plurality of inner walls include (i) a pair of guide walls positioned on each side of an inlet, each guide wall extending in a first direction and defining a first channel of the plurality of channels and (ii) a barrier wall spaced apart from the ends of the guide walls, the barrier wall extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and

wherein the barrier wall includes (i) a first wall section extending in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction, (ii) a second wall section extending from an end of the first wall section, the second wall section extending parallel to the guide walls and cooperating to define a second channel of the plurality of channels, and (iii) a third wall section extending from an opposite end of the first wall section, the second wall section extending parallel to the guide walls and cooperating to define a third channel of the plurality of channels.