US 11,723,349 B2
Method and apparatus for sex sorting of mosquitoes
Hanan Lepek, Kfar-Saba (IL); Tamir Nave, Kiryat-Ono (IL); Yoram Fleischmann, Kibbutz Lehavot Haviva (IL); Rom Eisenberg, Kfar-Saba (IL); and Itamar Tirosh, RaAnana (IL)
Assigned to Senecio Ltd., Kfar-Saba (IL)
Appl. No. 16/628,730
Filed by Senecio Ltd., Kfar-Saba (IL)
PCT Filed Jul. 6, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IL2018/050738
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 6, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/008591, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/668,842, filed on May 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/647,934, filed on Mar. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/533,242, filed on Jul. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/529,057, filed on Jul. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0281164 A1, Sep. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. A01K 67/033 (2006.01); A01K 1/08 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01); G06N 5/025 (2023.01); G06F 18/2431 (2023.01)
CPC A01K 67/033 (2013.01) [A01K 1/08 (2013.01); A01K 29/00 (2013.01); G06F 18/2431 (2023.01); G06N 5/025 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Method of providing insects for classifying insects for sorting into classes or for quality control of sorted insects, the method comprising:
providing the insects in a container having a closable opening;
releasing the insects onto an air flow into a funnel, the air flow and the funnel carrying the insects to a collection location, the insects being collected on a conveyable surface of a movable conveyor, the conveyable surface being porous;
applying immobilizing agent to the insects on the collection location, thereby to provide stationary insects for said sorting or quality control;
applying a pressure gradient across said porous surface, said pressure gradient to ensure flow of air and preventing turbulence; and
the insects being conveyed on said conveyable surface from said collection location.