US 11,744,235 B2
Sieving apparatuses for pupae separation
Robert Sobecki, Brisbane, CA (US); and Charles Behling, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Verily Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/70,264.
Application 16/947,315 is a division of application No. 16/154,656, filed on Oct. 8, 2018, granted, now 10,772,309, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Application 15/945,851 is a division of application No. 15/467,152, filed on Mar. 23, 2017, granted, now 9,992,983, issued on Jun. 12, 2018.
Application 18/070,264 is a continuation of application No. 16/947,315, filed on Jul. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,517,001.
Application 16/154,656 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/945,851, filed on Apr. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,251,380, issued on Apr. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0107016 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 67/033 (2006.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01); B07B 1/46 (2006.01); B07B 1/28 (2006.01); B07B 1/55 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 67/033 (2013.01) [B07B 1/28 (2013.01); B07B 1/46 (2013.01); B07B 1/469 (2013.01); B07B 1/55 (2013.01); B08B 3/045 (2013.01); B08B 3/047 (2013.01); B07B 2230/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A male population of mosquito pupae sorted according to a method, wherein the method comprises:
adding a mixed population of mosquito pupae into an interior volume of a sieving container, the sieving container comprising a base and a perimeter wall encircling the base to form the interior volume, the base defining a set of openings enabling movement of mosquito pupae from the interior volume through the set of openings, and the mixed population of mosquito pupae comprising male mosquito pupae and female mosquito pupae;
adding a volume of aqueous solution to the interior volume;
removing a portion of the male mosquito pupae from the mixed population of mosquito pupae to by performing a sieving action that causes the portion of the male mosquito pupae and a portion of the volume of aqueous solution to pass from the interior volume through the set of openings; and
capturing the portion of the male mosquito pupae as the male population of mosquito pupae after the portion of the male mosquito pupae has passed through the set of openings.