US 12,376,576 B2
Automated mosquito host bio-mimicking device
Faisal Parambathkandi Kunhumohammed, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Neofysis Biotech Private Limited., Karnataka (IN)
Appl. No. 18/016,345
Filed by Faisal Parambathkandi Kunhumohammed, Bangalore (IN)
PCT Filed Jul. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IN2021/050681
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/013889, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202041030054 (IN), filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270096 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A01M 1/02 (2006.01); A01M 1/08 (2006.01); A01M 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 1/023 (2013.01) [A01M 1/08 (2013.01); A01M 1/10 (2013.01); A01M 2200/012 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated mosquito host bio-mimicking device having a top-most portion and a bottom-most portion, the device comprising:
a pheromone chamber (1) located at the top-most portion of the device, wherein the pheromone chamber (1) disseminates one or more semiochemical as a first bio-mimicking attractant;
a thermal chamber (2) placed below the pheromone chamber (1), wherein the thermal chamber (2) includes a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heater and is configured to disseminate heat as a second bio-mimicking attractant;
a micro fan (7) placed above the PTC heater is configured for uniform dissemination of both the first bio-mimicking attractant and the second bio-mimicking attractant;
an electronic chamber (3) placed below the thermal chamber (2), wherein the electronic chamber (3) includes an Internet of Things (IoT) controller (8) coupled to a digital heater controller (9) configured to regulate the functioning of the device;
a photocatalysis chamber (4) situated below the electronic chamber (3), wherein the photocatalysis chamber (4) comprises a UV-A spectrum light (11) for generating a visual cue and a photocatalysis disc (12) configured to generate micro quantity of CO2 as a third bio-mimicking attractant; and
a dehydration chamber (5) including a collection bowl with a perforated wall to trap the mosquitoes, the photocatalysis disc (12) removably position over the dehydration chamber (4), and a suction fan (14) having a protective mesh (4c) mounted at a center of the photocataysis disc (12) and configured for downward air pressure, wherein the dehydration chamber (5) is detachably mounted at the bottom-most portion of the device,
wherein the device automatically dispenses the first, second, and third bio-mimicking attractants simultaneously based on a peak activity time of the mosquitoes.