US 12,065,670 B2
Drosophila stock maintenance
William T. Sullivan, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/484,560.
Application 18/484,560 is a division of application No. 17/585,338, filed on Jan. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,814,646.
Application 17/585,338 is a division of application No. 16/159,596, filed on Oct. 12, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/577,457, filed on Oct. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034989 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 67/033 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/07 (2010.01)
CPC C12N 5/0601 (2013.01) [A01K 67/033 (2013.01); C12M 23/06 (2013.01); C12M 23/22 (2013.01); C12M 23/34 (2013.01); C12M 23/44 (2013.01); C12M 23/46 (2013.01); C12M 25/10 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insect culture system comprising:
a first cap having a top wall and a cylindrical side wall extending from the top wall, the top wall and the cylindrical side wall of the first cap defining a first cavity configured to receive an open end of a first tube, the cylindrical side wall of the first cap having a first side opening;
a second cap having a top wall and a cylindrical side wall extending from the top wall, the cylindrical side wall of the second cap defining a second cavity configured to receive an open end of a second tube, the cylindrical side wall of the second cap having a second side opening; and
a channel interconnecting the first side opening and the second side opening for propagating insects between a first tube coupled to the first cap and a second tube coupled to the second cap.