US 12,130,215 B2
Electrostatic probe for handling or positioning an insect specimen
Laura Elizabeth Schiffrin Scavo, Bethesda, MD (US); and Adam C. Goodwin, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US)
Appl. No. 17/753,550
Filed by The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/048744
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/050312, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/900,194, filed on Sep. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044757 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 1/36 (2006.01); A01M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/36 (2013.01) [A01M 1/026 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A electrostatic probe for positioning an insect specimen, the electrostatic probe comprising:
an ion generator;
a handling end; and
a controller configured to:
activate the ion generator to produce an electrostatic field at the handling end,
wherein the electrostatic field is to attract the insect specimen to the handling end or hold the insect specimen at the handling end; and
discharge the electrostatic field to cause the insect specimen to be released from the handling end.