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US 11,589,563 B2Granted
Pupae transfer device
AssigneeVerily Life Sciences LLC
InventorsDaniel Greeley, Peter Smith
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for transporting or transferring insect pupae in an aqueous solution are described. The system includes a tank containing a solution with insect pupae, a transfer chamber having an outlet at a bottom portion of the chamber, a solution inlet, an evacuation channel, and a depth measurement system. A tube fluidly connects to tank and the transfer chamber. An evacuation device connected to the evacuation channel removes air from the transfer chamber and generates a vacuum therein to draw the solution through the tube into the transfer chamber.
Claims7
A method comprising:
- introducing a first fluid flow carrying insect pupae into an inlet of conduit, the conduit including the inlet, a fluid outlet, a sieve, a pupae outlet positioned upstream of the sieve, and a second inlet positioned downstream of the sieve;
- separating the insect pupae from the first fluid flow via the sieve;
- causing a valve positioned downstream of the second inlet to close;
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- introducing a second fluid flow through the second inlet, the second fluid flow traversing the sieve and carrying the insect pupae from the sieve to the pupae outlet.
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