Olfactometer
OwnerThomson Paris, Xavier Philippe Martini +1inventors
InventorsThomson Paris, Xavier Philippe Martini, Robert Parsons
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Abstract
An apparatus (100), including: a plurality of discrete scent generating assemblies (400), each configured to supply a respective flow of scented air; a mixer (500) having configured to receive the respective flows of air; to mix them together into a mixture; and to supply a plurality of flows of the mixture; optionally a plurality of visual cue light sources (700); and an arena assembly (600) having a plurality of discrete lanes (602), each lane configured to house an insect therein, to receive a respective flow of the mixture, and to receive visual cue light from a respective visual cue light source.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of discrete scent generating assemblies, each comprising a vial assembly comprising:
- vial chamber;
- a vial chamber clean air inlet;
- and a vial chamber outlet;
- a mixer comprising:
- a mixing chamber;
- a plurality of mixing chamber inlets, each mixing chamber inlet in fluid communication with a respective vial chamber output;
- and a plurality of mixing chamber outlets;
- and
- an arena assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of discrete lanes, each comprising an insect chamber configured to house an insect therein;
- and an insect chamber inlet in fluid communication with a respective mixing chamber outlet.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of discrete scent generating assemblies, each configured to supply a respective flow of scented air;
- a mixer configured to receive the respective flows of air;
- to mix them together into a mixture;
- and to supply a plurality of flows of the mixture;
- a plurality of visual cue light sources;
- and
- an arena assembly comprising a plurality of discrete lanes, each lane configured to house an insect therein, to receive a respective flow of the mixture, and to receive visual cue light from a respective visual cue light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.