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US 7,921,810 B2Granted
Method and apparatus utilizing animals for detecting target substances
AssigneeBio Explorers Ltd.
InventorsEran Lumbroso, Alon Lumbroso
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting a target substance in a monitored environment involves, in a training phase, training at least one animal capable of detecting the target substance to execute a particular avoidance action, immediately upon detecting said target substance, in order to avoid particular aversive stimulus; and in an operational phase, exposing the trained animal to a specimen (e.g., air) from the monitored environment or object, and sensing when the animal has executed the particular avoidance action.
Claims14
A method of detecting a target substance in a monitored environment or object, comprising:
- (a) in a training phase, training at least one animal capable of detecting said target substance to execute a particular avoidance action, immediately upon detecting said target substance, in order to avoid a particular adverse stimulus;
- (b) in an operational phase, exposing said trained animal to a specimen of said monitored environment or object, and sensing when said animal has executed said particular avoidance action.
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