Apparatus and method of use for an automated mosquito salivary gland extraction device

US11503819B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Sanaria Inc. · US
• THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

• Russell H. Taylor · Severna Park, US
• Gregory Chirikjian · Towson, US
• Iulian Iordachita · Towson, US
• Henry Phalen · Milford, US
• Hongtao WU · Beijing, CN
• Mengdi XU · Beijing, CN
• Shengnan Lu · Beijing, CN
• Michael Aaron Pozin · Lincolnshire, US
• Jin Seob Kim · Buk-myeon, KR
• Can Kocabalkanli · Baltimore, US
• Balazs Peter Vagvolgyi · Baltimore, US
• Brian CHIRIKJIAN · Towson, US
• Joshua D. Davis · Columbus, US
• Ting Da · Xi'an, CN
• John S. Chirikjian · Towson, US
• Sumana CHAKRAVARTY · Derwood, US
• Stephen L. Hoffman · Gaithersburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 17, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A50/30
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing a combined mosquito staging and dissection system are disclosed. The system can include a mosquito staging subsystem; a robotic pick-and-place station; and a dissection, extrusion, collection, and disposal subsystem. The subsystems can include one or more stations to provide orientation, decapitation, extrusion of salivary glands, and disposal of carcasses of the mosquitoes. The resident live sporozoites from the salivary glands can be used to produce Plasmodium SPZ-based vaccines.