Patent · US Active

Method and apparatus for extraction of arthropod gland

US8105633B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

2References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Spin'Tec Engineering GmbH · DE

Inventors

Michael Rheinnecker · Aachen, DE
Stefan Kohlhaas · Voerde, DE
Rolf Zimmat · Düsseldorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 18, 2009
Grant date	Jan 31, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 29, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07K14/43586
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Apparatus and method for the extraction of material from glands of arthropods. The apparatus includes a container in which at least part of the glands are placed and a buffer solution at least partially immersing the glands. Gland material is collected in the material collection area of the container, e.g., by release of the material from the glands into the buffer solution and sedimentation of the material at the bottom of the container. The method involves removing from a body of the arthropod the gland containing at least partially the material, making an opening in an epithelium of the gland, and placing the gland in the container at least partially immersed in a buffer solution, so that the material exits the glands and sediments in the material collection area of the container.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.