Microfabricated surfaces for the physical capture of insects

USRE48657E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignees

• The Regents of the University of California · US
• University of Kentucky Research Foundation · US

Inventors

• Catherine Loudon · Irvine, US
• Robert Corn · Madison, US
• Megan Szyndler · Amherst, US
• Kenneth F. Haynes · Lexington, US
• Michael F. Potter · Lexington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 27, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.