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US09480248B2 Use of acoustics to disrupt and deter wood-infesting insects and other invertebrates from and within trees and wood products
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使用声学破坏和阻止树木和木制品中的木材侵扰昆虫和其他无脊椎动物
- Patent Title: Use of acoustics to disrupt and deter wood-infesting insects and other invertebrates from and within trees and wood products
- Patent Title (中): 使用声学破坏和阻止树木和木制品中的木材侵扰昆虫和其他无脊椎动物
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Application No.: US13992216Application Date: 2011-12-07
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Publication No.: US09480248B2Publication Date: 2016-11-01
- Inventor: Richard W. Hofstetter , Reagan McGuire , David Dunn
- Applicant: Richard W. Hofstetter , Reagan McGuire , David Dunn
- Applicant Address: US AZ Flagstaff
- Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, Acting for and on behalf of Northern Arizona University
- Current Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, Acting for and on behalf of Northern Arizona University
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Flagstaff
- Agency: Fennemore Craig, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2011/063838 WO 20111207
- International Announcement: WO2012/078814 WO 20120614
- Main IPC: A01M29/16
- IPC: A01M29/16 ; A01M1/22
Abstract:
The invention comprises a device and method for impacting the behavior of invertebrates that infest wood, without the use of chemicals. In particular, the invention is useful for impacting the behavior of wood-boring invertebrates, which infest wood products, lumber and the woody portions of plants and trees. The invention utilizes acoustic (sonic) agents which may be optionally modulated with specific signals, to cause negative effects on the normal behaviors exhibited by wood-infesting invertebrates, which may result in the invertebrates being injured or killed, unable to reproduce, or caused to flee the wood that the invertebrates are infesting.
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