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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2018
Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Joelle F. Olson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Stephen A. Kells, St. Paul, MN (US);
Leonard M. Ver Vers, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Roger D. Moon, St. Paul, MN (US);
Yvonne M. Killeen, South St. Paul, MN (US);
Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides for a composition and method for attracting bed bugs to a trap or to a location where an insecticide or pesticide is present, or to a trap or a location where a bed bug infestation can be detected. The present disclosure provides for a composition for attracting bed bugs that includes one or more of methyl diethanolamine (MDEA), monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA), triethanolamine (TEA), and dimethyl trisulfide (DMTS); a carrier; and optionally one or more amides selected from oleamide, octanamide, nonanamide, and laurylamide; urea, biuret, or triuret; and one or more aliphatic fatty acids. The present disclosure further provides for a method for treating an article by applying the composition to the article, where the article comprises a device for trapping or detecting bed bugs or a device for treating a bed bug infestation.