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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Ronald P. Haff, Davis, CA (US);
Eric S. Jackson, Lafayette, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ronald P. Haff, Davis, CA (US);
Eric S. Jackson, Lafayette, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for sterile insect technique comprising a plurality of x-ray sources surrounding a container containing insects targeted for reproductive sterilization, wherein the container is at an optimized distance from the x-ray sources, moves at a fixed rate along a direction perpendicular to a plane intersecting the x-ray sources, and rotates about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axes of said x-ray sources.