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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Richard W. Hofstetter, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Reagan Mcguire, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
David Dunn, Sante Fe, NM (US);
Richard W. Hofstetter, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Reagan McGuire, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
David Dunn, Sante Fe, NM (US);
Arizona Board of Regents, Acting for and on behalf of Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
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.