US 11,814,646 B2
Drosophila stock maintenance
William T. Sullivan, Scotts Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/585,338.
Application 17/585,338 is a division of application No. 16/159,596, filed on Oct. 12, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/577,457, filed on Oct. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0145245 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 67/033 (2006.01); C12N 5/07 (2010.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 5/0601 (2013.01) [A01K 67/033 (2013.01); C12M 23/06 (2013.01); C12M 23/22 (2013.01); C12M 23/34 (2013.01); C12M 23/44 (2013.01); C12M 23/46 (2013.01); C12M 25/10 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insect culture maintenance kit comprising:
four open-ended cylindrical tubes comprising a first open-ended cylindrical tube, a second open-ended cylindrical tube, a third open-ended cylindrical tube, and a fourth open-ended cylindrical tube; and
three dual-capped connectors comprising a first dual-capped connector, a second dual-capped connector, and a third dual-capped connector;
wherein each of the three dual-capped connectors comprises a first cap, a second cap, and a channel connecting an inside of the first cap and an inside of the second cap to form a single connected space;
wherein the four open-ended cylindrical tubes and the three dual-capped connectors are sized such each cap of each of the three dual-capped connectors fits on each end of each of the four open-ended cylindrical tubes, allowing the four open-ended cylindrical tubes to be connected in sequence using the three dual-capped connectors.