SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SEPARATING AND SINGULATING EMBRYOS

• Main Authors: SWANDA, TONY, P, GIVENS, HENRY, M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 08.10.2015
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERTILISING; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; OTHER SEPARATING BY DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL,e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANTING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SEPERATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, ORSIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SORTING; SOWING; SPIRITS; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

Separating and singulating embryos employs a spray module configured to spray a plurality of embryos which are loaded on a porous substrate so as to separate and singulate the plurality of embryos, and a drying module configured to dry the plurality of separated and singulated embryos retained on the porous substrate while the porous substrate is moved across the drying module. A robotic arm operates to transfer the porous substrate from module to module, and a control device controls the operation of the system of separating and singulating embryos. L'invention concerne la séparation et l'individualisation d'embryons en employant un module de pulvérisation configuré pour pulvériser une pluralité d'embryons qui sont chargés sur un substrat poreux de manière à séparer et à individualiser la pluralité d'embryons, et un module de séchage configuré pour sécher la pluralité d'embryons séparés et individualisés retenus sur le substrat poreux pendant que le substrat poreux est déplacé à travers le module de séchage. Un bras robotisé agit de manière à transférer le substrat poreux d'un module à l'autre et un dispositif de commande commande le fonctionnement du système de séparation et d'individualisation des embryons.