ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,829, issued on April 7, was assigned to Lee County Mosquito Control District (Lehigh Acres, Fla.).
"Arthropod blood warming apparatus, system and method" was invented by Travis J. Edwards (Lehigh Acres, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arthropod blood warming apparatus, system and method includes a control unit, at least one thermal cell, at least one container for holding human or animal blood, and a thin layer of film capable of being punctured by the proboscis of an arthropod over each container. Arthropods such as mosquitoes are attracted to the warm blood and thereby encouraged to consume such blood that is necessary for e...