Composition for detection and treatment of bed bugs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10918099-B2
Application number	US-201816142471-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2018
Priority date	Jun 19, 2014
Publication date	Feb 16, 2021
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure provides for a composition and method for attracting bed bugs to a trap or to a location where an insecticide or pesticide is present, or to a trap or a location where a bed bug infestation can be detected. The present disclosure provides for a composition for attracting bed bugs that includes one or more of methyl diethanolamine (MDEA), monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA), triethanolamine (TEA), and dimethyl trisulfide (DMTS); a carrier; and optionally one or more amides selected from oleamide, octanamide, nonanamide, and laurylamide; urea, biuret, or triuret; and one or more aliphatic fatty acids. The present disclosure further provides for a method for treating an article by applying the composition to the article, where the article comprises a device for trapping or detecting bed bugs or a device for treating a bed bug infestation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An insect trap comprising:
(a) a vertical two-dimensional surface comprising:
at least a first edge,
a first area having a continuous and irregular shape, and
a second area substantially surrounding but not overlapping with the first area,
wherein the first area comprises a plurality of sections and each section comprises at least one irregularly-shaped section having at least one straight edge and at least one sharp corner and a greatest width,
wherein the sections are interconnected through a plurality of bridges, wherein each of the plurality of bridges has a bridge width substantially narrower than the greatest width of each of the at least one irregularly-shaped section, and wherein the first area has a rough surface texture;

(b) at least one adhesive area defining a plane perpendicular to the two-dimensional surface, the at least one adhesive area being positioned beneath the first area of the two-dimensional surface
(c) a composition comprising an amine selected from the group consisting of methyl diethanolamine, monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, trimethylamine, isopropylamine, trimethanolamine, bicine, histamine, and mixtures thereof.

2. The trap of claim 1 , wherein the insect is a bed bug.

3. The trap of claim 1 , further comprising a housing enclosing the two-dimensional surface, the housing having one or more openings, wherein the openings are adjacent to the first area.

4. The trap of claim 1 , further comprising an insecticide.

5. The trap of claim 1 , wherein the composition is a gel, foam, aerosol, thin liquid, thickened liquid, paste, powder, solid, pellet, granule, microcapsule, lotion, or cream.

6. The trap of claim 1 , the composition further comprising a sulfur-containing material selected from the group consisting of dimethyl trisulfide, dimethyl disulfide, diethyl trisulfide, methylmethanethiosulfonate, and mixtures thereof.

7. The trap of claim 6 , the composition comprising about 0.5 to 300 ppm amine and about 0.4 to 400 ppm of the sulfur-containing material.

8. The trap of claim 1 , the composition further comprising an additional material selected from the group consisting of oleamide, octanamidenonanamide, laurylamide, urea, biuret, triuret, a C6-C20 aliphatic fatty acid, an ester of an aliphatic fatty acid, a dicarboxylic acid, an aromatic carboxylic acid, and mixtures thereof.

9. The trap of claim 1 , the composition further comprising an additional component selected from the group consisting of a carrier, surfactant, emulsifier, drying agent, film forming agent, and combinations thereof.

Assignees

• Ecolab Usa Inc
• Univ Minnesota

Inventors

• Olson Joelle F
• Kells Stephen A
• Ver Vers Leonard M
• Moon Roger D
• Killeen Yvonne M

Classifications

• A01M1/2011

  for crawling insects · CPC title

• A01M1/026

  combined with devices for monitoring insect presence, e.g. termites (bait stations A01M1/2005; detecting other animals in a given area A01M31/002) · CPC title

• A01M1/14 Primary

  Catching by adhesive surfaces · CPC title

• A01M1/023

  Attracting insects by the simulation of a living being, i.e. emission of carbon dioxide, heat, sound waves or vibrations · CPC title

• Y02A50/30

  Against vector-borne diseases, e.g. mosquito-borne, fly-borne, tick-borne or waterborne diseases whose impact is exacerbated by climate change · CPC title