A61D 17/008
Devices for indicating trouble during labour of animals: for detecting birth of
Official title: {for detecting birth of animals, e.g. parturition alarm}
A61D17/008 (Devices for indicating trouble during labour of animals: for detecting birth of) appears on 39 US grants and 49 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61D- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 49
- Assignees
- 38
- Inventors
- 115
- Latest grant
- 3 Jun 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ruminant animal monitoring system3 Jun 2025US 12,317,866 B2Lely Patent N. V.
- Livestock stillbirthing alerting system4 Feb 2025US 12,213,453 B2SwineTech, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for providing indication of the oncoming parturition in livestock14 Mar 2023US 11,602,423 B2Moocall Ltd
- Physiological condition determination system9 Nov 2021US 11,166,799 B2Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
- Smart cattle reproduction management and digital farm to market transparency metrics24 Aug 2021US 11,096,375 B2High Tech Ranch Solutions, LLC
- Livestock stillbirthing alerting system30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114429 A1SwineTech, Inc.
- Parturition surveillance and alerting system6 Feb 2025US 2025/0041037 A1DeLaval Holding AB
- System for tracking, coordination, and control of livestock birthing operations16 Jan 2025US 2025/0017715 A1SwineTech, Inc.
- System for monitoring a calving mammal21 Mar 2024US 2024/0090990 A1Lely Patent N. V.
- Apparatus for monitoring the biological condition of pregnant breeding cattle14 Mar 2024US 2024/0081293 A1Dicsvision Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for monitoring the condition of livestock33US 8,979,757 B2ITI Scotland Limited · 2015
- Monitoring device intended especially for parturition and its application30US 4,949,730 A1990
- Method and apparatus for indicating the onset of parturition18US 4,232,686 A1980
- Method and apparatus for delivery alarm for livestock animals17US 4,028,687 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1977
- Foaling alarm14US 4,055,839 ALocust Farms, Inc. · 1977