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US 11,381,263 B2Granted
Methods for attaching transmitters to animals
AssigneeBattelle Memorial Institute
InventorsZ. Daniel Deng, Jun Lu, Huidong Li, Chuan Tian, Mitchell J. Myjak, Brian J. Bellgraph, Sam Cartmell, Jie Xiao
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Abstract
Methods for attaching a radio frequency (RF) transmitter to an animal are provided. The methods can include providing an RF transmitter and providing an injection device having a needle of gauge of 9 or smaller; providing the RF transmitter into the injection device; and providing the RF transmitter through the 9 gauge or smaller needle and into the animal.
Claims4
A method for attaching a transmitter to a fish, the method comprising:
- providing a transmitter having a cylindrical body housing a signal generator component, a cylindrical battery within the body and operatively coupled to the signal generator component, and an antenna extending from the cylindrical body, the battery is associated with a nose of the body and the antenna extending from a tail of the body;
- providing an injection device having a needle gauge of 9 or smaller;
- providing the transmitter into the injection device;
- and
- providing the transmitter through the 9 gauge or smaller needle and into the fish, wherein the body is provided nose first into the fish.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.