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US 11,937,579 B2Granted
Monitoring and identifying laboratory animals through UWB and other digital sensory signatures
AssigneeOne Health Group, Inc.
InventorsJohn Michael Couse, Joe Paul Tupin, Jr., Michael Stanfield, Albert Di Rienzo
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Abstract
A method and system for the continuous monitoring of animal physiology in laboratory animal cages through the use of miniaturized sensors located throughout the cage and in various fashions including the ability to identify each rodent's digital sensory signature through data fusion and artificial intelligence.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- an enclosure;
- at least two sensors, one of which is a UWB radar, located relative to the enclosure;
- a processor configured to receive signals from the two sensors;
- a memory configured to store information contained in the signals received by the processor;
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- a feeding/watering station inside the enclosure, wherein the feeding/watering station comprises:
- a water tube;
- a bracket configured to be attached to the enclosure;
- a paddle;
- a pin attaching the paddle to the bracket;
- a spring positioned to urge the paddle to pivot about the pin,
- wherein the paddle is located below the water tube,
- wherein the paddle further comprises a paddle switch activated by force applied to the paddle causing the paddle to pivot, about the pin, against the urging of the spring,
- wherein UWB radar is located in the paddle and is activated based on activation of the paddle switch, and
- wherein the processor is further configured to monitor, using signals from the UWB radar, a heart rate while an animal is activating the paddle switch.
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