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US 12,376,598 B2Granted
Brain and spinal cord removal device and related methods
AssigneeR Kooima Consulting, LLC
InventorsRoger D. Kooima, Cody Altena
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Abstract
A spinal cord removal device including a suction tool including a tube, a high-pressure water hose connected to a water source, and a jetter nozzle attached to one end of the high-pressure water hose. The device is inserted into a cranial cavity or spinal cavity of an animal. When water is supplied to the device, water can break up the brain material or spinal material, flushing and cleaning the spinal cavity and cranial cavity.
Claims17
A method for removing a spinal cord from a deceased animal, the method comprising:
- perforating a skull of the deceased animal by creating a perforation in the skull, the perforation leading into a cranial cavity of the deceased animal;
- removing a brain from the cranial cavity of the deceased animal through the perforation in the skull;
- inserting a tube comprising a nozzle through the perforation in the skull and into a spinal cavity of the deceased animal, wherein the tube is connected to a water source, and wherein the nozzle is configured to direct water rearwardly;
- creating at least a backflow of water toward the cranial cavity via the tube;
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- removing, using the tube, a spinal cord from the spinal cavity of the deceased animal.
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A spinal cord removal device, comprising:
- a suction tool including a tube;
- a plug, comprising:
- (i) a receiver for the tube;
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- (ii) a receiver for the suction tool;
- a high-pressure water hose connected to a water source configured to direct a high pressure flow of water from an activated water source into a spinal cavity of a deceased animal and configured to break up a brain and spinal material of the deceased animal and flush and clean the spinal cavity, thereby creating a backflow of water toward a cranial cavity of the deceased animal;
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- a jetter nozzle attached to one end of the high-pressure water hose configured to direct water rearwardly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.