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US 12,733,619 B2Granted
Determination of haptoglobin quantity in milk
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorsJohn M Christensen, Claus Dallerup Rasmussen, Camilla Dooleweerdt Rasmussen, Jonas Trier Hald
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Abstract
A milking arrangement includes a milking machine for milking an animal, where the milking arrangement includes an analysing unit configured to determining a value of haptoglobin quantity in a milk sample taken from milk harvest by the milking machine. The analysing unit including a haptoglobin sensor device configured to provide a value of haptoglobin quantity in the milk sample.
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A milking arrangement comprising:
- a milking machine (14) for milking an animal;
- and
- an analysing unit (10) configured to determine a value of haptoglobin quantity in a milk sample taken from milk harvest by the milking machine (14), said analysing unit (10) comprising:
- a haptoglobin sensor device (12) configured to provide a value of haptoglobin quantity (15) in said milk sample, and
- a processor (13),
- wherein said processor (13) is configured, on the basis of a reaction time being a time during which said milk sample has been in contact with the haptoglobin sensor device, to:
- determine, when the reaction time exceeds a threshold time (16), if the provided value of haptoglobin quantity is above a haptoglobin threshold (17), and
- in a confirmative case, assign the provided value of haptoglobin quantity to be a determined value of haptoglobin quantity, and
- in a non-confirmative case, increase the reaction time to a total reaction time, and at a point in time where the reaction time exceeds the total reaction time, provide a further value of the haptoglobin quantity in the milk sample and assign the provided further value of haptoglobin quantity to be the determined value of haptoglobin quantity.
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A milking arrangement comprising:
- a milking machine (14) for milking an animal;
- and
- an analysing unit (10) configured to determining a value of haptoglobin quantity in a milk sample taken from milk harvest by the milking machine (14) and having been diluted by a diluent, said analysing unit (10) comprising:
- a haptoglobin sensor device (12) configured to provide a value of haptoglobin quantity (15) in said milk sample, and
- a processor (13),
- wherein said processor (13) is configured to assign the provided value of haptoglobin quantity to be a determined value of haptoglobin quantity when a reaction time, being a time during which said milk sample has been in contact with the haptoglobin sensor device, exceeds a total reaction time, and wherein the total reaction time is determined on the basis of an amount of the diluent added to said milk sample.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.