Method and device for substantially restricting the freedom of movement of a living being and examining the living being and use thereof for optical imaging
OwnerArne Hengerer, Marcus Pfister +1inventors
InventorsArne Hengerer, Marcus Pfister, Heike Sieber
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Abstract
A method and a device are for stabilizing living beings, in order to examine a living being to be examined by way of an examination instrument during a predeterminable time period in an examination area. To this end, the living being is enclosed by way of at least two gates in the examination area during at least the predeterminable time period Δt needed for the examination. As such, anesthesia can be obviated.
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A method for examining a living being, the method comprising:
- stabilizing the living being in an examination area, using at least two gates, for at least a predeterminable time period, wherein the examination area is operatively coupled to an examination instrument;
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- automatically carrying out the examination of the living being, using the examination instrument, during the predeterminable time period.
A device for stabilizing and examining a living being, comprising:
- an examination area;
- and
- an examination instrument, operatively coupled to the examination instrument, wherein the living being is examined during a predeterminable time period and is enclosable in the examination area during at least the predeterminable time period, and wherein an examination of the living being is carried out automatically by the examination instrument during the predeterminable time period.
The device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the device is used for immobilizing animals during optical in vivo domestic animal imaging.
A system for examining a living being, comprising:
- means for stabilizing the living being in an examination area for at least a predeterminable time period, wherein the examination area is operatively coupled to an examination instrument;
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- means for automatically carrying out the examination of the living being during the predeterminable time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.