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OwnerLance T. Parker, JR., Theresa W. Fossum +2inventors
InventorsLance T. Parker, JR., Theresa W. Fossum, Douglas Smith, Reed Killion
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Various embodiments of the present invention concern improving the dosing accuracy and efficacy of systems that calculate medicine doses for injection in animals and prepare the correct dose in an automated syringe subsystem. In an embodiment, the improvement is gained by simultaneously protecting the medicine from ambient outdoor temperatures that thermally degrade its efficacy while precisely monitoring the amount of medicine remaining inside the source vial to prevent inadvertent under-dosing due to undetected source depletion. This dual-sleeve system (one for temperature, one for data storage concerning the source vial contents) forms an intelligent adjunct to current and future automated injection technology used to maintain healthy livestock.
An improved controlled injection system, comprising a host computer, a syringe, a pump, and a reservoir vial, wherein said host computer communicates with said syringe and said pump to control filling of said syringe, said vial, syringe and said pump being in fluid communication, wherein said improvement comprises a memory sleeve, said memory sleeve being fixedly attached to said vial, said memory sleeve having a memory storage device in communication with said host computer.
A device for enhancing the accurate dispensing of injected medications in livestock, comprising:
A memory sleeve for attachment to a medical vial, said memory sleeve adapted to be attached to a vial, said memory sleeve comprising a number of components, including a non-volatile memory storage device, a communications means to signal a remote device and communicate data stored in said memory storage to a remote device, and a circuit to detect the status of the sleeve as detached or attached to a vial.
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