US 2019/0314623 A1 · MEDICINE DELIVERY AND ANIMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein include devices for time release of measured quantities of an active ingredient and storage of animal management information. One embodiment disclosed herein releases an active ingredient, and then, at optionally varied intervals, releases additional doses into the same environment. The active ingredients are compartmentalized and, upon receiving an appropriate signal, open to dispense the active ingredient into the animal. Accordingly, in one embodiment, a device includes an engagement member to move a cap to dispense the active ingredient, and in another embodiment, includes a pellet that is attached to the cap to move the cap and dispense the active ingredient.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A delayed ingredient delivery device, comprising:

an enclosure defining an interior region and a delivery opening;
a cap removably inserted into the delivery opening to seal the delivery opening;
a pellet comprising a ferromagnetic material and movably positioned in the interior region;
an engagement member positioned between the pellet and the cap to move and engage the cap when the pellet moves in the interior region;
an electronic control device comprising a power source;
and
a power coil electrically connected with the power source to generate a magnetic field and move the pellet in the interior region.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/379,943Filed 10 Apr 2019

Priority

11 Apr 2018

Published

17 Oct 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

A61M 31/002
Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body: devices for releasing a drug at a continuous and controlled…
A01K 11/007
Automatic identification systems for animals, e.g. electronic devices, transponders for animals: boluses
A01K 11/008
Automatic identification systems for animals, e.g. electronic devices, transponders for animals: incorporating global positioning system [GPS]
A61D 7/00
Devices or methods for introducing solid, liquid or gaseous remedies or other

Medicine delivery and animal management systems

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Medicine delivery and animal management systems

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Abstract

Claims21