US 2021/0275082 A1Published application

Device for testing sniffing of a pet and methods using the device

AssigneesSpecialites Pet Food, Texas Tech University System

InventorsNathaniel HALL, Franck PERON, Stéphanie CAMBOU

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Abstract

The invention concerns a device (1) for testing sniffing of a pet, comprising a fixed casing (10) intended to be placed on the surface separately from the pet, a receptacle (2), which is rigidly attached in the first front opening (102) of the casing, an air flow sensor (3), an odor line (4), a calculator unit (6) for determination of a air flow derived databased on the air flow measured, a presence sensor (5) detecting the presence of the pet. The unit (6) is configured to command sending of the odorant stream (41) in the odor line (4) as a reaction to at least the fact that the presence sensor (5) has detected the presence of the pet.

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Dependent claims

A device for testing sniffing of a pet, the device comprising:

a receptacle having a front opening for receiving air flow produced by the pet,
a presence sensor configured to detect the presence of the pet in the receptacle,
an air flow sensor configured to measure an air flow in an air exit port of the receptacle,
an odor line able to introduce a selected odorant air stream into the receptacle,
a command unit configured to command sending of the selected odorant air stream in the odor line into the receptacle once the presence sensor has detected the presence of the pet in the receptacle,
a calculator unit configured to determine a sniffing response of the pet to the selected odorant air stream based on the air flow measured by the air flow sensor, and
a casing containing the air flow sensor, the odor line, the command unit, the calculator unit and at least a portion of the receptacle.

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A method for testing sniffing of a pet using a device, the device comprising a receptacle having a front opening for receiving air flow produced by the pet, a presence sensor, an air flow sensor, an odor line, a command unit and a calculator unit, the method comprising:

detecting the presence of a pet in the receptacle using the presence sensor,
measuring an air flow in an air exit port of the receptacle using the air flow sensor,
commanding, by the command unit, the sending of a selected odorant air stream in the odor line towards the receptacle once the presence of the pet in the receptacle has been detected by the presence sensor, and
determining, by the calculator unit, a sniffing response of the pet to the selected odorant air stream based on the air flow measured by the air flow sensor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/256,487Filed 28 Jun 2019
Priority: EP 18305837.929 Jun 2018
Published: 9 Sep 2021
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Classification9 codes

A61B 5/4011
For evaluating the sensory system: evaluating olfaction, i.e. sense of smell
G01N 33/02
Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/00 - G01N31/00: food
A23K 50/40
Feeding-stuffs specially adapted for particular animals: for carnivorous animals, e.g. cats or dogs
A61B 5/0873
Measuring breath flow: using optical means

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