Mastitis sensor
AssigneeKoru Innovations Limited
InventorsPaul Trevor JOHNSTONE, Michael Bryan WILLIAMS
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Abstract
In one aspect the invention provides a portable hand held mastitis sensor with a testing chamber defining a receiving port, and a liquid reagent reservoir where a reagent delivery assembly is provided to deliver liquid reagent to the testing chamber. Also provides are a shuttle and a shuttle contact transducer engaged with the testing chamber opposite to the receiving port, as well as a shuttle position reset assembly, and an output indication assembly. Testing procedures are completed with the mastitis sensor by measuring the fall time of the shuttle through a testing chamber containing a mixture of milk and liquid reagent.
Claims19
A mastitis sensor which incudes
- a testing chamber defining a receiving port,
- a reagent reservoir, and
- a manual reagent delivery assembly configured to deliver a controlled volume of liquid reagent to the testing chamber from the reagent reservoir,
- a shuttle located within the testing chamber,
- a shuttle contact transducer engaged with the testing chamber opposite to the receiving port,
- a shuttle position reset assembly, and
- an output indication assembly.
A mastitis sensor which incudes
- a testing chamber defining a receiving port,
- a reagent reservoir containing a liquid reagent incorporating an anionic surfactant with a percentage concentration by weight of 10-50%, and
- a reagent delivery assembly configured to deliver a controlled volume of liquid reagent to the testing chamber from the reagent reservoir,
- a shuttle located within the testing chamber,
- a shuttle contact transducer engaged with the testing chamber opposite to the receiving port,
- a shuttle position reset assembly, and
- an output indication assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.