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OwnerL. Thomas Kelly, Esther V. M. Hamel +1inventors
InventorsL. Thomas Kelly, Esther V. M. Hamel, Robert P. Bielka
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An animal insert with analog display is provided for use with an anchor inserted behind the animal's ear into a region commonly known as the Kelly triangle. The region is bounded cranially by the posterior border of the conchal cartilage and caudally by the anterior border of the cleido-occipitalis muscle. The anchor comprises an anchor flange positioned against the animal's skin, a sleeve extending into the animal and having internal threads engaging corresponding external threads on the insert, and a healing material and a plurality of barbs for retaining the anchor in the animal. The insert comprises an insert flange positioned adjacent the anchor flange, a tube extending into the animal through the sleeve of the anchor, and one or more capsules or pellets of a dissolving medicant-containing material or a liquefying diagnostic material disposed within a lower end of the tube. A piston within the tube is forced by a piston spring toward the lower end of the tube as the one or more pellets liquefy or dissolve, unreeling a string from a pulley attached to a longitudinal shaft connected to a radial indicator arm visibly located outside of the flange, causing the indicator arm to gather up a reflective sheet from the flange to expose the brightly colored surface thereof, thereby producing a proportionate analog display of the extent of progressive liquefaction or dissolution of the one or more pellets.
A diagnostic or medicant dispensing assembly for animals, comprising:
An anchor to retain and position an insert having an insert flange and a tube extending into an animal, said anchor comprising:
In combination with an insert having an insert flange and a tube extending into an animal, an anchor for positioning and retaining the insert in the animal, said anchor comprising:
An insert for use with a retainer extending through the skin into the subcutaneous fascia of the animal, said insert comprising:
In combination with a retainer inserted into an animal, said retainer having a substantially flat anchor flange, a sleeve, means for retaining the retainer in the animal, and connection means for removably attaching an insert to said retainer, an insert with analog display comprising:
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