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US 7,111,587 B2Granted
Immobilization device
OwnerAbel Jacobus Rautenbachinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a device for use in partially or fully immobilizing animals such as cattle, sheep and the like. The device includes a probe for insertion in the anal canal of the animal the probe comprising a pair of spaced electrodes connected by way of electrical conductors to a power source. The power source providing a pulsed electrical current having a voltage of between 2 and 10 Volts and a frequency of between 20 and 50 Hz to the electrodes.
Claims14
A method of immobilising an ungulate comprising the steps of:
- inserting a probe having a pair of electrodes into the anal canal of an ungulate;
- and
- providing an electrical current from the probe to the ungulate, the current being between 250 and 400 mA, having a frequency of between about 20 and 50 Hz, and a potential of between about 1 and 11 volts.
The method of immobilizing an ungulate comprising the steps of:
- inserting a probe having electrodes into the anal canal of an ungulate;
- and while said probe is inserted in the anal canal, providing an electrical current to the ungulate, the current being between about 250 and 400 mA, and having a frequency of between about 20 and 50 Hz.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.