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US 8,137,335 B2Granted
Treatment and control device
OwnerGraham Francois Duirsinventor
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Abstract
A treatment or controlling device that is capable of being inserted into a teat orifice. The device is also capable of being held in position in the teat streak canal once it is inserted in a teat orifice. The device is configured to act as a substrate for natural keratin deposition.
Claims11
A method of reducing the chances of infection in an animal's udder following cessation of regular milking or during involution comprising:
- inserting a device into an orifice of a teat of the udder and into a teat streak canal following cessation of regular milking or during involution,
- drying off the animal after the inserting;
- and
- retaining the device within the teat streak canal after a build up in milk pressure that occurs immediately after the drying off without the device being ejected;
- wherein the device is held in position within the teat streak canal without any part of the device extending outwards beyond an epithelium of the teat orifice, such that the device provides a barrier to passage of infectious agents and particulate matter into the udder.
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A method of reducing the chances of infection in an animal's udder following cessation of regular milking or during involution comprising:
- inserting a device into an orifice of a teat of the udder and into a teat streak canal following cessation of regular milking or during involution, wherein the device is held in position within the teat streak canal without any part of the device extending outwards beyond an epithelium of the teat orifice, such that the device provides a barrier to passage of infectious agents and particulate matter into the udder;
- and
- dislodging the device from the teat streak canal by milk pressure generated as a consequence of lactogenesis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.