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US 8,985,057 B2Granted
System for development of therapeutic drugs and procedures
OwnerDonald J. Woodwardinventor
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Abstract
A device and method for delivering drugs or sending or receiving information to or from a lab test animal over a long period of time without having the cords attached to the animal tangle as it moves around in its enclosure.
Claims28
An animal test system for use with a moving tethered test animal comprising:
- a. an animal chamber having a bottom surface for containing the test animal;
- b. a rotating platform positioned above the animal chamber bottom;
- c. a motor for rotating the platform clockwise and counterclockwise;
- d. at least one connector for a tethered connection to the animal for delivering or receiving at least one of optical, electrical, or fluid connection to the animal wherein an opposite end of the connector is positioned on the platform;
- e. one or more movement sensors positioned to sense the movement of the animal in the chamber wherein the one or more sensors are used to send movement data to a digital feedback system which controls the motor to rotate the platform clockwise or counterclockwise based on the animal movement sensed in a manner to prevent unwanted twisting of the animal tethered connection;
- f. a digital data system in digital communication with the connection to the animal;
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- g. a connector support which takes at least a portion of the weight off the animal by holding the tethered connection in a fixed S shaped configuration.
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A method for testing the effect of a drug in an animal positioned in an animal chamber comprising:
- a. positioning a motorized rotating platform above a floor of the chamber;
- b. placing a desired quantity of the drug in liquid form in a drug delivery container, positioning the container on the platform and creating a tethered connection of the drug container to the animal the tethered connection supported in a fixed S-shaped configuration;
- c. positioning one or more movement sensors to sense the movement of the animal in the chamber which can control a motor to rotate the platform clockwise or counterclockwise based on the animal movement sensed in a manner to prevent unwanted twisting of the animal connection to the drug container;
- d. delivering the drug to the animal;
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- e. monitoring the results of the administered drug while rotating the platform to account for the animal movement.
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A method for testing the effect of a procedure on an animal positioned in an animal chamber comprising:
- a. positioning a motorized rotating platform above a floor of the chamber;
- b. creating a tethered animal connection to the animal to monitor the animal the tether comprising a connector support which takes at least a portion of the weight off the animal by holding the tethered connection in a fixed S-shaped configuration;
- c. positioning one or more movement sensors to sense the movement of the animal in the chamber which can control a motor to rotate the platform clockwise or counterclockwise based on the animal movement sensed in a manner to prevent unwanted twisting of the animal connection;
- d. performing the procedure on the animal;
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- e. monitoring the results of the procedure while rotating the platform to account for the animal movement.
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An animal test system for use with a moving tethered test animal comprising:
- a. an animal chamber having a bottom surface for containing the test animal;
- b. a rotating platform positioned above the animal chamber bottom having an entire computer positioned on the platform in digital communication with the animal;
- c. a motor for rotating the platform clockwise and counterclockwise connected to a power source which transfers power to the computer and the rest of the system using a multiple contact commutator;
- d. at least one connector for a tethered connection to the animal for delivering or receiving at least one of optical, electrical, or fluid connection to the animal wherein an opposite end of the connector is positioned on the platform;
- e. one or more movement sensors positioned to sense movement of the animal in the chamber wherein the one or more sensors are used to send movement data to a digital feedback system to the computer which controls the motor to rotate the platform clockwise or counterclockwise based on the animal movement sensed in a manner to prevent unwanted twisting of the animal tethered connection;
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- f. a connector support which takes at least a portion of the weight of the at least one connector off the animal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.