System and method for automatically detecting the presence of cages in the shelf of a facility
First Claim
1. A system for inventory, position tracking, and management of information relating to animal housing cages for housing laboratory animals, comprising:
- an animal housing cage for housing a laboratory animal, the animal housing cage having a cover and a filtering element inserted in the cover and closed by a filter cover, wherein a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is disposed between the filtering element and the filter cover of the animal housing cage;
a shelf defining a plurality of cage seats for receiving the animal housing cage, each of the plurality of cage seats comprising an RFID reader positioned on the shelf below each of the plurality of cage seats to be located proximate the cover of the animal housing cage when the animal housing cage is positioned in any one of the plurality of cage seats;
a data collection and management computing device for managing data collected by the RFID reader of each of the plurality of cage seats, wherein the data collection and management computing device is configured to automatically detect information associated with the RFID tag of the animal housing cage when the animal housing cage is inserted in any one of the plurality of cage seats of the shelf.
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Abstract
A system for automatically detecting the presence of a cage or tray for containing laboratory animals in a specific position of a facility shelf and a method for managing the data relating to the cage, implemented by the system, particularly advantageous for the laboratory technician. In particular, the system is composed of a shelf comprising a plurality of devices designed to detect the position in the facility and the ID of a cage, a central control unit designed to process, through software, the information received in order to offer the operator the possibility of tracking and managing, by means of a database, the whole facility. Numerous other functions of the system are included, such as the function designed to detect and notify, visually or through the software, the correct positioning of a cage in the shelf.
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1. A system for inventory, position tracking, and management of information relating to animal housing cages for housing laboratory animals, comprising:
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an animal housing cage for housing a laboratory animal, the animal housing cage having a cover and a filtering element inserted in the cover and closed by a filter cover, wherein a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is disposed between the filtering element and the filter cover of the animal housing cage; a shelf defining a plurality of cage seats for receiving the animal housing cage, each of the plurality of cage seats comprising an RFID reader positioned on the shelf below each of the plurality of cage seats to be located proximate the cover of the animal housing cage when the animal housing cage is positioned in any one of the plurality of cage seats; a data collection and management computing device for managing data collected by the RFID reader of each of the plurality of cage seats, wherein the data collection and management computing device is configured to automatically detect information associated with the RFID tag of the animal housing cage when the animal housing cage is inserted in any one of the plurality of cage seats of the shelf. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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