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Detection device, recovery method therefor and monitoring system

  • US 10,349,627 B2
  • Filed: 06/17/2010
  • Issued: 07/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A detection device configured to detect internal state of a rumen of a ruminant, comprisinga housing formed of a material having resistance to liquid component of contents in said rumen and having physical strength to withstand movement and inner pressure of said rumen, configured to enable oral administration to said ruminant and engageable with a recovery instrument orally inserted to the inside of said rumen;

  • said housing having an opening on a side surface of said housing introducing said liquid component to a first chamber inside said housing, and said housing having a magnetic body provided at a first end of said housing and exposed to an outside, and said housing including a coupling portion formed of said magnetic body and formed to be detachable from a housing body;

    said detection device further comprising;

    a separating portion configured to section the inside of said housing to said first chamber and a second chamber not permitting entrance of said liquid component;

    a measuring unit placed in said first chamber of said housing and configured to measure a parameter related to said liquid component, said measuring unit including a pH sensor and said parameter including a pH value of said liquid component;

    a storage unit placed in said second chamber of said housing configured to store information related to operational conditions of said detection device;

    a control unit placed in said second chamber of said housing and configured to generate data related to said parameter from result of measurement by said measuring unit, based on said information stored in said storage unit;

    a communication unit placed in said second chamber of said housing and configured to transmit through wireless communication said data related to said parameter generated by a process by said control unit; and

    a battery configured to supply electric power at least to said control unit and said communication unit.

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