Animal monitoring system
First Claim
1. An animal monitoring system, comprising:
- a) an inert bolus body adapted to allow oral administration to a ruminant animal;
b) an animal monitoring device having a location inside said inert bolus body, including;
i) at least one sensor which generates a signal which varies in relation to change in a sensed animal characteristic;
ii) a sensor signal encoder which encodes said signal generated by said at least one sensor as encoded sensed animal characteristic information;
iii) a radio frequency signal generator which includes an oscillator which generates a first radio frequency signal capable of carrying said encoded sensed animal characteristic information to a location outside of said ruminant animal;
iv) an antenna which transmits said radio frequency signal and receives a second radio frequency signal; and
v) a battery which supplies power to said animal monitoring device;
c) a first magnet having a location inside said inert bolus body, wherein said first magnet has a pair of opposed faces defining a north pole and a south pole, said south pole disposed in inward facing relation to said animal monitoring device, said north pole disposed in outward facing relation to said animal monitoring device.
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Abstract
An animal monitoring device configured as a bolus for oral administration to reside in an animal'"'"'s stomach. The bolus has a substantially inert solid body with a hollow inside space to receive the animal monitoring device. The animal monitoring device includes a radio frequency generator, an animal identification information encoder for outputting the animal identification information of the particular animal. The animal monitoring device can further include sensors to detect physiological and non-physiological animal characteristics such as temperature and a sensed animal characteristic encoder for outputting sensed animal characteristic information. The animal monitoring device intermittently transmits encoded animal identification information and sensed animal characteristic information to a receiver which transmits the encoded information as packets to a specialized computer which allows a computer user access to decoded animal identification information and sensed animal characteristic information as numeric values.
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14 Claims
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1. An animal monitoring system, comprising:
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a) an inert bolus body adapted to allow oral administration to a ruminant animal; b) an animal monitoring device having a location inside said inert bolus body, including; i) at least one sensor which generates a signal which varies in relation to change in a sensed animal characteristic; ii) a sensor signal encoder which encodes said signal generated by said at least one sensor as encoded sensed animal characteristic information; iii) a radio frequency signal generator which includes an oscillator which generates a first radio frequency signal capable of carrying said encoded sensed animal characteristic information to a location outside of said ruminant animal; iv) an antenna which transmits said radio frequency signal and receives a second radio frequency signal; and v) a battery which supplies power to said animal monitoring device; c) a first magnet having a location inside said inert bolus body, wherein said first magnet has a pair of opposed faces defining a north pole and a south pole, said south pole disposed in inward facing relation to said animal monitoring device, said north pole disposed in outward facing relation to said animal monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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