Bolus, method and system for monitoring health condition of ruminant animals
First Claim
1. A bolus for introducing into a ruminant animal'"'"'s reticulum, comprising:
- at least one pressure sensor configured and operable for receiving an overall pressure signal emanated by two or more signal sources in its surroundings and outputting a data stream indicative thereof;
a processing utility for receiving and processing the data stream indicative of the overall pressure signal to isolate therefrom signal components from two or more defined sources and outputting one or more values indicative of a health condition of the animal; and
a communication utility for receiving said one or more values and transmitting a signal corresponding thereto.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a bolus for introducing into a ruminant animal'"'"'s reticulum, comprising at least one pressure sensor (e.g. acoustic sensor and pressure transducer) configured and operable for receiving an overall pressure signal emanated by two or more signal sources in its surroundings and outputting a data stream indicative thereof; a processing utility for receiving and processing the data stream indicative of the overall pressure signal to isolate therefrom signal components from two or more defined sources and outputting one or more values indicative of a health condition of the animal; and a communication utility for receiving said one or more values and transmitting a signal corresponding thereto. The invention also provides a method for monitoring health condition of a ruminant animal and a system therefore, making use of the bolus of the invention.
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30 Claims
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1. A bolus for introducing into a ruminant animal'"'"'s reticulum, comprising:
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at least one pressure sensor configured and operable for receiving an overall pressure signal emanated by two or more signal sources in its surroundings and outputting a data stream indicative thereof;
a processing utility for receiving and processing the data stream indicative of the overall pressure signal to isolate therefrom signal components from two or more defined sources and outputting one or more values indicative of a health condition of the animal; and
a communication utility for receiving said one or more values and transmitting a signal corresponding thereto. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29)
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2. A bolus for introducing into a ruminant animal'"'"'s reticulum, comprising:
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at least one pressure sensor configured and operable for receiving an overall pressure signal emanated by two or more signal sources in its surroundings and outputting a data stream indicative thereof;
a processing utility for receiving and processing the data stream by employing a physical model and algorithm adapted to process said data stream so as to isolate therefrom signal components from two or more defined sources and outputting one or more values indicative of a health condition of the animal, the processing utility being a constructional part of said bolus; and
a communication utility for receiving said one or more values and transmitting a signal corresponding thereto. - View Dependent Claims (12, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22)
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14. A method for monitoring health condition of a ruminant animal, the method comprising:
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introducing into the animal'"'"'s reticulum a bolus comprising;
at least one pressure sensor configured and operable for receiving an overall pressure signal emanated by two or more signal sources in its surroundings and outputting a data stream indicative thereof;
a processing utility for receiving and processing the data stream by employing a physical model and algorithm adapted to process said data stream so as to isolate therefrom signal components from two or more defined sources and outputting one or more values indicative of a health condition of the animal, the processing utility being a constructional part of said bolus; and
a communication utility for receiving said one or more values and transmitting a signal corresponding thereto;
operating the bolus to receive and process the overall pressure signal to thereby enable determination of the health condition of the ruminant animal. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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25. A system for monitoring health condition of a ruminant animal, the system comprising:
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one or more boluses comprising;
at least one pressure sensor configured and operable for receiving an overall pressure signal emanated by two or more signal sources in its surroundings and outputting a data stream indicative thereof;
a processing utility for receiving and processing the data stream by employing a physical model and algorithm adapted to process said data stream so as to isolate therefrom signal components from two or more defined sources and outputting one or more values indicative of a health condition of the animal, the processing utility being a constructional part of said bolus; and
a communication utility for receiving said one or more values and transmitting a signal corresponding thereto each for introducing to the reticulum of a ruminant animal;
a control system connectable to said one or more boluses for receiving said values and generating data indicative thereof to thereby enable monitoring of the health condition of said one or more animals and enable operation of said one or more boluses. - View Dependent Claims (28, 30)
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