TATTOO AND TATTOO APPLICATOR FOR ANIMAL LIFECYCLE MONITORING
First Claim
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1. A method to monitor an animal, the method comprising:
- determining a physiological status of the animal based on a tattoo that includes intelligent ink injected into skin of the animal,recording the physiological status of the animal determined based on the tattoo; and
in response to the physiological status indicating a physiological event or condition, triggering an alert to address the physiological event or condition.
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Abstract
In some examples, a method to monitor an animal may include determining a physiological status of the animal based on a tattoo that includes intelligent ink injected into skin of the animal. The method may also include recording the physiological status of the animal. The method may also include, in response to the physiological status indicating a physiological event or condition, triggering an alert to address the physiological event or condition.
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34 Claims
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1. A method to monitor an animal, the method comprising:
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determining a physiological status of the animal based on a tattoo that includes intelligent ink injected into skin of the animal, recording the physiological status of the animal determined based on the tattoo; and in response to the physiological status indicating a physiological event or condition, triggering an alert to address the physiological event or condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 32, 33, 34)
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12. The method of claim 12, wherein another at least some of the plurality of needles include at least one of a depilatory agent or a depigmentation agent infused in a tip of each of the another at least some of the plurality of needles such that applying the tattoo to the animal further includes injecting at least one of the depilatory agent or the depigmentation agent into the skin at the injection site.
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13. A system to monitor an animal, the system comprising:
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a tattoo reader configured to measure an optical property of an intelligent ink injected into skin of the animal as a tattoo and to generate a current value of the measured optical property; a processor communicatively coupled to the tattoo reader; a computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor; and a health monitor application comprising computer instructions executable by the processor to perform operations comprising; determining a physiological status of the animal based on the current value of the measured optical property of the intelligent ink; recording the physiological status of the animal determined based on the current value of the measured optical property of the intelligent ink; and in response to the physiological status indicating a physiological event or condition, triggering an alert to address the physiological event or condition. - View Dependent Claims (16, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable medium that includes computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which in response to execution by a processor, cause the processor to perform or cause the processor to control performance of operations comprising:
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determining a physiological status of an animal based on a tattoo that includes intelligent ink injected into skin of the animal, recording the physiological status of the animal determined based on the tattoo; and in response to the physiological status indicating a physiological event or condition, triggering an alert to address the physiological event or condition. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31)
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