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Internal identification apparatus for animals

  • US 5,697,384 A
  • Filed: 01/26/1995
  • Issued: 12/16/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An internal identification apparatus or animals, to be swallowed by a ruminant and stay in a first or second stomach of the ruminant, comprising:

  • a casing made from material that is resistive to gastric juices in the first or second stomach, and having a proper weight and shape to stay in the first or second stomach;

    an antenna for transmitting and receiving data, internally or externally formed on the casing;

    data storage means and a controller incorporated in the casing, the controller transmitting data stored in the data storage means through the antenna in response to electromagnetic waves from outside the ruminant;

    power supply means incorporated in the casing, for driving the controller in response to the electromagnetic waves; and

    dissimilar metals exposed on the surface of the casing, for providing some signals or a voltage to charge the power supply means.

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