Ingestible animal temperature sensor
First Claim
1. An ingestible bolus for ingestion in a stomach of a ruminant animal, comprising:
- a housing including two housing halves, each of said halves comprised of a biologically inert material, each of said housing halves consisting essentially of plastic;
a plurality of electrical components disposed within said housing, said electrical components including a power source, an air-borne signal transmitter for transmitting a data burst, and an antenna connected with said transmitter, said antenna disposed entirely within one said plastic housing half; and
means for ballasting said housing with a weight sufficient to maintain said bolus within the stomach of the ruminant animal, said ballasting means being disposed entirely within an other said plastic housing half, said ballasting means including a ferric metal material.
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Abstract
A system and ingestible boluses for monitoring physiological parameters of animals. The boluses include circuitry for storing a selectable identification code, for sensing a physiological parameter, and for transmitting a data burst signal which includes information corresponding to the identification code and a sensed physiological parameter. In addition to the boluses, the system includes a receiver for receiving data burst signals transmitted from the boluses. According to one mode of operation, the bolus transmits data burst continuously at a preselected rate. The receiver can be coupled to a processor which can process data from the data burst signals.
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19 Claims
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1. An ingestible bolus for ingestion in a stomach of a ruminant animal, comprising:
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a housing including two housing halves, each of said halves comprised of a biologically inert material, each of said housing halves consisting essentially of plastic; a plurality of electrical components disposed within said housing, said electrical components including a power source, an air-borne signal transmitter for transmitting a data burst, and an antenna connected with said transmitter, said antenna disposed entirely within one said plastic housing half; and means for ballasting said housing with a weight sufficient to maintain said bolus within the stomach of the ruminant animal, said ballasting means being disposed entirely within an other said plastic housing half, said ballasting means including a ferric metal material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An ingestible bolus for ingestion in a stomach of a ruminant animal, comprising:
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a housing including two housing halves, each of said halves comprised of a biologically inert material, one of said housing halves consisting essentially of plastic, an other of said housing halves consisting essentially of metal; a plurality of electrical components disposed within said housing, said electrical components including a power source, an air-borne signal transmitter for transmitting a data burst, and an antenna connected with said transmitter, said antenna disposed at least partially within said at least one plastic housing half; and means for ballasting said housing with a weight sufficient to maintain said bolus within the stomach of the ruminant animal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. An ingestible bolus for ingestion in a stomach of a ruminant animal, comprising:
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a housing including two housing halves, each of said halves comprised of a biologically inert material, at least one of said housing halves consisting essentially of plastic, each of said housing halves including an open end, one of said housing halves having an inside distal projection and at least one inside annular groove at an inside diameter of a corresponding said open end, an other of said housing halves having an outside distal projection and at least one outside annular groove at an outside diameter of a corresponding said open end, said inside distal projection being snap locked into said at least one outside annular groove, said outside distal projection being snap locked into said at least one inside annular groove; a plurality of electrical components disposed within said housing, said electrical components including a power source, an air-borne signal transmitter for transmitting a data burst, and an antenna connected with said transmitter, said antenna disposed at least partially within said at least one plastic housing half; and means for ballasting said housing with a weight sufficient to maintain said bolus within the stomach of the ruminant animal. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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