Animal marking devices, transfer assemblies, and useful restraints
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1. A marking system comprising:
- at least one restraining device, a controller, and a marking device wherein;
a. the at least one restraining device is sized and configured for restraining an animal or animal body part thereof and oriented such that the marking device can make a mark on a marking substrate of the animal body part;
b. the controller is configured to control a position of the marking device and to operate the marking device to make a mark on the marking substrate of the animal body part; and
c. the marking device comprises a marking needle of fixed length comprising a plurality of needle tips;
wherein the plurality of needle tips comprises multiple co-planar tips having a tip length deviation of no more than about ±
0.001″
(±
25 microns) and a tip concentration deviation of no more than about ±
0.005″
(±
125 microns);
d. the animal is a mouse, a rat, or a rodent; and
e. the body part is a tail.
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Abstract
Described herein is a marking system for marking animals. The marking system may include a restraining device, a controller, and a marking device. The marking device includes a marking needle of fixed length comprising one or a plurality of needle tips; the restraining device is sized and configured for restraining an animal or animal body part thereof and oriented such that the marking device can make a mark on a substrate portion of the animal body part; and the controller is configured to control the position of the marking device and to make a mark on the substrate portion of the animal body part. Also described herein are media transfer assemblies for use in the disclosed marking system.
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1. A marking system comprising:
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at least one restraining device, a controller, and a marking device wherein; a. the at least one restraining device is sized and configured for restraining an animal or animal body part thereof and oriented such that the marking device can make a mark on a marking substrate of the animal body part; b. the controller is configured to control a position of the marking device and to operate the marking device to make a mark on the marking substrate of the animal body part; and c. the marking device comprises a marking needle of fixed length comprising a plurality of needle tips;
wherein the plurality of needle tips comprises multiple co-planar tips having a tip length deviation of no more than about ±
0.001″
(±
25 microns) and a tip concentration deviation of no more than about ±
0.005″
(±
125 microns);d. the animal is a mouse, a rat, or a rodent; and e. the body part is a tail. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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