US 11,666,216 B2
Wireless automated animal monitoring system
Axel Scherer, Barnard, VT (US); Peter A Petillo, Lawrence, KS (US); Samson Chen, Pasadena, CA (US); and Azita Emami, Pasadena, CA (US)
Assigned to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US)
Filed by CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US)
Filed on May 23, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/987,843.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/548,050, filed on Aug. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/510,574, filed on May 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0338681 A1, Nov. 29, 2018
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A01K 1/03 (2006.01); A01K 11/00 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1486 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/002 (2013.01) [A01K 1/031 (2013.01); A01K 11/006 (2013.01); A01K 29/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/1113 (2013.01); H04B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/1486 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/14539 (2013.01); A61B 5/14542 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 5/14865 (2013.01); A61B 5/6832 (2013.01); A61B 5/6868 (2013.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01); A61B 2503/42 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a container configured to contain at least one laboratory animal, the container containing at least one radiofrequency transceiver, the at least one radiofrequency transceiver being a wireless radiofrequency transceiver; and
at least one sensor configured to read at least one monitorable condition of the at least one laboratory animal, the at least one sensor configured to be attached to the at least one laboratory animal, the at least one sensor comprising at least one radiofrequency transmitter,
wherein the at least one radiofrequency transmitter comprises at least one coil, the at least one radiofrequency transceiver comprises at least one coil, and the at least one radiofrequency transmitter and the at least one radiofrequency transceiver are configured to communicate and transfer energy through near-field inductive coupling between 800 and 900 MHz;
wherein the at least one coil is oriented and mounted in the container such that the at least one laboratory animal has to push against the at least one coil in order to reach food and/or drink.