US 11,805,794 B2
High throughput process for delivering semi-firm gel for poultry
Jay Palmer, Brunswick, ME (US); and Paul Dioli, Yarmouth, ME (US)
Assigned to CLEARH2O, INC., Westbrook, ME (US)
Filed by ClearH2O, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/149,123.
Application 17/149,123 is a continuation of application No. 15/328,582, granted, now 10,905,136, previously published as PCT/US2016/046443, filed on Aug. 11, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/222,345, filed on Sep. 23, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/205,324, filed on Aug. 14, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0127714 A1, May 6, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23K 50/75 (2016.01); A61K 9/06 (2006.01); A61K 9/08 (2006.01); A23K 20/163 (2016.01); A01K 13/00 (2006.01); A01K 45/00 (2006.01); A61K 47/36 (2006.01); A61D 7/00 (2006.01); A23K 40/00 (2016.01); A01K 39/00 (2006.01)
CPC A23K 50/75 (2016.05) [A01K 13/003 (2013.01); A01K 39/00 (2013.01); A01K 45/00 (2013.01); A23K 20/163 (2016.05); A23K 40/00 (2016.05); A61D 7/00 (2013.01); A61K 9/06 (2013.01); A61K 9/08 (2013.01); A61K 47/36 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
 
1. A process for delivering semi-firm gel pieces containing a deliverable substance to a group of live poultry hatchlings, the process comprising:
placing the group of live poultry hatchlings into a container;
spraying the group of live poultry hatchlings in the container with a first solution containing an alginic acid crosslinking agent that is either a divalent cation or a trivalent cation; and
spraying the group of live poultry hatchlings in the container with a second solution comprising a gel containing alginic acid, wherein the deliverable substance is present in the first solution or the second solution,
wherein the poultry hatchlings are sprayed with the first solution and then sprayed with the second solution,
wherein the first solution and the second solution form the semi-firm gel on the group of live poultry hatchlings in the container, and
wherein the semi-firm gel pieces contain the deliverable substance.