	US 12,245,599 B2
	Method of preparing an animal for slaughter
Harm Kiezebrink, Torekov (SE)
Assigned to BALLOONX SA.R.L, Luxembourg (LU)
Appl. No. 18/245,237
Filed by BALLOONX SÁ.R.L, Luxembourg (LU)
PCT Filed Sep. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/SE2021/050889 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 14, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/060281, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2026492 (NL), filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354830 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A22B 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC A22B 3/005 (2013.01)

16 Claims

1. A method of preparing an animal for slaughter, said method comprising the step of stunning the animal in a space using a gas composition suitable for stunning, wherein the method further comprises a preceding step wherein the animal is subjected to a gaseous muscle relaxant composition before being stunned.