US 11,937,579 B2
Monitoring and identifying laboratory animals through UWB and other digital sensory signatures
John Michael Couse, Toronto (CA); Joe Paul Tupin, Jr., Round Hill, VA (US); Michael Stanfield, The Plains, VA (US); and Albert Di Rienzo, Herndon, VA (US)
Assigned to One Health Group, Inc., Cazenovia, NY (US)
Appl. No. 16/326,331
Filed by i4C Innovations Inc., Middleburg, VA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 23, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/048243
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 18, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/039366, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/378,522, filed on Aug. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0183097 A1, Jun. 20, 2019
Int. Cl. A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A01K 1/03 (2006.01); A01K 23/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0507 (2021.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); G01S 13/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/20 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 29/005 (2013.01) [A01K 1/031 (2013.01); A01K 23/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/0507 (2013.01); A61B 5/1113 (2013.01); G01S 13/0209 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/02405 (2013.01); A61B 5/1105 (2013.01); A61B 5/20 (2013.01); A61B 5/7221 (2013.01); A61B 2503/42 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0252 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/08 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an enclosure;
at least two sensors, one of which is a UWB radar, located relative to the enclosure;
a processor configured to receive signals from the two sensors;
a memory configured to store information contained in the signals received by the processor; and
a feeding/watering station inside the enclosure, wherein the feeding/watering station comprises:
a water tube;
a bracket configured to be attached to the enclosure;
a paddle;
a pin attaching the paddle to the bracket;
a spring positioned to urge the paddle to pivot about the pin,
wherein the paddle is located below the water tube,
wherein the paddle further comprises a paddle switch activated by force applied to the paddle causing the paddle to pivot, about the pin, against the urging of the spring,
wherein UWB radar is located in the paddle and is activated based on activation of the paddle switch, and
wherein the processor is further configured to monitor, using signals from the UWB radar, a heart rate while an animal is activating the paddle switch.