US 12,262,987 B2
Animal monitoring system
Nicholas P. Rettedal, Berthoud, CO (US); Stephen M. Weilnau, Greeley, CO (US); Scott R. Cockroft, Greeley, CO (US); Billy J. Yaeger, Gilbert, AZ (US); Jerry A. Hornick, Fountain Hills, AZ (US); and John B. Lienau, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Navasota, TX (US)
Filed by ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC, Navasota, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/716,124.
Application 16/716,124 is a continuation of application No. 13/824,270, filed on Mar. 15, 2013, granted, now 10,548,509.
Application 13/824,270 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2011/001788, filed on Oct. 19, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/455,419, filed on Oct. 19, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2020/0113481 A1, Apr. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A01K 11/00 (2006.01); A61D 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/073 (2013.01) [A01K 11/007 (2013.01); A61D 7/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An animal monitoring system, comprising:
a) an inert bolus body adapted to allow oral administration to a ruminant animal;
b) an animal monitoring device located inside the inert bolus body, including:
i) at least one sensor that generates a signal that varies in relation to change in a sensed animal characteristic;
ii) a sensor signal encoder that encodes the signal generated by the at least one sensor as encoded sensed animal characteristic information;
iii) a radio frequency signal generator that generates a radio frequency signal capable of carrying the encoded sensed animal characteristic information;
iv) a network frequency match element that detunes the radio frequency signal to compensate for demodulation of the radio frequency signal passing through the mass of the ruminant animal;
v) an antenna that wirelessly transmits the radio frequency signal; and
vi) a power source that supplies power to the animal monitoring device; and
c) a first magnet having a location inside the inert bolus body.