US 11,980,526 B2
Tag based administration of pharmaceutical agents to livestock
Melissa Brandao, Laramie, WY (US)
Assigned to HerdDogg, Inc., Ashland, OR (US)
Filed by HerdDogg, Inc., Ashland, OR (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/492,327.
Application 17/492,327 is a division of application No. 17/248,590, filed on Jan. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,191,626.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,433, filed on Aug. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0047367 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A01K 11/00 (2006.01); A01K 13/00 (2006.01); A61D 7/00 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61D 7/00 (2013.01) [A01K 11/001 (2013.01); A01K 13/003 (2013.01); A61M 37/0069 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0294 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3327 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6018 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0662 (2013.01); A61M 2230/63 (2013.01); A61M 2250/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
affixing a tag assembly to an animal, the tag assembly comprising a control circuit, a sensor, a reservoir, an actuator coupled to the reservoir, and an application mechanism coupled to the reservoir, the reservoir housing a pharmaceutical agent;
using the sensor to determine a physical state of the animal;
generating, by the control circuit, a control signal responsive to the physical state of the animal determined from the sensor; and
using the control signal to cause the actuator to apply a force to the reservoir and flow the selected pharmaceutical agent, via the application mechanism, to a body of the animal.