US 12,376,598 B2
Brain and spinal cord removal device and related methods
Roger D. Kooima, Sioux Falls, SD (US); and Cody Altena, Fairview, SD (US)
Assigned to R Kooima Consulting, LLC, Sioux Falls, SD (US)
Filed by Roger D. Kooima, Sioux Falls, SD (US); and Cody Altena, Fairview, SD (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/303,526.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/332,492, filed on Apr. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329252 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A22B 5/00 (2006.01); A22C 17/04 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 17/04 (2013.01) [A22B 5/0052 (2013.01); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 2203/0223 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for removing a spinal cord from a deceased animal, the method comprising:
perforating a skull of the deceased animal by creating a perforation in the skull, the perforation leading into a cranial cavity of the deceased animal;
removing a brain from the cranial cavity of the deceased animal through the perforation in the skull;
inserting a tube comprising a nozzle through the perforation in the skull and into a spinal cavity of the deceased animal, wherein the tube is connected to a water source, and wherein the nozzle is configured to direct water rearwardly;
creating at least a backflow of water toward the cranial cavity via the tube; and
removing, using the tube, a spinal cord from the spinal cavity of the deceased animal.