US 12,439,928 B2
Animal euthanasia method and apparatus
Daniel Hurnik, Charlottetown (CA); Scott Christopher Dingwell, Mount Stewart (CA); and Curtiss Gerard Littlejohn, Burford (CA)
Assigned to 11778188 CANADA INC., Prince Edward Island (CA)
Filed by 11778188 CANADA INC, Prince Edward Island (CA)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,138.
Application 18/480,138 is a division of application No. 17/261,951, granted, now 11,779,025, previously published as PCT/CA2019/051021, filed on Jul. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/702,510, filed on Jul. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0023566 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. A22B 3/00 (2006.01); A01M 19/00 (2006.01); A22B 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC A22B 3/06 (2013.01) [A01M 19/00 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of euthanasia of at least one animal within a sealable chamber, comprising:
applying a voltage/current sufficient to stun and render insensibility to the at least one animal, to at least two electricity conducting elements disposed within the sealable chamber; and
evacuating air from the sealable chamber to create a reduced atmospheric pressure suitable to induce hypoxia.