US 12,137,671 B2
System for measuring body temperature in poultry
Ilan Halachmi, Kfar Yehoshua (IL); Shelly Druyan, Pinski Street (IL); Natan Meir Barchilon, Rehovot (IL); and Shlomo Yhahav, Rehovot (IL)
Assigned to The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Rishon Lezion (IL)
Appl. No. 17/293,201
Filed by The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Rishon Lezion (IL)
PCT Filed Nov. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IL2019/051240
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/100140, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,956, filed on Nov. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000077 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A01K 31/20 (2006.01); A01K 39/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 29/00 (2013.01) [A01K 31/20 (2013.01); A01K 39/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/0008 (2013.01); A61B 5/015 (2013.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An arrangement (10) for measuring the body temperature of a bird, said system characterized by:
a. an enclosure (11) having at least one aperture (12) configured for receiving a bird's head thereinto at least in a partial manner
b. at least one receptacle (13) mounted within said enclosure (11); said at least one receptacle (13) accommodating an attractor (16);
c. at least one remote sensing instrument (14) configured for acquire thermal reading and calculating bird's temperatures;
wherein said remote sensor instrument (14) and the receptacle (13) accommodating the attractor (16) are mutually disposed such that at least the bird's head (17) is within a field of view of said remote sensor instrument (14).