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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Mathew Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott A. Uhland, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramkumar Abhishek, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert Thomas Krivacic, San Jose, CA (US);
Martin Sheridan, Redwood City, CA (US);
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for detecting estrus in subjects are provided. Devices include a housing configured for intravaginal/intrauterine deployment and retention and a sensor disposed in or on the housing, and are configured to use condition information sensed by the sensor to determine an estrus condition of the subject. Methods include deploying a device in the subject, sensing the condition information, and determining an estrus condition using the condition information. Systems include a device configured to communicate with a base station and/or with other implanted devices, which are located within a reception radius thereof, regarding the determined estrus condition.