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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Vium, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Jonathan Noble Betts-Lacroix, Belmont, CA (US);
Timothy Robertson, Belmont, CA (US);
Larry Stevens, San Jose, CA (US);
Vium, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A cage for monitoring an experimental animal is disclosed. The cage may include one or more walls that enclose a living space for at least one experimental animal. At least one of the one or more walls may include a first material that is a plastic material. The cage may further include a window that is transparent to a band of infrared radiation that is within the range of from about 3 μm to about 14 μm in wavelength. The transparent window may have an inner side exposed to the living space that includes a second material that is substantially non-toxic to the at least one experimental animal.