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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11019804 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2016

Automatic system and method for delivering a substance to an animal

Applicant:

Applied Lifesciences and Systems, Llc, Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventor:

Ramin Karimpour, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:

Applied LifeSciences & Systems, LLC, Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorney:

Kathleen M. Lynch

Primary Examiner:

Christopher D Hutchens

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 13/00 (2006.01); A01K 45/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61D 7/00 (2006.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); A61D 17/00 (2006.01); A61D 19/00 (2006.01); A61D 1/02 (2006.01); B65G 15/30 (2006.01); A61D 3/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A01K 61/13 (2017.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); A61M 5/30 (2006.01); A61M 5/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 13/003 (2013.01); A01K 45/00 (2013.01); A01K 61/13 (2017.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/43 (2013.01); A61B 5/70 (2013.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01); A61D 1/025 (2013.01); A61D 3/00 (2013.01); A61D 7/00 (2013.01); A61D 17/00 (2013.01); A61D 19/00 (2013.01); A61M 5/30 (2013.01); A61M 5/427 (2013.01); B65G 15/30 (2013.01); G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01); A61B 2576/00 (2013.01); A61M 2250/00 (2013.01); B65G 2201/02 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30128 (2013.01); Y02A 90/10 (2018.01);
Abstract

A system and method for automatically delivering a substance to an animal including a positioning system that positions each animal singularly, a sensor that detects the location of a predetermined targeted area on the animal and an image processor. The system further includes a delivery device having a plurality of delivery outlets for delivering a substance to the targeted area. The sensor, image processor and delivery device are in communication with a computer processor. The sensor activates the image processor which takes at least one image of the animal positioned singularly. The image is communicated to the computer processor and analyzed. The computer processor activates the delivery outlet proximate the predetermined target area on the animal which delivers an effective dosage of substance to the predetermined targeted area.

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