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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2020
The Uab Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);
Robert J. Tindal, Birmingham, AL (US);
Erik Dohm, Trussville, AL (US);
Sam Misko, Birmingham, AL (US);
Samuel Cartner, Birmingham, AL (US);
Jaret Langston, Hoover, AL (US);
Pam Bounelis, Mountain Brook, AL (US);
Rachana Kotapalli, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Emma Latham Godwin, Quinton, AL (US);
THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Birmingham, AL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for sensing and integrating data of environmental conditions in animal research. A collection device having a bracket is removably mounted to a cage. The collection device includes a sensor array that captures audio content or environmental measurements. A micro-environment monitor of the collection device can process the audio content to determine that audible or ultrasonic vocalizations of an animal are present. The micro-environment monitor sends data based at least in part on the audio content or environmental measurements to a computing environment.