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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2024
Harvard Bioscience Inc., Holliston, MA (US);
Evelyne Celerier, Piera, ES;
Craig Aardahl, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Anil Mehendale, Brecksville, OH (US);
Matthew M. Kunz, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Gregg Lichtscheidl, Roseville, MN (US);
Aaron D Benjamin, Maplewood, MN (US);
Alan Harris, New Brighton, MN (US);
Nityananda Shetty, Hopkinton, MA (US);
HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC., Holliston, MA (US);
Abstract
An animal rack system includes an animal monitoring assembly. The animal monitoring assembly includes a study region configured to receive an animal cage, a first emitter panel including a first two-dimensional array of first emitters, and a first receiver panel including a first two-dimensional array of first receivers. The first emitter panel and the first receiver panel are disposed on opposing sides of the study region. The first emitters are configured to emit first beams, and the first receivers are configured to receive emitted first beams from corresponding first emitters. The first receivers are further configured to generate first signals indicative of whether the first receivers received the emitted first beams. The animal monitoring assembly further includes a console configured to process the first signals to track an activity of a subject in the study region.