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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.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael H. Loughnane, Lafayette Hill, PA (US);
Assignee:
Instech Laboratories, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/04 ; A01K 1/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/04 ; A01K 1/06 ;
Abstract
A method and system for infusing and monitoring a tethered laboratory animal includes a platform suitable for carrying the laboratory animal. A tether assembly includes a flexible conduit for connecting to the animal and a tether for tethering the animal. A torque sensor detects a motion of the animal and drives the tether assembly in response to the detected motion of the animal, and thereby reduces the torque on the animal. The platform is driven in a direction opposite to the tether assembly so that it appears to be stationary when the tether assembly is driven in response to a detected motion of the animal.