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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2009
Applicants:
Philip Salzmann, Cardiff, CA (US);
Trang Nguyen, Gurnee, IL (US);
James Sinclair, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
Philip Salzmann, Cardiff, CA (US);
Trang Nguyen, Gurnee, IL (US);
James Sinclair, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring laboratory animals includes a tag comprising an inductive element and a capacitive element attached to a portion of a laboratory animal. The position of the portion is detected by monitoring the effect of the tag on a time-varying magnetic field having different frequencies, one near tag resonance, and one away from tag resonance.