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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2005
Applicants:

Philip Emanuel Salzmann, Cardiff, CA (US);

Javier Humberto Flores, San Diego, CA (US);

Matthew Charles Wallace, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Di Bian, San Diego, CA (US);

Trang Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);

Ada Silos-santiago, Del Mar, CA (US);

Minh Vuong, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Philip Emanuel Salzmann, Cardiff, CA (US);

Javier Humberto Flores, San Diego, CA (US);

Matthew Charles Wallace, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Di Bian, San Diego, CA (US);

Trang Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);

Ada Silos-Santiago, Del Mar, CA (US);

Minh Vuong, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A01K 1/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/005 (2013.01); A01K 1/031 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for detecting motion of an object, such as the paw of rat. A tag comprising an inductive element and a capacitive element may be attached to the object and the motion detected by monitoring the affect of the tag on a time-varying magnetic field.


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