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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2012
Applicant:
Paul Benjamin Mallinson, Auckland, NZ;
Inventors:
Paul Benjamin Mallinson, Auckland, NZ;
Jose Alberto Laporte-Uribe, Auckland, NZ;
Assignee:
Kahne Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/03 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/073 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/036 (2013.01); A61B 5/0538 (2013.01); A61B 5/14503 (2013.01); A61B 5/14539 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 5/4255 (2013.01); A61B 5/7225 (2013.01); A61B 5/7278 (2013.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01); A61B 2562/08 (2013.01); A61B 2562/162 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for monitoring digestive efficiency within the rumen of one or more ruminant animals comprises rumen boluses shaped and sized to be retained within the rumen dorsal sac and each comprising temperature, pH sensor, and redox sensors, and a wireless transmitter. A processor is arranged to derive from the sensor data one or more parameters indicative of animal digestive efficiency including any combination of one or more of hydrogen scale (rH), partial pressure of hydrogen (pp[H]), oxygen fugacity (f(O)) and free energy of the system (ΔG). A method and bolus are also claimed.