Title:
ANIMAL INSTRUMENTATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005115242
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An approach to monitoring, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment or conditioning of animals such as horses does not require use of restrictive equipment such as treadmills or force plates and that can provide either or both of more or less immediate or continuous processing of data to perform the monitoring or diagnosis. One or more wireless sensors are attached to the animal, for example, to measure: motion-related parameter associated with one or more parts of the animal. Sensor data is received from the sensors and processed to identify a characteristic of the motion of the animal, such as a quality of gait. The sensor data can also be used to avoid injury to the animal and/or the rider, and to verify the identity of an animal.
Inventors:
DAVIES MICHAEL ALLAN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/018022
Publication Date:
January 05, 2006
Filing Date:
May 24, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EQUUSYS INC (US)
DAVIES MICHAEL ALLAN (US)
DAVIES MICHAEL ALLAN (US)
International Classes:
A61B5/103; A61B5/11; (IPC1-7): A61B5/103; A61B5/11
Foreign References:
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Other References:
KEEGAN KEVIN G ET AL: "Accelerometer-based system for the detection of lameness in horses.", BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES INSTRUMENTATION. 2002, vol. 38, 2002, pages 107 - 112, XP008052432, ISSN: 0067-8856
See also references of EP 1765165A2
See also references of EP 1765165A2
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