Abstract: Specifically, a computer implemented animal management program having modules which function to match animal information retrieved from a radiofrequency identification device(s) implanted in an animal(s) with animal information retrieved from a database of at least one computer to assess animal condition and time treatment events.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2014
Date of Patent:
December 19, 2017
Assignee:
Bella Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Nicholas P. Rettedal, Stephen M. Weilnau, Scott R. Cockroft, Billy J. Yeager
Abstract: Generally, an animal monitoring system including a bolus administered to reside in an animal operable to sense changes in one or more physiological parameters of the animal and generate and transmit encoded bolus sensor data to a tag affixed on the outside of the animal which operates to sense changes in one or more environmental parameters surrounding the animal and to generate encoded tag sensor data and to receive encoded bolus sensor data each of which can be analyzed by the tag or a remote data processor to generate environmental parameter values and physiological parameter values to assess an environmental or physiological condition of or about the animal.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 15, 2015
Publication date:
June 15, 2017
Applicant:
Bella Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Nicholas P. Rettedal, Stephen M. Weilnau, Scott R. Cockroft, Joseph Janus, IV
Abstract: Generally, an animal monitoring device configured as a bolus for oral administration to reside in the reticulorumen of a ruminant animal having a memory element, a processor in communication with the memory element and a computer code contained in the memory element including a power management module executable by the processor to regulate power use by the bolus based on determination of remaining energy stored in an energy source and the determined power requirements over a pre-determined life cycle of the bolus.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 12, 2015
Publication date:
December 15, 2016
Applicant:
Bella Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Nicholas P. Rettedal, Stephen M. Weilnau, Scott R. Cockroft, Joseph Janus, IV
Abstract: Specifically, a computer implemented animal management program having modules which function to match animal information retrieved from a radiofrequency identification device(s) implanted in an animal(s) with animal information retrieved from a database of at least one computer to assess animal condition and time treatment events.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 29, 2014
Publication date:
December 18, 2014
Applicant:
Bella Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Nicholas P. Rettedal, Stephen M. Weilnau, Scott R. Cockroft, Billy J. Yeager
Abstract: Specifically, a computer implemented animal management program having modules which function to match animal information retrieved from a radiofrequency identification device(s) implanted in an animal(s) with animal information retrieved from a database of at least one computer to assess animal condition and time treatment events.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2010
Date of Patent:
September 2, 2014
Assignee:
Bella Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Nicholas P. Rettedal, Stephen M. Weilnau, Scott R. Cockroft, Billy J. Yeager
Abstract: An animal monitoring device configured as a bolus for oral administration to reside in an animal's stomach. The bolus has a substantially inert solid body with a hollow inside space to receive the animal monitoring device. The animal monitoring device includes a radio frequency generator, an animal identification information encoder for outputting the animal identification information of the particular animal. The animal monitoring device can further include sensors to detect physiological and non-physiological animal characteristics such as temperature and a sensed animal characteristic encoder for outputting sensed animal characteristic information.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 19, 2011
Publication date:
August 1, 2013
Applicant:
Bella Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Nicholas P. Rettedal, Stephen M. Weilnau, Scott R. Cockroft, Billy J. Yeager, Jerry A. Hornick, John B. Lienau