Patents Assigned to CLINIQUE VETERINAIRE DU QUEBEC INC.
  • Patent number: 10695154
    Abstract: A mobile unit for animal ovarian tissue processing comprises an enclosure supported on a wheeled chassis. A collecting chamber defined within the enclosure comprises a restraint mounted to the enclosure and configured to restrain an animal in a standing position, at least one access sized to provide the animal ingress to, and egress from, the collecting chamber, an ovum aspiration system disposed in the collecting chamber to retrieve oocytes from the animal and an imaging scanner disposed in the collecting chamber to guide the ovum aspiration system to the oocytes. A processing chamber defined within the enclosure contiguous to the collecting chamber is isolated from the collecting chamber by at least one dividing wall extending between the collecting chamber and the processing chamber. The processing chamber includes an incubator to incubate the oocytes. A temperature control unit maintains a temperature of the retrieved oocytes between a predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: CLINIQUE VETERINAIRE DU QUEBEC INC.
    Inventors: Line Simoneau, Jean-Yves Perreault, Jonathan Lehouiller, Jean Hebert, Louis Mills, Nicole Ruest, Raynald Dupras, Roxane Remillard