A - Human Necessities – 61 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
B
A61B 10/00 (2006.01) A01K 1/03 (2006.01) A47K 11/12 (2006.01) G01N 33/493 (2006.01) G01N 35/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2179358
A system and method of using the system are provided for collecting and analyzing urine from an animal. A cage with a fluid pervious floor is provided for holding an animal. Urine from the animal flows through the cage floor into a hydrostatic column. An analyzing device is engaged with or positioned proximate to the column in position to analyze the urine entering the column. The column is structured to discharge a volume of liquid equivalent to the volume of urine that enters the column. The discharged liquid is received in a container which is located on a scale that weighs the received liquid. Data from the analyzing device and the scale is automatically stored by a data processing system. A rinse container with a liquid rinse is provided to rinse the column. Preferahly the data processing system automatically controls valves to automatically rinse the column after each animal urination or after a predetermined period of time has elapsed.
Finlayson & Singlehurst
Nestec S.a.
Ralston Purina Company
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