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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151733 | Filter top assembly A filter top assembly for a cage, wherein the assembly includes a bonnet having a perforated top wall to protect filter paper placed above the top wall. The perforations may be small enough to prevent an animal from getting a purchase position and spaced apart suffi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8082885 | Containment systems and components for animal husbandry: rack module assembly method Provided are animal containment systems and components, including single-use animal containment cages and modular rack units. Also provided are methods for assembling and using components of the animal containment systems. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8037847 | Closure system for a cage containing laboratory animals and methods thereof A closure system for a cage containing laboratory animals, where in an upper edge of the base of the cage an U-shaped housing towards the outside of the edge hosts a gasket having a lip projecting out of the upper edge, and s bending in contact with a side rim of th... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7954455 | Cage cover with filter, shield and nozzle receptacle Provided are animal containment systems and components, including single-use animal containment cages and modular rack units. Also provided are methods for assembling and using components of the animal containment systems. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7665419 | Containment systems and components for animal husbandry: cover with air supply apertures Provided are animal containment systems and components, including single-use animal containment cages and modular rack units. Also provided are methods for assembling and using components of the animal containment systems. ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7467602 | Breeding device for laboratory animal A laboratory animal breeding device comprises breeding cages, each including a cage body with a part of the cage body being opened and a removable cover for hermetically sealing the opening in the cage body. An air supply device for ventilation inside the breeding c... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7363879 | Animal display and habitat assembly A ventilated animal habitat in the form of a frame having at least one shelf supporting an animal enclosure with a ventilation control region including an ambient air inlet and exhaust air outlet and a ducting system also supported by the frame with an exhaust air c... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357097 | Device for shellfish farming Device for cage (1) for shellfish farming, where the cage is placed in the sea or in a tank with water and where the cage's one side (11) is provided with openings, for instance a grid (13) and where the cage's other sides (3, 5, 7, 9) pr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7341023 | Rodent euthanasia machine The present invention is an apparatus and method for euthanizing animals humanely and painlessly by introducing a gas at a first flow rate to cause the animals to reach narcosis. Then, the gas is introduced at an elevated second flow rate to induce a death to the an... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337746 | Small animal feeding station A feeding station for dispensing food or water to small animals. The feeding station having two support members at an angle to one another, and a plurality of apertures in said support members in sets of upper and lower cooperating apertures. A bottle having an angu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7320294 | Cage and rack system for housing animals in cages having different widths A ventilated cage and rack system. An embodiment of the invention may comprise a ventilated rack, the rack including at least one air exhaust plenum and at least one canopy disposed within the rack, the canopy being adapted to position a cage assembly below the cano... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7252050 | Substance inhalation system A substance inhalation system includes a mixing flask that is in fluid communication with plural inhalation chambers. A test vapor can be selectively and individually provided to the inhalation chambers. Moreover, individual inhalation chambers can be selectively re... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7234269 | Animal test chamber An animal test chamber has one or more side walls, a ceiling, and a floor to define an internal space in which animals can be housed and exposed to a chemical agent, a door, a port for introducing animals, an exhaust port, and one or more of the following four featu... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7191734 | Apparatus for transporting laboratory animals An apparatus (10) for transporting laboratory animals comprises a container (12), a cover piece (14), and a closure piece (16). The container (12) has an open top. The cover piece (14) is connectable with the container (1... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7174851 | Animal display and habitat assembly An animal display and habitat assembly having a number of modular animal display units coupled together to enclose a common access area, each of the display units including an outwardly facing display frame with a viewing section between opposing upright members and... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7146931 | Animal enrichment system An animal enrichment device for use in an animal cage having a cage bottom, the cage bottom having a peripheral lip with recesses defined therein. The enrichment device can comprise a floor on which the animal may perch, a first set of opposing walls extending up fr... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131398 | Air flow sensing and control for animal confinement system An environmental monitoring and controlling system for a ventilated cage and rack system that monitors and measures air flow in the rack at either the rack or cage level. At the rack level, two pressure sensors are provided in a supply air system to accurately monit... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121229 | Method and system for evaluating interest of a tested animal In a method and system for evaluating interest of a tested animal, first and second dispensers for dispensing respectively a vital first liquid and a second liquid are provided in a closed space confined by a housing for containing the tested animal. The first dispe... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114463 | Articles for enhancing the environment of contained animals An enrichment article for animals. The article generally includes a platform that is suspended from the floor of a cage or other containment. The article may be a tray having a flange for suspension from the walls of a container. The platform bottom may have an open... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7036457 | Rodent housing rack The invention provides a rodent housing rack that effectively draws the air inside the cages out through exhaust vents. The rodent housing rack comprises: a rack with multiple shelves 2 in which a plurality of cages 3 are arranged and stored, an... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032540 | Animal habitat and display system An animal habitat and display system provided in a frame having at least one set of guide rails supporting a pull-out drawer having at least one compartment with a viewing window and a movable wall section for gaining access into the compartment which defines an int... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7000569 | Automatic cat grooming, feeding, and litterbox apparatus An apparatus for grooming cats which includes a source of food located in an enclosure and a grooming brush assembly forming an adjustable aperture which is mounted between a portal formed in the enclosure and the source of food. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6945193 | Cat litter holding assembly A cat litter holding assembly includes a housing that has a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. An upper edge of the housing defines an upper opening. A covering is hingedly attached to an upper edge of the back wall. A ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6912973 | Automatic cage lock An automatic cage lock for securing various cages in a ventilated cage and rack system. The automatic cage lock facilitates the securing of a cage within the cage and rack system when a user slides the cage into the cage and rack system until the cage fully passes t... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910445 | System and method for containment and testing of extremely toxic substances A containment and test system for extremely toxic substances includes a fume hood, a containment compartment such as glove bag or box, positioned within the fume hood, a source of a non-reactive gas to provide a stable environment within the containment compartment,... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6782845 | IVC rack system and method for detecting infections particles within an IVC rack system IVC rack system comprising a plurality of IVC cages 13 for test animals which are supplied with sterile air, wherein samples of exhaust air from the IVC cages 13 are supplied from sampling points 15 to at least one sentinel cage 24 housin... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6776158 | System for anesthetizing laboratory animals A method and apparatus for anesthetizing one or more laboratory animals is provided. An anesthetic component is introduced into a pressurized gas stream for delivery to laboratory animals. In one embodiment of the invention, a solo apparatus is used to administer an... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6729266 | Animal isolation and caging system An animal isolation and caging system which maximizes cage density within a ventilated rack is provided. The rack includes at least one air exhaust plenum, and at least one canopy disposed within the rack for ventilation of the cages housed in a rack system. The rac... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6718909 | Method of producing avian eggs and birds of germ-free status The invention provides a method of rearing a bird of germ-free status. The method comprises housing a bird as a parent bird, surgically removing an egg in its shell from the parent bird prior to transfer of the egg to the cloaca in the parent bird, incubating the eg... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6612260 | Flex-air ventilated rack system The present invention is an animal cage adapted for providing supply air to the cage by either static or forced ventilation, comprising, a cage receptacle and ventilation distribution means integral to said cage receptacle for distributing supply air to a... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6584936 | Animal caging and biological storage systems A novel microisolation container for laboratory animals or other species includes a rectangular, transparent base containing an intake port at the lower front end and a detachable top sealingly attached to the base which contains an exhaust port in the en... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6571738 | Animal caging and biological storage systems A novel microisolation container for laboratory animals or other species includes a rectangular, transparent base containing an intake port at the lower front end and a detachable top sealingly attached to the base which contains an exhaust port in the en... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6543387 | Shipping container for rodents A shipping container for rodents includes a boxlike base defined by a bottom connecting with outwardly sloped side and end walls. In openings in these walls are filter units that entrap contaminants. An interior space of the base is dividable into compart... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6517428 | Work station having an air flow controller A work station having an environmental controller for maintaining air flow in and through the work station at a user-selected level. The work station includes a pressure cabinet and a perforated work surface forming the top of the pressure cabinet. A pres... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6457437 | Constant volume air flow rate control for animal cage rack ventilation system A rack system for holding a number of individual drawers or cages for laboratory or other animals has a plenum array for providing fresh air and removing stale or contaminated exhaust air from the drawers. A constant volume inlet valve and a constant volu... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6449896 | Crop weighing A method of determining the weight of animals and the development of plants in a controlled environment. The method includes measuring the increase in CO2 production over a test period. CO2 production is a measure of the metabolic ra... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6394033 | Bedding removal and refilling system for animal cages A system (18) for handling animal cages (10) includes a low noise tipping funnel (16) into which waste bedding from the cage is emptied for transporting to a dumpster (20). The tipping funnel includes a receiving funnel (110) which receives the waste bedd... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6357393 | Device for automatically controlling exhaust flow to a rack for animal cages The present invention relates to a device for automatically controlling exhaust flow to a ventilated rack of animal cages when an air inlet system, such as an air supply blower, to the rack is not operating. Accordingly, the device can be used in a system... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6341581 | Multispecies rodent cage A rodent cage including a cage bottom having a plurality of integral side walls, a floor and an open top end. A peripheral lip extends continuously around the top end. A pair of recesses are disposed on the peripheral lip. A feeder assembly has a frame an... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6341579 | Litter box filter system An exhaust and deodorizing system for an animal housing. The system features an exhaust unit provided with an air inlet operatively-connected to the interior of the animal housing. The exhaust unit further includes a replaceable filter, an air outlet and ... | 01/29/2002 |
