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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028663 | Compliant holder device for animal imaging and surgery A compliant holder device for constraining an animal includes a device body, a nose cone, and compliant flexure arms having contact surfaces for constraining the animal's head. In use, an animal is placed on the device body, and the nose of the animal is placed in t... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7225759 | Head restraint for animal control chute The present invention provides a head restraint that can be used in conjunction with conventional cattle chutes that are equipped with head gates. This head restraint has a lower neck restraint, an upper neck restraint which is mounted to the lower neck restraint, a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216605 | Animal management system An animal management system provides an alley to control the handling of animals when procedures are to be performed on the animals by veterinarians or cattle producers. The alley is formed by a base frame, and included therewith are a headgate and preferably two we... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213538 | Animal restraining apparatus for physiological and pharmacological studies An animal restraining apparatus is disclosed which provides head, tail, and hind leg apertures for gaining access to an animals head, tail and perianal area, and hind legs for physiological and pharmacological studies of awake animals using direct mechanical, therma... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7146936 | Method and apparatus for animal positioning An animal positioning apparatus including a support stretcher having a main body support portion. A head support portion is fixed to a first end of the main body support portion and forward limb directing means are provided proximal the first end of the main body su... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6537145 | Head gate assembly for restraining livestock A head gate assembly for restraining the head of an animal during ritual and humane slaughter includes first and second head gates including sliding plate supported for relative sliding movement between restraining and release positions. Each head gate in... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6513459 | Livestock chute A livestock chute for confining and controlling an animal including a pair of spaced apart side frames connected by support members to provide an elongated space into which the animal may be driven, a tailgate near the rear end of said space and a head ga... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6200585 | Animal eye protector An apparatus for maintaining the eyes of an animal, such as a dog or cat, closed during surgery to keep the surface of the eyes moist. The apparatus includes a collar, a head pad connected to the collar and positioned between an animals ears on its forehe... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5383425 | Animal restraint device A swine restraint device includes a V-shaped trough having angular blocks defining a centrally disposed, longitudinally extending channel. The angular blocks provide wedge means for supporting a swine within the trough, and at least a portion of the chann... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5331923 | Portable squeeze chute apparatus and method An improved portable squeeze chute apparatus and method includes a chute having an entrance end, an exit end, opposing sidewalls, a base, and a superstructure. Each of the sidewalls has an openable upper panel and lower panel for accessing upper portions ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5065701 | Neck holding device for livestock A holding device for temporarily extending the neck of an animal and holding the head still for veterinary treatment including double stanchion-like gates adapted to be engaged on both sides of the neck of the animal. One of the double gates is movable aw... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4892062 | Sheep handling and manipulation for automated shearing A system for handling sheep during automated shearing comprising a multiplicity of trolley/cradles T including rollers 16 and 17 for supporting the sheep, and front leg clamping bars 11 and 12, a head clamping bar 13 and rear clamping bars 20 and 21, each... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4549501 | Animal head restrainer An animal head restrainer for holding the head of an animal confined in an animal chute is provided and includes a pair of bracket assemblies adjustably attached to the chute and a head cradle connected to the bracket assemblies. The cradle includes a cro... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4498425 | Animal restrainer A portable animal restrainer comprising a cage closed at its rear, slides and top, and open at the bottom and front for placing over, and entrapping, the animal and having a hinged nose harness mounted on a forwardly projecting frame attached to the front... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4269149 | Passive restrainer for small animals A passive restraining apparatus for use in the administration to small animals of anaesthetics, intravenous fluids, and the like consisting of a housing for loosely confining the animal's body. The housing is provided with a front wall which has (1) an up... | 05/26/1981 |
