ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,610, issued on June 17.
"Sensing complete injection for animal injection device" was invented by Luke Magyar (Ames, Iowa) and David Royce Edwards (Ames, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semi-automated veterinary medicine delivery device may sense whether and how much air may have been incorporated into a dose delivered to an animal. The device may also sense an incomplete injection in some cases and may cause a second dose to be administered to make up for the incomplete dose. The device may compare a position sensor on a syringe in combination with a current sensor on a motor attached to the syringe to detect any abnormalities....