ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,864, issued on May 20, was assigned to PETPACE LTD. (Shefayim, Israel).
"Collar devices, systems, and methods for animal monitoring" was invented by Lior Abraham (Shefayim, Israel), Asaf Dagan (Shefayim, Israel) and Oren Elimelech (Shefayim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collar has a band having oppositely disposed first and second surfaces. Acoustic concentrators project from the first surface in a projection direction and are configured to penetrate fur in a portion of an animal to place the band in communication with the animal. Acoustic sensors functionally associated with the acoustic concentrators are configured to me...