US Patent Issued to Tactile Robotics on Oct. 7 for "Method and apparatus for monitoring and/or controlling food access for a caged animal" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,250, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Tactile Robotics Ltd. (Winnipeg, Canada).

"Method and apparatus for monitoring and/or controlling food access for a caged animal" was invented by Yaser Maddahi (Winnipeg, Canada) and Ali Maddahi (Winnipeg, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring and/or food/water/medicine control system and method of use of the systems provide that (i) an experimenter at the computer desktop sets the schedule for feeding/fasting (food or water or medicine) the animal according to their need, and the animal's access to food or water or medicine will be set accordingly. This allows animal scientists, exp...