Michael L Davies

US Patent:

20060000420, Jan 5, 2006

Filed:

May 24, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/136201

Inventors:

Michael Martin Davies - Concord MA, US

International Classification:

A01K 29/00

US Classification:

119174000

Abstract:

An approach to monitoring, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment or conditioning of animals such as horses does not require use of restrictive equipment such as treadmills or force plates and that can provide either or both of more or less immediate or continuous processing of data to perform the monitoring or diagnosis. One or more wireless sensors are attached to the animal, for example, to measure motion-related parameter associated with one or more parts of the animal. Sensor data is received from the sensors and processed to identify a characteristic of the motion of the animal, such as a quality of gait. The sensor data can also be used to avoid injury to the animal and/or the rider, and to verify the identity of an animal.

US Patent:

20070130893, Jun 14, 2007

Filed:

Nov 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/562630

Inventors:

Michael Davies - Concord MA, US

International Classification:

B68B 1/00

US Classification:

054001000

Abstract:

An approach to instrumentation and telemetry of physiological and physical parameters of an animal and its environment has particular application to horses. This approach improves the effectiveness of one or more of evaluation, diagnosis, care conditioning or monitoring of animals because it does not require use of restrictive equipment such as force plates or treadmills, and it can provide objective and quantitative data that is complete, accurate, precise and reproducible, and this data can be obtained under real-world conditions, for either or both of more or less real-time or continuous processing of data to perform the monitoring or diagnosis. That is, in such an approach objective and quantitative data can be collected under real-world conditions and this data can be processed and the information can be displayed in a form that is familiar to experts in real-time locally, or can be stored for subsequent retrieval or transmitted for remote review.

US Patent:

20070204801, Sep 6, 2007

Filed:

May 10, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/746889

Inventors:

Michael Davies - Concord MA, US

Assignee:

Equusys, Incorporated - Sudbury MA

International Classification:

A01K 15/02
A01K 29/00

US Classification:

119712000, 119718000

Abstract:

An approach to monitoring, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment or conditioning of animals such as horses does not require use of restrictive equipment such as treadmills or force plates and that can provide either or both of more or less immediate or continuous processing of data to perform the monitoring or diagnosis. One or more wireless sensors are attached to the animal, for example, to measure motion-related parameter associated with one or more parts of the animal. Sensor data is received from the sensors and processed to identify a characteristic of the motion of the animal, such as a quality of gait. The sensor data can also be used to avoid injury to the animal and/or the rider, and to verify the identity of an animal.

US Patent:

20070204802, Sep 6, 2007

Filed:

May 10, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/746901

Inventors:

Michael Davies - Concord MA, US

Assignee:

Equusys, Incorporated - Sudbury MA

International Classification:

A01K 15/02

US Classification:

119712000

Abstract:

An approach to monitoring, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment or conditioning of animals such as horses does not require use of restrictive equipment such as treadmills or force plates and that can provide either or both of more or less immediate or continuous processing of data to perform the monitoring or diagnosis. One or more wireless sensors are attached to the animal, for example, to measure motion-related parameter associated with one or more parts of the animal. Sensor data is received from the sensors and processed to identify a characteristic of the motion of the animal, such as a quality of gait. The sensor data can also be used to avoid injury to the animal and/or the rider, and to verify the identity of an animal.