Patent ID: 11857347
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. Apparatus for monitoring nutrition and fermentation in a liquor in a rumen of a ruminant, wherein the apparatus is designed to be orally applied to the ruminant and to stay permanently and in direct contact with the rumen liquid in the rumen, the apparatus comprising at least the following units:
a) at least one sensing unit for sensing a characteristic value of dissolved carbon dioxide in liquor of rumen, reticulum, or both the rumen and reticulum; and
b) at least one first communication unit for wireless communication of data with a respective second communication unit outside of the ruminant,, wherein the at least one sensing unit includes at least one attenuated total reflectance (ATR) sensor to directly monitor the concentration and evolution of dissolved carbon dioxide and correspondingly to monitor carbon dioxide holdup in the liquor of the rumen without the need for gas migration.