Patent ID: 9671276
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A01K,G01G,H04Q

Claim:
1. A system of weighing animals in a vivarium using a sterilizable, wireless weighing scale in a plurality of animal cages in a vivarium, wherein the cages are sterile and are free of electrical penetrations; and wherein the scale comprises: a fixed module comprising: a case, a fixed electronics set, one or more load cells, and a compliance element; a moving module comprising: an external sub-module and an internal sub-module; a communications element; wherein the external sub-module comprises: a weighing surface and one or more transfer points; wherein the internal sub-module comprises a platform; wherein the one or more transfer points operatively mechanically couple the external sub-module to the platform; wherein the compliance element is fixed at a fixed edge to the case; wherein the platform is fixed to the free ends of the one or more load cells; and wherein the communication element is adapted to wirelessly transmit a value of a weight on the weighing surface.