Patent ID: 8116985

Claim:
A method for automatic exposure control of a single test animal based on real-time data collected from the single test animal, comprising the steps of: a) providing a single test animal having at least one implanted catheter, and optionally, at least one implanted monitoring device; b) simultaneously: i) exposing the single test animal of step a) to at least one test condition, and ii) capturing multiple measurements of samples, over a period of time, from the same single test animal to provide real-time data related to the status of the same single test animal under test with no human-animal contact during testing, wherein the real-time data comprises same single test animal generated responses, over time, to the test condition, and wherein the test condition comprises one or more of a biological parameter, physiological parameter, or combinations thereof; c) comparing the real-time data of step b) from the same single test animal to a database of prior generated data from the same single test animal; and d) automatically controlling the conditions of the test to which the same single test animal is exposed to produce further real-time data by automatically adjusting the test conditions in response to the same single test animal's response to the test and to the real-time data being captured from the same single test animal.