Polycell Dosage Projectile for Low-Splatter Remote Livestock Treatment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Efficient delivery and management of treatment to animals, particularly livestock, is challenging due to their free movement across vast areas, and existing methods require advance planning, handling, and record-keeping, which can be stressful and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A polycell dosage projectile composed of polymer components with structural agents, designed for remote administration, which fragments on impact to minimize splatter and maximize delivery of biologically active agents to animals, using a hermetic seal and specific polymer properties to ensure effective treatment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional handling facilities and methods are used to administer treatment to animals, then treatment can be delivered, but the process requires advance planning, gathering, and moving animals to pens which increases time consumption and animal stress
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the treatment delivery function from traditional handling facilities and concentrates it into a portable, handheld applicator that can be used directly at the animal's location, eliminating the need to move animals to pens for treatment
Solution Approach 2:
The applicator is designed to be self-contained with integrated treatment reservoirs and delivery mechanisms, allowing the operator to perform treatment immediately without requiring separate preparation steps or external equipment
2Ease of operation
If traditional handling facilities are used for treatment, then treatment can be administered, but it requires visual identification and manual handling which increases operational complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes the complex handling facility infrastructure and reduces identification to simple visual recognition, concentrating all necessary functions into a portable applicator that combines treatment delivery with minimal identification requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The applicator is designed as a universal device that can treat multiple animal species and handle various treatment types through a single platform, eliminating the need for specialized equipment for different animals or treatments
3Productivity
If animals are gathered and confined in handling facilities for treatment, then treatment can be delivered, but it causes animal stress and is inefficient for free-moving livestock
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the treatment function from confining handling facilities and delivers it directly to the animal in its natural environment, eliminating the harmful stress of gathering and confinement while maintaining treatment effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of moving the animal to the treatment equipment, the invention inverts the approach by bringing the treatment equipment to the animal, allowing treatment to occur in the animal's natural environment without disturbance
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure is directed to a polycell for forming a dosage projectile suitable for administering a biologically active agent to an animal remotely, the polycell comprising a first component having a semispherical shell formed from a polymer and a structural agent; a second component having a semispherical shell formed from a polymer and a structural agent; and a filling port in the first component or the second component; wherein the first and second components when joined form a polycell having a substantially spherical hollow body adapted to receive an agent to treat an animal. The present disclosure is also directed to a dosage projectile comprising an agent to treat an animal sealed in a polycell.