Systems and methods for monitoring organisms within an aquatic environment

US10531639B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Battelle Memorial Institute · CH

Inventors

• Z. Daniel Deng · Richland, US
• Huidong Li · Richland, US
• Mitchell J. Myjak · Richland, US
• Jun Lu · Richland, US
• Jayson J. Martinez · Richland, US
• Jiguang Zhang · Xuzhou, CN
• Samuel S. Cartmell · Richland, US
• Yuxing Wang · Dayton, US
• Qiuyan Li · Richland, US
• Jie Xiao · Nanchang, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B06B1/0655
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for monitoring organisms within an aquatic environment are described. According to one aspect, an injectable acoustic transmission device includes a body configured to be injected inside of an organism, a transducer within the body and configured to convert a plurality of electrical signals into a plurality of data transmissions which are transmitted externally of the body and the organism, a plurality of circuit components within the body and configured to use electrical energy from a power source to generate the electrical signals which are provided to the transducer, and wherein the transducer defines an internal volume and at least one of the circuit components is provided within the internal volume of the transducer.