ROSS K HENDERSON
Nursing at Welwyn Way, Tallahassee, FL

License number

Florida 1031362

Issued Date

Oct 30, 1978

Effective Date

May 28, 2003

Expiration Date

Apr 30, 2001

Professional information

Biomedical Research Engineer

Position:

Bio-Medical-Engineer at DiLog Instruments

Location:

Tallahassee, Florida

Industry:

Research

Work:

DiLog Instruments since Jan 1976 - Bio-Medical-Engineer Florida State University Feb 1977 - Jun 2010 - Research Faculty

Education:

University of Wisconsin-Madison 1975 - 1977
MSEE, Bio-Medical Instrumentation

Lab Animal Tracker And Deterministic Shocker

US Patent:

7380435, Jun 3, 2008

Filed:

Nov 7, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/594701

Inventors:

Ross P. Henderson - Tallahassee FL, US
Carlos A. Bolanos - Tallahassee FL, US

Assignee:

Florida State University Research Foundation - Tallahassee FL

International Classification:

G01M 7/00, A01K 37/00

US Classification:

73 1201, 119712, 119720, 119721, 43 98

Abstract:

A deterministic shocker holds a test animal within an enclosure on a grid floor of electrodes such that a controller places a small current across each electrode and measures the electrical resistance of each electrode. The electrode with the lowest resistance strongly correlates to the location of a paw of the animal so that the controller delivers a small electric shock to only that electrode. Animal movement can be tracked and recorded during an experimental run. A second enclosure may be located adjacent the first enclosure separated by a transparent partition wherein the second enclosure also has a grid floor comprised of a plurality of electrodes, The controller also places a current across each of these electrodes and measures the electrical resistance thereof so that this animal's movement can also be tracked during the experiment to measure this second animal's response in witnessing the shocking of the first animal.