A tissue-removing catheter includes an elongate catheter body. The catheter body has a jogged portion that applies an urge force against a body lumen wall and urges a portion of the catheter body toward a portion of the body lumen wall. A tissue-removing element removes tissue from the body lumen during the cutting operation. The tissue-removing element is located generally adjacent the portion of the catheter body that is urged toward the body lumen wall by the jogged portion. An urging mechanism selectively applies a compressive load to the catheter body to adjust the bending stiffness of the jogged portion and the urge force applied by the jogged portion.

A device, assembled to subject at least one egg that normally has a longitudinal direction between a blunt end and a pointed end to a processing in a predetermined orientation of the longitudinal direction of the egg, such as injection or vaccination, candling or vacuum or grabber based pick-up. The device includes a processing station arranged to subject the egg to the processing; a holder arranged to hold the egg in said predetermined orientation for the processing station to subject the egg to the processing. The holder includes a support, arranged to engage one of said two ends of the egg; and a cylindrical accommodation comprising at least two arms extending from the support in use in the longitudinal direction of the egg to engage the egg at a distance from the support, wherein the arms are flexible and the cylindrical accommodation is curved in correspondence with the circumferential shape of the egg. The arms are arranged to yield and align the egg when the arms move over the egg.

A vaccine spray equipment includes a frame, a conveying device, a spray device and two liquid supply devices. The conveying device is disposed on the frame, and is configured to support and convey a chick frame. The spray device is provided on the frame and includes two rows of spray heads provided along the conveying direction perpendicular to the conveying device, the two rows of spray heads are provided side by side above the conveying device. The two liquid supply devices are provided on the frame. The two liquid supply devices are respectively connected to the two rows of spray heads in a one-to-one correspondence, and each of the liquid supply devices is configured to provide the spray device with vaccine suspension liquid.

Injection systems and methods of using the same are described herein. Each injection system may include one, two, or more needles, with each needle being configured to move needle between an injection position and a retracted position to deliver an inoculant. The injection needles may rotate about a carriage axis that extends through the injection axis along which each needle moves when moving between their injection and retracted positions. The injection needles in systems that include two or more injection needles may be advanced from the retracted position to the injection position at the same or different times.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for delivering droplets of fluids onto an open tray containing poultry, the tray being stationary. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps: (a) a movable arm is moved over the tray in translation in a first direction, said arm supporting a first set of dispensing nozzles and a second set of dispensing nozzles, said nozzles of each set being arranged to cover the entire dimension of the tray in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; (b) initially, droplets of at least one first fluid are dispensed by spraying using the first set of dispensing nozzles; (c) and then at least one second fluid, distinct from said at least one first fluid to be sprayed, is dispensed by ejecting individual drops by means of the second set of dispensing nozzles.

A wearable animal vaccine insulation apparatus consists of an insulated container with an interior for a vaccine delivery bladder. It features a delivery opening to connect the bladder's neck to a dose administration hose. The apparatus also includes a body harness for wearing the container against the body. The container maintains the temperature integrity of the vaccine delivery bladder ensuring that the vaccine remains within the recommended temperature range, safeguarding its effectiveness.

A mammary-dosing system for infusing a fluid into a teat of a mammal includes a plurality of medicament cartridges and a dosing gun configured to dispense the fluid from each of the medicament cartridges. In accordance with the techniques of this disclosure, each of the medicament cartridges includes: a cartridge body defining an internal cavity configured to retain a fluid; a cannula extending radially upward from an upper surface of the cartridge body and communicatively connected to the internal cavity for dispensing the fluid from the cavity; and a horizontal-alignment device.

A mammary-dosing system for infusing a fluid into a teat of a mammal includes a plurality of medicament cartridges and a dosing gun configured to dispense the fluid from each of the medicament cartridges. In accordance with the techniques of this disclosure, each of the medicament cartridges includes: a cartridge body defining an internal cavity configured to retain a fluid; a cannula extending radially upward from an upper surface of the cartridge body and communicatively connected to the internal cavity for dispensing the fluid from the cavity; and a horizontal-alignment device.

An injector, injection system, and methods for injecting products to a fowl, in which the injector includes a retention member with at least one hole formed in the retention member, a retention member supporting surface supporting the retention member, and injection needle being movable through the hole. A longitudinal axis of the injection needle and an axis perpendicular to the retention member supporting surface form a vertical angle between 15 and 45.

The invention relates to a facility for high-speed processing of newly hatched fowl.

According to the invention, said facility comprises at least one first linear conveyor (10), which defines a conveying axis (11) along which a plurality of processing stations (13) are arranged, at least some of said processing stations (13) being identical so that the fowl of a single first container in motion can receive the same processing by being shared across the various identical processing stations (13), at least each one of said identical processing stations (13) comprising a chute (15) for conveying fowl thus processed to second containers (16), said facility comprising stationary supports for supporting said second containers, which are placed level with a second conveyor (17) located under said first conveyor (10), so that each second container can be moved, when it is full, to said second conveyor (17) in order to be discharged.