A needle module for a drive-controlled handheld unit for repeatedly piercing human or animal skin, comprising a housing; a needle holder, which can be moved back and forth in the housing in a longitudinal direction of the housing; a piercing device on the needle holder, which can be moved, on account of the movement of the needle holder, between a proximal and a distal position, in which a piercing tip of the piercing device is arranged outside the housing; a coupling component, which is coupled to the needle holder in such a way that a driving movement provided with a repetition frequency by a drive device that can be coupled to the coupling component can be introduced onto the needle holder; and a damping component, which is arranged between the needle holder and the coupling component and is configured to damp a transfer of force therebetween.

A method of tracking an animal in a population of animals is disclosed that includes applying a visual identifier to the animal, associating reference identifier data of the visual identifier to animal data of the animal, capturing a digital image of the visual identifier applied to the animal, recognizing the visual identifier by digitally processing the captured digital image, and identifying the animal upon recognition of the visual identifier.

The invention relates to a drive device for a hand-held device (1) for locally puncturing a skin, having a housing (5) which is connectable to a module housing (8) of a skin-puncturing device; and an electrical drive device which is arranged in the housing (5) and has a tapping component which is designed to provide a tap for tapping a rotary drive movement generated by the electric drive device for the skin-puncturing device. The electric drive device has an electric motor designed as an external rotor with a rotating rotor component, in which the tapping component is arranged on the rotor component and eccentrically in relation to a rotor axis. Furthermore, a hand-held device (1) for locally puncturing a skin is provided.

Disclosed is an apparatus and associated method for tagging insects and arthropods. According to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, an electrosprayer is provided including a nozzle cartridge, a spray chamber removably attached to the nozzle cartridge and a power supply operatively connected to the nozzle cartridge and a grounding plate within the spray chamber to electrically charge droplets expelled from the nozzle which coat one or more insects contained in the spray chamber.

A system for integrating at least one object with an animal within a research facility comprises at least one animal within the research facility, the at least one animal having a first tag associated therewith that is configured to communicate with a data management system. The system further includes at least one laboratory object having a second tag associated therewith and being associated with the at least one animal, the second tag being configured to communicate with the data management system. Still further, the system includes at least one technician badge having a third tag associated therewith, the badge configured to communicate with the data management system. The at least one animal, the at least one laboratory object, and the at least one technician badge are configured to transmit information to the data management system.

Disclosed herein is a consumable cartridge removably attachable to an animal marking apparatus. The consumable cartridge comprises a movably mounted needle and a biasing element operatively coupled to the movably mounted needle to withdraw the needle to a withdrawn position. Also disclosed herein is a method for marking an animal.

A tool for marking livestock is a cylinder of marking material enveloped by a sheathing. The sheathing is segmented annularly at intervals along the vertical axis and each segment and is cut vertically so that it can be removed in sections to gradually reveal more of the marker.

A method of tracking an animal (4) in a population of animals (4) comprises: applying a visual identifier (41) to the animal (4); associating reference identifier data of the visual identifier (41) to animal data of the animal (4); capturing a digital image of the visual identifier (41) applied to the animal (4); recognizing the visual identifier (41) by digitally processing the captured digital image; and identifying the animal (4) upon recognition of the visual identifier (41).

A tattoo machine having a control unit and a breaker-less handheld non-magnetic tattoo device. The control unit includes a motor mount, a motor, an eccentric cam, a conductive plate, a return spring, an insulated cam follower, an electromagnetic coil controller, a motor revolutions per minute and frequency, an inverter, and a modified voltage output. The breaker-less handheld non-magnetic tattoo device is electrically connected to the modified voltage output. The breaker-less handheld non-magnetic tattoo device includes a disposable needle cartridge, a hand held actuator, an electromagnetic coil, and a power plug. The tattoo machine provides multiple deposits of ink sequentially via the disposable needle cartridge at variable speeds and variable frequencies which provide fine detailed controlled ink application at variable depths, and at variable concentrations on skin including stippling effect while simultaneously reducing hand injuries for tattoo machine operators.

A tool for marking livestock is a cylinder of marking material enveloped by a sheathing. The sheathing is segmented annularly at intervals along the vertical axis and each segment and is cut vertically so that it can be removed in sections to gradually reveal more of the marker.