CN102440849A - Domestic cat pinching guidance behavior inhibition device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a domestic cat pinching guidance behavior inhibition device and a method. Two claws are closed to form a skin folding ring so as to realize pinching guidance for behavior inhibition response of a mammal. Skin is gathered between the two claws of the pinching guidance behavior inhibition device, so that inner surfaces of skin tissues are mutually adjacent, the outer surface of the skin of the mammal is located at contact surfaces of the claws, and a manual neck and back scratching mode is provided. The pinching guidance behavior inhibition device is placed on the neck or the tail base of the mammal, and harmless pressure between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure is applied. The pinching guidance behavior inhibition device guides tamed response of the mammal, so that procedures can be carried out on the body of the mammal, and simultaneously, both hands of a user are released.

Description

Domestic cat pinch behavior restraining device and the method for inducing

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of manual type and grab nape anchor clamps (manual scruffing clip) devices, and more specifically, relate to a kind of nape that is applied to cervical region and sentence and just pinch the anchor clamps of inducing (pinch-induce) behavior inhibitory reaction.

Background technology

According to record, as far back as 1646, the ancient Egyptian just knew the habit of animal hypnosis.Animal hypnosis is a series of motionless behavior that in comprising the animal of for example insecticide, reptile, birds and mammiferous a plurality of populations, shows.Animal hypnosis has been described a kind of like this behavior state, and wherein animal is not only motionless but also insensitive to outside stimulus.Motionless be considered to be actually have value of survival because find the instance that has many this situation to take place in the open air: deer can be stiff lives when running into the headlight of oncoming vehicle; Serpentis can make the sight of their prey freeze; And the mammal of cub phase can be weak and limp unable when being mentioned their cervical region by their mother with claw.Though these physiological reactions are completely different, above-mentioned all behaviors have all been described by outside stimulus inductive motionless.Because it is motionless that many modes all can be induced, thereby used various terms to describe this behavior: " hypnosis ", " reflection of nape immobility ", " behavior stagnation ", " by putting a curse ", " being confused " and " seemingly-dead ".

People have keen interest for suppressing to study immobility through the machinery in mice, rat, rabbit and the guinea pig.Usually utilize cervical region anchor clamps or inverted device (inversion) in these animals, to induce the immobility reaction.The research that the immobility of cat is carried out is when along the dorsal line placement anchor clamps of cat but the successful case of record is arranged seldom.When some anchor clamps are placed at the cervical region of cat or back, they also can be motionless.The behavior of inducing of pinching of cat suppresses (also to be called as " clipnosis "; But hereinafter referred to as " PIBI ") be to be different from a kind of reaction of real animals hypnotic, because it is cat is not motionless fully because of anchor clamps, opposite; They have also kept piecemeal activity property, and the reaction to outside stimulus simultaneously decreases.

At present, this phenomenon is not as a safety that is used for cat and useful constraint type and gain universal acceptance; But, the present invention has instructed the clinical practice of some useful PIBI, is used for being diagnosed the cat that suffers from the spontaneous cystitis of felid (hereinafter being called " FIC ").The cat that suffers from FIC is unusual responsive to stressor (stressor) and constraint usually.

The reaction of the nape of kitten is through the lax skin of its cervical region it to be mentioned and carried off a kind of immobility that causes by its mother.The tail of kitten is crimped onto below its health, and its back of the body veutro crooked (ventroflexion) and kitten become taming.Nape is reflected at the manhood also will be continued, and for example can see between mating season that it is caught the nape of queen cat and makes it motionless when male cat is climbed up queen cat.Veterinary and cat owner recognize for a long time always; Cat " is grabbed nape " a kind of operative constraint that is used for auxiliary routine is provided, said program is such as implementing injection, claw pruning, physical examination, wound care, venipuncture, vaccination, blood sugar monitoring etc.The present invention has taught and has a kind ofly manually grabbed the instrument of cat nape with the anchor clamps form, and its nape of cervical region that puts on it is to induce equal taming behavior.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is to propose a kind of instrument, induce a behavior inhibitory reaction in cat or other mammal (for example, Canis familiaris L., ferret, rat, rabbit, guinea pig, hamster or mice etc.), to pinch.A purpose is that instrument of the present invention is a kind of grip device that is used for manually grabbing nape.Another purpose is that during venesection, veterinary's program and other auxiliary routine, the PIBI reaction suppresses the activeness of cat effectively.A purpose is to carry out before professor's the program in clinical setting of clamping here; Even but a purpose is that this instrument is also induced the relaxation effect of cat after anchor clamps are removed.

An object of the present invention is, make causing that mammiferous satisfied reaction does not reduce the care-giver simultaneously and effectively accomplishes manually operated ability.An object of the present invention is, make to be used for that conventional manual is grabbed the required staff of nape or finger frees.Another purpose is that these anchor clamps are the safer and more effective substitutes of a kind of anesthesia than physics and chemical restraint method.

The objective of the invention is, induce and grab the equal reaction of nape, crooked below health like veutro bending, the tail of contracted pupil, the back of the body.Another purpose is that anchor clamps stimulate the PIBI reaction at the position that is different from nape of cat.A purpose is that anchor clamps are placed on the dorsimesal any position along cat.Also have a purpose to be, (also can be called along the dorsal line of cat

" domination passages through which vital energy circulates ") stimulation point (particularly at the GV14 place) reduce hyperactivity.In a preferred embodiment, when anchor clamps were applied in cervical region, the inductive effectiveness of anchor clamps was maximum.

A purpose is, these anchor clamps are the strong anchor clamps that can effectively produce maximum pressure, and this is because chucking pressure influences PIBI significantly and induces.A purpose is, chucking pressure is harmless and between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, can not injure animal with the application of guaranteeing anchor clamps.A purpose is, anchor clamps can not apply high pressure (＞300mmHg) the long injury of time (that is, several hours) to avoid causing ischemia relevant.

A purpose is, these anchor clamps have proposed a kind of machinery of the people's of avoiding hand operated, and it causes the reduction of the activeness of cat, and wherein, this device frees people's hands to carry out other essential program on one's body cat.

It is contemplated that, this grip device with mammalian skin grab two can be relative the extracting surface between.Skin histology accumulates between two extracting surfaces of device; Thereby make the inner surface (juxtaposition adjacent one another are of skin histology; And put), and the outer surface of animal skin tissue be positioned at device can grasp relatively the surface contact surface (interface) locate.

Description of drawings

With reference to description more specifically and the claim below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, advantage of the present invention and characteristic will become and be easier to understand, and wherein similar elements is used similar sign flag, and wherein:

The figure that Fig. 1 shows under normal circumstances and how forebrain arranges the reaction of animal under pressure and frightened situation;

Fig. 2 pinches the facade front view of inducing the behavior restraining device, during its median claw is shown in an open position;

Fig. 3 is the facade front view that pinching of Fig. 2 induced the behavior restraining device, and wherein arm is in upwards in the position, and during pawl is in the close position;

Fig. 4 is the facade front view that pinching of Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 induced the behavior restraining device, and wherein arm is in upper/lower positions, and during pawl is in the close position;

Fig. 5 is a facade upward view of pinching the pawl of inducing the behavior restraining device;

Fig. 6 pinches the vertical view of inducing the behavior restraining device, wherein shows the longitudinal component of device;

Fig. 7 pinches the side view of inducing the behavior restraining device;

Fig. 8 pinches the front view of inducing the behavior restraining device;

Fig. 9 and Figure 10 show along the back of the body neck region of cat and place anchor clamps;

Figure 11 shows and pinches the chart of inducing the broad applicability of behavior restraining device in various different animals species;

Figure 12 shows in healthy cat and FIC cat and repeatedly clamps the effect that is induced reaction; And,

The nape of grabbing of clamping reaction that Figure 13 shows about healthy cat and FIC cat reacts regression figure.

The specific embodiment

Demonstrate the best mode of embodiment of the present invention according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, described with reference to accompanying drawing here.

1, the detailed description of accompanying drawing

The reaction of animal under pressure and fear is divided into one of following three kinds of modes: deadlock is lived, is fought or escape.These reactions are considered to by forebrain domination, and it acts on the change motor activity.Under normal circumstances, brain suppresses the action of forebrain, and forebrain suppresses structure under the cortex.When animal was frightened, brain no longer suppressed forebrain, so animal is made a response to stressor.Fig. 1 shows previous reaction.

The present invention is a kind of grip device 10 (hereinafter being also referred to as " pinch and induce the behavior restraining device "), and it is inductive phase reaction together in forebrain.In Fig. 2-Fig. 8, illustrated according to grip device 10 of the present invention.Grip device 10 with mammalian skin grab two can be relative extracting surface 12a, 12b or pawl between.Grasp surperficial 12a, 12b is a concave finger, pawl hingedly links to each other and can catch skin along their relative length along first length.Skin histology is collected to be pinched induce behavior restraining device 10 two and grasps between surperficial 12a, the 12b, thereby makes adjacent one another are and outer surface animal skin tissue of the inner surface of skin histology be positioned at contact surface 14 places that can grasp surperficial 12a, 12b relatively of this device.Closed up ring (skin fold loop) 16 by the skin gathered and be not limited to any size, on the contrary, it can be according to mammiferous size and varying dimensions.Similarly, pinch the relative dimensions and the structure of inducing behavior restraining device 10 and can be each mammal structure.Bigger mammal needs bigger skin to close up ring 16.Can expect that for kitten, the size that skin closes up ring 10 is at least 0.5 inch, for middle-sized cat, is at least 1.0 inches, and for bigger cat, is at least 1.5 inches.

Pinch and induce behavior restraining device 10 can use separately also can be used in combination with more interchangeable behavior devices.In addition, also can use the device of a plurality of identical or different sizes continuously along the back of animal.Fig. 9 shows along the back of the body neck region of cat and places anchor clamps.Preferably, use two grip devices 10 at least in bigger animal.In order to obtain best reaction, anchor clamps 10 are placed in one or two of cervical region and two zones of tail base portion.Can apply a plurality of grip devices 10 along the whole length of back part of animal, but, neck area is more preferred.Preferably, anchor clamps 10 are placed on from the neck area of C1 to C7.Preferably, anchor clamps are placed in the tail region of L5 to S3.

The length of measurement from mammiferous head to its afterbody.If usefulness is that pinching of two inches (vertically) induced the behavior restraining device, the length that then grasps the zone approximately is four inches.This length can not cover whole C 1 to C7 zone, and on the contrary, its covers the length of cervical region and just over scapula.If grip device 10 is placed on the tail base portion place of animal on the contrary, then its placement originates in the junction of tail and health.A plurality of grip devices 10 are placed towards cervical region continuously.Figure 11 illustrates to pinch the chart of inducing the suit property of behavior restraining device 10 on different types of animal.

Slide the application that the skin that is raised is realized anchor clamps 10 through when mentioning mammal skin, installing.Grip device 10 mechanically applies required pressure.Pinch and induce behavior restraining device 10 can have different forms; But in all cases; Finger 12a, 12b at first open (Fig. 2) and are placed in the device to allow that skin is closed up ring, and with rear solid end closed (Fig. 2 and Fig. 3) so that required pressure is applied on the skin.

In a preferred embodiment, anchor clamps 10 are simple extrusion units, and it has at least one but preferably two arm 18a, 18b, and these two arms are set up to the outer surface of pawl 12a, 12b through hinge 24 respectively.Hinge 24 along the length of pawl 12a, 12b in centralized positioning.Crawl arm 18a, 18b curve inwardly in their center, thereby make when arm is in to upper/lower positions (Fig. 4 and Fig. 9), pinch and induce behavior restraining device 10 also to encase scapula a bit.Grip device 10 can comprise along the liner (not shown) of crawl position or grain surface 26, so that user feels comfortable.The contact surface edge 20a, the 20b that grasp surperficial 12a, 12b are veined, so that the extracting on mammal skin.Fig. 2 and Fig. 6 show along pawl and grasp the edge 20a of surperficial 12a, 12b, the slight and slick ripple (ripple) of 20b.Also can comprise the cognate (not shown) on the grip device 10, to catch the surface of mammal skin better.The alternate embodiment (not shown) of grip device 10 also can comprise the mechanism that is similar to vice, and wherein, when device is placed when putting in place, screw thread just engages so that anchor clamps are locked on the position of expectation.

Grip device 10 is applied to, and its longitudinal axis X-X is 90 ° (referring to Fig. 9) along mammiferous back or with mammiferous back.The amount that depends on the skin that device can grasp, the skin of catching by grip device 10 close up ring quantitative changeization and can be more or less.Pinch and induce behavior restraining device 10 to grasp skin from carrying on the back veutro.

Can realize the closure of anchor clamps 10 through various machine tools, like thread mechanism, spring mechanism 22 or the like.Two can be relative the extracting surface combine through any combination tool with vertical and/or horizontal tectonics.Through at least one arm is installed on the extracting surface that can be relative at two, user can easily be placed on anchor clamps 10 on the animal.After will installing removal, state and behavior that skin histology returns to before grasping suppress also to be cancelled.

Can expect, grip device 10 was grabbed in one section the period that expectation long of animal between five to ten minutes; Yet, under the situation that can not damage, also can use the longer time to the nervous system of animal.

Can further imagine, grip device 10 can be with the material manufacture that comprises plastics, rubber, metal, timber, composite, aluminum etc.These anchor clamps 10 are the strong anchor clamps that can effectively produce the harmless cramping between contraction and diastolic blood pressure, and its application of guaranteeing anchor clamps can not hurt animal.

Test:

To female sterillization cat of five (5) of 1 to 5 years old scope healthy male and eight (8) health, and 1 to 10 years old scope and 11 (11) that have FIC male and seven (7) female sterillization cat (hereinafter being called " FIC cat ") studied.Use two inches conjunctions (binder) anchor clamps of two standards to induce the PIBI reaction.Can not induce pressure necrosis in order to ensure anchor clamps, when recording blood pressure rose, they were applied in to be inflated to the #3 blood pressure cuff of about 10mmHg.Figure 10 shows the anchor clamps of placing along dorsal line from C1 to C7.First anchor clamps are directly placed behind ear, and this zone also is called as the nape zone, and it is used for mentioning and carrying kitten by female cat usually.Second anchor clamps are placed immediately following first anchor clamps at the back.At the experimental session of aforementioned program, second anchor clamps be placed to cat on one's body after, comment the PIBI grade according to Likert Scale (Likert scale) at once :-3 grades of expressions are promptly waken up with a start, shout, are stung the negative reaction of anchor clamps, attempt removing anchor clamps etc.; 0 grade of expression there is not reaction; And+3 grades of expressions obvious positive motionless reaction, i.e. tense situation, relaxation states etc.

By one, two, three month after the folder, all cats were all pressed from both sides once more for the first time.The PIBI reaction is compared with the grading in month before.At four month, 12 healthy cats and 16 FIC cats were mentioned through the nape of grabbing their cervical regions gently, confirm to use identical grading scale whether cat is indicating their reactions for PIBI to the reaction of grabbing nape.By the neurologist that qualification certification is arranged before cat is pressed from both sides and by four healthy cats of inspection during the folder (2 male with 2 female) and six FIC cats (three heros three are female).Inspection ergasia, Threat Reaction, facial perception and front and back lower limb enabling capabilities.

Use the overtime reaction of Crewe Si Kai-Wo Lisi (Kruskal-Wallis) check assessment PIBI.Use the linear regression analysis assessment to grab nape and clamp, and use Wei Shi labelling rank test (Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test) to be evaluated at the effect of clamping on all neurological parameters.

Anchor clamps institute applied pressure measuring range is 140-160mmHg.In initial disclosure, 12 healthy cats (92%) have positive PIBI score, and negative divide (2) of last (1) cat moderate.All 18 FIC cats (100%) have positive PIBI branch.In each group, age and sex are not brought tangible difference.

Figure 12 shows PIBI score value-design sketch that healthy cat and FIC cat are repeated to clamp.Have 7 PIBI score value to rise at the second month in the healthy cat, 4 cats remain unchanged, and descending appears in 2 cats.Have 3 PIBI score value to rise in the FIC cat, 5 remain unchanged, and 10 occur descending.At three month, the PIBI score value of 2 cats rose, and 6 remain unchanged, five declines.During same month, the score value of 5 FIC cats rises, and 10 remain unchanged, and 3 declines.Shown in figure 12, the effect with first month of FIC cat was different on statistics the second month of a unsoundness cat.

It is corresponding with the PIBI score value to grab the nape score value: just grabbing the nape score value and almost always indicating positive PIBI score value, and for negative score value also be.Figure 13 show to FIC cat-healthy cat grab nape and clamp between close relation.

Do not observe the neurological difference between the sex that is reflected at of healthy cat and FIC cat; Therefore, data are merged.Ergasia is reduced (the 25th percentage point=2 by PIBI significantly; Intermediate value=2; The 75th percentage point=1; P=0.004).During clip, can on all cats, observe the contracted pupil phenomenon.After clip, can observe the minimizing of ergasia, this hint forebrain application point; But, the variation of ergasia is not the characteristic of the property waken up reduction.The two has sizable difference in terms of content, and this change and environment facies adapt to, and promptly when not having anchor clamps, observes more active behavior.As if the change of ergasia is associated with positive characteristic, and wherein when anchor clamps were added, cat was very quiet, sent happy sound and kneaded their claw.In cat, intimidate reaction reduction or shortage with significantly reaction.This has further supported the localized effect of forebrain.

The aforementioned description of the specific embodiment of the invention proposes in order to illustrate with purpose of description.They are not intended to exhaustive or the present invention are restricted to the precise forms that is disclosed, and use for reference above-mentioned instruction, and obviously a lot of modifications and change all are possible.Select and describe these embodiment,, thereby make others skilled in the art can utilize the present invention best and be suitable for expecting the various embodiment of special-purpose through various improvement so that explain principle of the present invention and practical application thereof best.

Claims (17)

1. method that the behavior of inducing domestic felid suppresses; The skin of said method along dorsal line from C1 to C7 placed one or more anchor clamps of exerting pressure; Wherein, At least one anchor clamps of exerting pressure is directly placed behind ear, and wherein, the said anchor clamps of exerting pressure apply the harmless pressure between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure.

2. method according to claim 1, said method are applied to suffering from the domestic felid of the spontaneous cystitis of felid, to suppress the reaction to the stressor that comprises constraint.

3. method according to claim 1, said method is applied to domestic felid as the readiness program that is used for physical examination, wound care, venipuncture, vaccination, blood sugar monitoring or claw pruning.

4. grip device; It is pinched and induces mammiferous behavior inhibitory reaction; Said grip device comprises the concave finger that two of hingedly connecting along first length can be relative, and said two pawl closures are closed up ring to form skin, wherein; Skin histology is collected between said two pawls, thereby makes the adjacent one another are and outer surface said mammal skin of the inner surface of skin histology be positioned at the contact surface place of said two pawls.

5. grip device according to claim 4, wherein, said two pawls are adapted to be, and make that the inner surface of said skin histology is adjacent at the diameter place that said skin closes up ring, and the size of said diameter is between 0.5 to 1.5 inch.

6. grip device according to claim 4, wherein, said grip device further is particularly suitable for being positioned over said mammiferous from the neck area of C1 to C7.

7. grip device according to claim 4, wherein, said grip device further is particularly suitable for being placed on from the tail region of L5 to S3.

8. grip device according to claim 4, wherein, the said pawl of said grip device is suitable for mechanically applying the harmless pressure between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure.

9. grip device according to claim 8, wherein, said pressure between 120 and 160mmHg between.

10. a manual type is grabbed the nape grip device, and its nape that is applied to the felid cervical region is pinched with generation and induced the behavior inhibitory reaction, and said device comprises:

Two can be relative concave finger; Said two pawls hingedly connect along first length; Said two pawls can close up ring to form the skin of size between 0.5 to 1.5 inch around the nape closure of felid cervical region; Wherein, skin histology is collected between said two pawls, thereby makes the adjacent one another are and outer surface said mammal skin of the inner surface of skin histology be positioned at the contact surface place of said two pawls; And wherein further, being grabbed regional length by the quilt of accumulative skin histology approximately is the twice of said first length; And

Spring mechanism is used to advance said two pawls altogether, adds the harmless pressure between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure so that can mechanically close up circulating application to said skin.

11. manual type according to claim 10 is grabbed the nape grip device, further comprises two crawl arms hingedly setting up to the outer surface of said pawl, said arm along the length of said pawl in centralized positioning.

12. manual type according to claim 10 is grabbed the nape grip device, wherein, the contact surface edge of said two pawls has texture, so that on said mammal skin, grasp, said contact surface edge is slight and slick ripple.

13. manual type according to claim 10 is grabbed the nape grip device; Wherein, The longitudinal axis of said grip device can apply along said mammiferous back or be 90 ° of ground with said mammiferous back and apply, and makes said grip device catch the skin of back to veutro.

14. manual type according to claim 10 is grabbed the nape grip device, wherein, said pressure is between 120 to 160mmHg.

15. method of inducing the behavior inhibition of domestic felid; Said method is placed one or more anchor clamps of exerting pressure according to claim 10 along the dorsal line of said felid, and the position of said anchor clamps is from selecting the group down: said mammiferous neck area from C1 to C7; Tail region from L5 to S3; On the tail base portion and continue towards cervical region; And after being located immediately at ear.

16. method according to claim 15, said method further are applied to suffer from the domestic felid of the spontaneous cystitis of felid, to suppress the reaction to the stressor that comprises constraint.

17. method according to claim 16, the readiness program of further pruning as physical examination, wound care, venipuncture, vaccination, blood sugar monitoring or claw and be applied to domestic felid.

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