WO2010029264A1

WO2010029264A1 - Device providing traceability for product administration operations, and corresponding identification tag

Info

Publication number: WO2010029264A1
Application number: PCT/FR2009/051709
Authority: WO
Inventors: Bernard Comminges
Original assignee: Genia
Priority date: 2008-09-15
Filing date: 2009-09-11
Publication date: 2010-03-18
Also published as: FR2936082A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (1) providing traceability for product administration operations to be performed on an animal wearing an identification tag of the type formed of a male component (3) and of a female component (2), the said traceability device being able to be borne by at least one of the components of the identification tag. According to the invention, the traceability device takes the form of a tag panel comprising marks to indicate the state of accomplishment of the administration operations, each indicating mark taking the form of a foldable part (4) and of a means (6) of keeping the said foldable part folded, each foldable part being able to be moved, under the action of an operator, from a deployed position into a folded position or vice versa. The invention also relates to an identification tag incorporating such a traceability device.

Description

Device for traceability of product administration operations and corresponding identification loop

The present invention generally relates to traceability devices.

The invention relates more particularly to a device for traceability of product delivery operations, to be performed on an animal carrying a type identification loop formed of a male part comprising a piercing rod provided with a head intended to pass through a part of the body of the animal, for example the ear, and a female part comprising a housing adapted to receive the head of the stem of the male part for a locking of said male and female parts, said device traceability being adapted to be worn by at least one of the parts of the identification loop. The invention also relates to an identification loop incorporating such a traceability device and a corresponding traceability set.

It is known from the state of the art, and in particular document FR2213008, a device as described above. In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 10 of this document FR2213008, two panels are mounted free to pivot on the rod connecting the male part and the female part of the identification loop. It can be envisaged that one of the panels is used as a traceability device. In this case, when the operator has carried out a product administration operation, for example for a vaccine, he must write directly on said panel information to identify that said operation was performed.

However, having to write on said panel makes tracing unreliable. Indeed, the written information may fade and / or become unreadable by wearing the panel when said panel is rubbing against branches for example. In addition, when the operator wishes to verify that a product administration operation has been carried out, he must approach sufficiently the ear of the animal to read the information on said panel, which is revealed complicated and impractical to use.

Finally, such mounting of the panel on the rod requires mounting the panel between the two parts of the loop at the same time that the loop is fixed on the ear of the animal. Such an operation is impractical because the operator is not free to position the panel independently of the loop. In addition, if the operator must write information while the loop is already placed on the ear of the animal, it is difficult for him to access said panel and cleanly mark the information corresponding to the administration operation performed .

It is also known, through patent FR-2.634.437, a traceability device provided with tear-off indication marks for dating a catch of game and / or livestock and, through the international application WO 95/14375 , a traceability label provided with detachable indication means for displaying the administration operations. Pulling out, which generally requires both hands of the operator, is not always easy and the torn parts form waste whose operator does not know what to do. In addition, a risk of inadvertent pulling can not be excluded. In case of error of tearing a mark, this mark is no longer repositionable.

The object of the present invention is to propose a traceability device making it possible to reliably indicate the state achieved or not of an operation of administering a product to an animal.

The invention also aims to provide an easy traceability device to be used for the operator and whose risk of tampering with the information relating to the state of the operations performed or not is very low. To this end, the invention relates to a device for traceability of product administration operations, to be performed on an animal carrying a type identification loop formed of a male part comprising a piercing rod provided with a head intended to pass through a part of the body of the animal, for example the ear, and a female part comprising a housing adapted to receive the head of the rod of the male part for a locking of said male and female parts, said traceability device being able to be carried by at least one of the parts of the identification loop, characterized in that the traceability device is in the form of a plate comprising reference marks of the embodiment of the administration operations, each indication mark being in the form of a collapsible part and a means for holding said collapsible part in folded position, each collapsible part being nt able to pass, under the action of an operator, a deployed position to a folded position or vice versa, one of the positions being chosen as corresponding to the indication of the realized state of an operation of administration.

The term "worn" means that the traceability device may be attached to at least one of the parts of the identification loop, or, according to a variant embodiment, formed in one piece with the one of the parts of the identification loop.

With such a traceability device, the operator can easily indicate that he has performed a given operation of administering a product. Indeed, it is sufficient for the operator to pass the folding part corresponding to said operation in the folded or unfolded position, chosen as corresponding to the indication of the realized state of said operation. Preferably, an administration operation is indicated as performed when the collapsible portion is folded and held folded by the corresponding holding means.

The position of each collapsible part therefore provides a reliable indication mark whose risk of degradation is limited. Indeed, unlike the solution envisaged in the state of the art of writing on a panel of the loop information relating to the completion of each operation, the traceability device according to the invention does not present any risk of erasing the information.

In addition, the fact of translating whether or not a product administration operation is performed by the folded or unfolded position of the collapsible part enables the operator to visually control the tracing device at a certain distance from the product. animal without having to decipher a specific marking. In other words, the operator does not need to get too close to the animal when he simply wants to check the status of a product administration operation or not. Such indication marks are also easily readable when the device is soiled because of the environment in which the animal evolves.

According to a first advantageous characteristic of the invention, each folding part and each corresponding holding means are respectively made in one piece with the body of the wafer. Such a design of the traceability device simplifies its implementation and makes its use more reliable.

According to another advantageous characteristic of the invention, each folding part comprises a locking means adapted to cooperate by snapping with the corresponding holding means in the folded position of said folding part. The use of snap locking means makes it possible to simply and reliably maintain said folding part in the folded position.

According to another advantageous characteristic of the invention, the locking means of each folding part is formed by a detent tooth and the holding means is formed by an insertion housing of said detent tooth. According to another advantageous characteristic of the invention, each holding means is formed by a hook-shaped element which protrudes from the wafer, said hook delimiting an insertion housing in which is able to engage the snap tooth of the corresponding folding part.

Preferably, each folding part comprises a through hole and an internal radial snap-in tooth, said through orifice being of dimension substantially equal to the size of the hook, to, firstly, allow the folding part to come to cap the hook in the folded position, and, secondly, allow the latching of said tooth with the hook.

Advantageously, in the latched state, the locking means of each folding part and the corresponding holding means are coupled to each other in a way that can not be dismantled.

Another object of the invention is to allow the mounting of such a traceability device on the identification loop, even when said loop has been previously fixed on the animal.

For this purpose, the part of the identification loop capable of carrying said device is in the form of a flexible panel comprising, outside its connection zone to the other part, a flexible widened area, and said plate forming the traceability device comprises a loop inside which said piece of the loop is adapted to be introduced to a position in which the enlarged zone of said piece extends on one side of the passer and retaining stop shape of the wafer on said piece.

Advantageously, said wafer is flexible and said passer is formed of two slots made in the body of the wafer, said slots forming between them a deformable band to allow mounting and a maintenance of the wafer applied to the enlarged area of the workpiece. According to an alternative embodiment, the passing of the wafer is delimited by a raised portion of the body of the wafer, said raised portion being connected to the body of the wafer by two jambs in the manner of a loop, said legs forming abutments retaining the enlarged area of the workpiece in the assembled state of the wafer on said part of the loop. Preferably, the body of the wafer further has an orifice passing through the faces of the wafer and opening into the passage defined by the raised portion, so as to facilitate the mounting of the wafer on said loop piece.

The invention also relates to a type identification loop formed of a male part comprising a piercing rod provided with a head intended to pass through a part of the body of an animal, for example the ear, and a female part having a housing adapted to receive the head of the stem of the male part for locking said male and female parts, at least one of the parts of the identification loop being in the form of a panel, the wafer type, characterized in that said wafer comprises indication marks of the state of implementation of the administration operations, each indication mark being in the form of a folding part and a holding means in folded position of said collapsible portion, to constitute a traceability device of the aforementioned type.

In other words, the wafer of the traceability device and the wafer constituting the part of the identification loop forming a single wafer so that one of the parts of the identification loop and the traceability device are made in one piece.

The invention therefore also relates to a traceability assembly comprising, on the one hand, an identification loop of the type formed of a male part comprising a piercing rod provided with a head intended to pass through a part of the body of an animal. , for example the ear, and a female part having a housing adapted to receive the head of the stem of the male part for locking said male and female parts, and secondly, a traceability device, as described above, said traceability device being integrated with one of the loop parts.

The invention also relates to a traceability assembly comprising, on the one hand, a type identification loop formed of a male part comprising a piercing rod provided with a head intended to pass through a part of the body of an animal, for example the ear, and a female part having a housing adapted to receive the head of the rod of the male part for locking said male and female parts, and secondly, a traceability device, as described above, reported on said loop.

The invention will be better understood on reading the following description of exemplary embodiments, with reference to the appended drawings in which: FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the traceability device according to the invention carried by a loop identification;

- Figure 2 is a rear perspective view of the traceability device according to the invention carried by the identification loop of Figure 1;

FIG. 3 is a detail view of an indication mark of the state of realization of an operation for a traceability device according to the invention;

- Figure 4 is a rear view of the traceability device according to the invention;

- Figure 5 a perspective view of the traceability device according to the invention, in the folded state of some of the folding parts forming indication marks.

FIG. 1 shows a traceability device 1 for product administration operations, to be performed on an animal carrying an identification loop 2, 3. A product administration operation consists of the following: administration of one or more products, for example a vaccine. The identification loop is of the type formed of a male part 3 comprising a piercing rod 10 provided with a head intended to pass through a part of the body of the animal, for example the ear, and a female part 2 with housing 11, passing through or not, adapted to receive the head of the rod 10 of the male part 3 for a lock for example interlocking said parts 2, 3 male and female.

In the example illustrated in the figures and as detailed below, said device is mounted on the female part 2 of the identification loop.

In a manner characteristic of the invention, the traceability device 1 is in the form of a wafer comprising indication marks 46 of the state of implementation of the administration operations. Each indication mark 46 is in the form of a folding part 4 and a holding means 6 in the folded position of said folding part 4. Each folding part 4 is able to pass, under the action of a operator, from a deployed position PD to a folded position PR or vice versa.

Each collapsible portion corresponds to a given product administration operation. Preferably, as illustrated in FIG. 5, each collapsible portion 4 is associated with a number which returns for the operator to a given product administration operation.

One of the positions, preferably the folded position PR, is chosen to correspond to the indication of the realized state of a product delivery operation. Thus, when an operation has been carried out on the animal, a folding part 4 of the wafer corresponding to said operation is folded and kept folded by the corresponding holding means 6. In addition, folding the collapsible portion 4 to indicate the state of the implementation of the administration operation limits the size of the traceability device, which reduces the risk of attachment of the traceability device for example with branches bush.

Preferably, each folding part 4 and each corresponding holding means 6 are respectively made in one piece with the body of the wafer. Advantageously, the device is made by molding in a flexible and elastic plastic material.

The wafer forming a traceability device is generally rectangular or square and the folding parts 4 are distributed along at least two opposite edges of said wafer. Each foldable portion is formed by a foldable tab about an axis parallel to the corresponding edge of the wafer. Preferably, the holding means 6 are positioned on the visible face 1A of the wafer, that is to say the face opposite to the face 1B of the wafer oriented towards the pierced portion of the body of the animal, for example the ear.

Each tongue 4 comprises a locking means 5 adapted to cooperate by latching with the corresponding holding means 6 in the folded position of said tongue 4.

Each holding means 6 and the corresponding locking means 5 are located relative to each other in positions symmetrical with respect to the axis of folding of the corresponding tongue 4. Thus, along two opposite edges of the wafer, there is obtained a row of foldable portions 4 arranged along the same axis of folding and a row of corresponding holding means 6 extending parallel to the axis of folding.

Advantageously, the locking means 5 of each tongue 4 is formed by a ratchet tooth 5 and the holding means 6 is formed by an insertion housing of said ratchet tooth 5. In the example illustrated in the figures, each holding means 6 is formed by a hook-shaped member which protrudes from the top face 1A of the wafer. As recalled above, the top face of the wafer is defined as that which, in the worn state of the device by the loop and in the fixed state of the loop on the animal, is visible by an operator. As detailed in FIG. 3, said hook defines an insertion housing 62 into which the tooth is able to engage. snap 5 of the corresponding tongue 4. Said housing 62 is open towards the corresponding tongue. In the folded position, the tongue 4 is held folded by bearing contact of said tooth 5 with a portion of the contour 63 of said opening 62.

Advantageously, as detailed in FIG. 3, each tongue 4 has a through-orifice 41 and an internal radial snap-in tooth 5, that is to say originating on the inner contour of the through orifice 41. formed in the thickness of the tongue. Said through hole 41 is of dimension substantially equal to the bulk of the hook 6, to, firstly, allow the tongue 4 to come to cap the hook in the folded position, and, secondly, to allow the latching of said tooth 5 with the hook.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, said through-orifice 41 allows, by folding the tongue 4, the passage of the hook through said through-hole 41. In the folded position of the tongue, the corresponding tooth 5 engages the housing provided by the hook.

Alternatively, the holding means 6 may be formed by a simple notch passing through the body of the wafer to form an insertion housing of said ratchet tooth 5.

Preferably, in the latched state, the locking means 5 of each tongue 4 and the corresponding holding means 6 are releasably coupled to one another to form a tamper-proof assembly. Alternatively, it can be provided that the locking means of each folding part 4 is unlockable to allow said folding part 4 to return to the unfolded position.

The part 2 of the identification loop carrying said device is in the form of a flexible panel comprising, outside its zone of connection 2A to the other room 3, a widened area 2B flexible. Said enlarged zone 2B of the panel is preferably intended to bear a sign of identification of the animal. Preferably, said flexible panel extends in a plane transverse to the axis of the piercing rod 11 connecting the two parts 2, 3 of the loop, in the assembled state of the two parts 2, 3 of the loop. The other piece 3 is also in the form of a flexible panel having, outside its connection area to the part 2, a flexible enlarged area.

Advantageously, said wafer forming the traceability device comprises a loop inside which said piece 2 of the loop is able to be introduced to a position in which the enlarged zone 2B of said piece extends on one side of the loop and in the form of the stop of retaining the wafer on said workpiece 2. In other words, the workpiece 2 widens from its connection zone 2A to the other workpiece towards its base, and said enlarged zone 2B forms a retaining shoulder of traceability device.

Such passer allows removably mounting the traceability device on a part of the loop. In addition, such a passer enables said traceability device to be mounted on the identification loop independently of the state of said loop or not attached to the ear of the animal.

Preferably, as illustrated more particularly in Figures 1, 2 and 4, the pass of the wafer is delimited by a raised portion 7 of the body of the wafer. Said raised portion 7 is connected to the body of the wafer by two legs 8 in the manner of a loop. Said legs 8 form a stop for retaining the enlarged zone 2B of the workpiece in the mounted state of the wafer on said part 2 of the loop. The axis of the passage opening delimited by the raised portion 7 is parallel to the plane of the body of the wafer, which allows the traceability device to extend in a plane parallel to the plane of the panel of the workpiece 2. the loop, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 5. An assembly of the traceability device makes the whole formed by the loop and the compact traceability device. In addition, the traceability device and the panel of the part 2 of the loop are easily visible by the operator.

The body of the wafer further has a through hole 12 the faces 1A, 1B of the wafer and opening into the loop defined by the raised portion 7, so as to facilitate the mounting of the wafer on said loop member 2.

The presence of such a through hole 12 facilitates the insertion of the widened zone 2B of the loop piece through said through hole 12 by the face 1 B of the wafer located on the opposite side to the raised portion 7. The inserting the piece into the through hole 12 is by elastic deformation of said enlarged area 2B. Once the through orifice 12 passes through said enlarged zone 2B of the loop piece, said enlarged zone 2B can redeploy to bear on the face 1A of the plate located on the side of the raised portion 7 and facing the jambs of said raised portion 7.

Preferably, the mouth opening 14 of the through orifice 12 is smaller than the passage width of the opening delimited by the raised portion 7.

According to an alternative embodiment not shown in the figures, said wafer is flexible and said passer is formed of two slots made in the body of the wafer. Said slots form between them a deformable band to allow mounting and maintenance of the wafer to apply to the enlarged area 2B of the part 2. The assembly is performed by elastic deformation of said strip and the edges of the enlarged area 2B of the room 2.

Alternatively, the passer made in the wafer can be replaced by a through hole. In this case, the plate is mounted on the rod between the panels of the two parts. The wafer forming traceability device also has a location 15 for marking a date. The marking of the said date makes it possible to determine the beginning of the product administration operations. In the example illustrated in the figures, the date marking location is formed by a tab of similar shape to the folding tabs 4.

The device according to the invention is advantageously placed on the part of the identification loop located on the outer face or the top of the ear of the animal. The vision of identification signs can remain assured then in a wide range of directions.

In the example illustrated in the figures, the traceability device is attached to a panel of a part of the identification loop. Alternatively, said device can be formed in one piece with the loop. In particular, one of the parts of the loop is made in the form of a plate-like panel, said plate being provided with indication marks 46 of the state of implementation of the administration operations, each indication mark 46 being in the form of a collapsible portion 4 and a holding means 6 in the folded position of said collapsible portion to form a traceability device according to the invention. Thus, one of the parts of the identification loop is merged with the landmark plate of the traceability device so that the part of the identification loop and the traceability device form a one-piece assembly.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described and shown, but the skilled person will be able to make any variant within his mind.

Claims

1. Device for traceability (1) of product administration operations, to be performed on an animal carrying an identification loop (2, 3) of the type formed of a male part (3) comprising a rod ( 10) having a head for passing through a part of the body of the animal, for example the ear, and a female part (2) having a housing (11) adapted to receive the head of the rod (10) of the male part (3) for locking said male and female parts (2, 3), said traceability device (1) being able to be carried by at least one of the parts (2, 3) of the identification loop (2, 3), characterized in that the traceability device (1) is in the form of a plate comprising indication marks (46) of the state of realization of the operations of administration, each indication mark (46) being in the form of a folding part (4) and a holding means (6) in the folded position d e said folding part (4), each folding part (4) being able to pass, under the action of an operator, from an extended position (PD) to a folded position (PR) or vice versa, one of positions (PR) being chosen as corresponding to the indication of the realized state of an administration operation.

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that each foldable portion (4) and each retaining means (6) corresponding respectively are formed in one piece with the body of the wafer.

3. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that each foldable portion (4) comprises a locking means (5) adapted to cooperate by latching with the corresponding holding means (6) in the folded position of said folding part. (4).

4. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the locking means (5) of each folding part (4) is formed by a tooth detent (5) and in that the holding means (6) is formed by an insertion housing of said detent tooth (5).

5. Device according to claim 4, characterized in that each holding means (6) is formed by a hook-shaped element which protrudes from the wafer, said hook defining a housing (62) of introduction into which is able to engage the ratchet tooth (5) of the corresponding folding part (4).

6. Device according to claim 5, characterized in that each foldable portion (4) comprises a through hole (41) and a tooth (5) of internal radial snap, said through orifice (41) being of dimension substantially equal to 1 the bulk of the hook (6), for, on the one hand, allow the folding part (4) to come to cover the hook in the folded position, and, on the other hand, to allow the engagement of said tooth (5) with the hook.

7. Device according to one of claims 3 to 6, characterized in that, in the latched state, the locking means (5) of each folding part (4) and the corresponding holding means (6) are coupled to each other. to one another in a way that can not be dismantled.

8. Device according to one of the preceding claims, of the type in which the part (2) of the identification loop adapted to carry said device is in the form of a flexible panel having, outside of its connection area (2A) to the other piece, an enlarged area (2B) flexible, characterized in that said plate forming the traceability device comprises a loop inside which said piece (2) of the loop is able to be introduced until at a position in which the enlarged area (2B) of said piece extends on one side of the passer and the plate retainer stopper on said workpiece (2).

9. Device according to claim 8, characterized in that said plate is flexible and in that said passer is formed of two slots made in the body of the wafer, said slots forming between them a deformable strip to allow mounting and holding the wafer on the extended area (2B) of the workpiece (2)

10. Device according to claim 8, characterized in that the passing of the wafer is delimited by a raised portion (7) of the body of the wafer, said raised portion (7) being connected to the body of the wafer by two jambs (8) in the manner of a loop, said legs (8) forming a retaining stop of the enlarged area (2B) of the piece in the mounted state of the wafer on said piece (2) of the loop.

11. Device according to claim 10, characterized in that the body of the wafer further has a through hole (12) the faces (1A, 1 B) of the wafer and opening into the pass defined by the raised portion (7). ), so as to facilitate the mounting of the wafer on said piece (2) loop.

12. Identification buckle (2, 3) of the type consisting of a male part (3) comprising a piercing rod (10) provided with a head intended to pass through a part of the body of an animal, for example the ear, and a female part (2) having a housing (11) adapted to receive the head of the rod (10) of the male part (3) for a locking of said parts (2, 3) male and female, at least one of the pieces (2) of the identification loop being in the form of a plate-like panel, characterized in that said plate comprises indication marks (46) of the embodiment administration operations, each indication mark (46) being in the form of a folding part (4) and a holding means (6) in the folded position of said folding part (4), to constitute a traceability device according to one of claims 1 to 8.

13. Traceability set comprising, on the one hand, an identification loop (2, 3) of the type formed of a male part (3) comprising a piercing rod (10) provided with a head intended to pass through a part of the body of an animal, for example the ear, and a female part (2) having a housing (11) adapted to receive the head of the rod (10) of the male part (3) for locking said male and female parts (2, 3), and secondly, a traceability device attached to said loop, characterized in that said traceability device is according to one of claims 1 to 11.