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Animal litter with chemically bound chemical indicators
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Inventors: Kuhns, Charles R.;
Assignee: KleanHeart, Inc. (Austin, TX)
Primary Examiner: Weiss; John G.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Mossman; David L.
A litter for the accumulation of animal urine, such as a domestic cat litter, having at least one visual indicator chemically bound to the litter base material, and a method for making such litter have been discovered. The litter having the chemical indicator chemically absorbed thereon, rather than merely physically absorbed, permits the litter to be used not only as an effective mechanism by animal owners to determine potential health concerns with their animals; but because the indicator is chemically bound, the same litter may also serve as a useful diagnostic tool in a subsequent visit to a veterinarian. The litter base material must have the ability to exchange ions. Compounds to facilitate agglomeration or clumping of the litter when contacting urine may also be added to the litter base material. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Problem Statement: The Need for Reliable, Non-invasive Urinanalysis for Felines A method has been discovered for successfully binding certain indicating molecules in such a manner as to leave functionary reactive sites available to react with desired substances and/or ions.
The desired reacting substances may be the products of metabolism, infection or other biochemical and physiological reactions.
This is sometimes accomplished by binding and shifting the dipole moment of the attracted particle or substance and thereby creating a color reaction which is readily and easily discerned.
More specifically, in felines, genitourinary infections are difficult problems to treat because of an approximately 32% recurrence rate.
Whether the infection site be renal, ureter, bladder or urethral, the causative organisms are usually the same.
Many of these infective species are urease-producing and urea-splitting bacteria.
These metabolic compounds, of course, raise the pH of the urine, indicating an increasing population of infective organisms.
The situation can be further exacerbated by the formation of uroliths (stones) in the bladder or urethra at basic or alkaline pH.
Further, the bacteria, their detritus and mucus can serve as nucleating foci for "stone" or struvite crystal growth.
The composition may be termed a magnesium ammonium phosphate complex.
Poor quality diet will also elevate the pH of cat urine.
A diet deficient in sulfur-bearing amino acids is thought to promote basic or alkaline pH urine in cats.
It has been shown that by feeding a methionine amino acid supplement, a cat's urine pH can be reduced to the more desirable acid pH.
Also, it has been proven that by acidifying the urine of the cat with methionine or ammonium chloride that dissolution of stones and crystals of the magnesium ammonium phosphate type may be effected.
Acid urine in the cat also is bacteriostatic to many of the infective bacteria.
Additionally, it is difficult to monitor the pH of a cat's urine without resorting to cathertization, general anesthesia or centesis
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