http://www.trovan.com/index.htmlHot News!eninform@trovan.comCopyright 2009 Trovan, Ltd.2011-12-12T15:53:21-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:19:24 -0700inform@trovan.comNew Products2011-12-12T15:53:21-08:00http://www.trovan.com/news/files/67aa640a2af49039d7341858ffbbe1c8-13.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.trovan.com/news/files/67aa640a2af49039d7341858ffbbe1c8-13.html#unique-entry-id-13inform@trovan.comNew Products2010-08-19T15:19:00-07:00http://www.trovan.com/news/files/5c811f33f28f347dda5e6c8d7b2d3b0d-12.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.trovan.com/news/files/5c811f33f28f347dda5e6c8d7b2d3b0d-12.html#unique-entry-id-12
Nano Transponders can be fit into objects that are even smaller in size than those that could be tagged with conventional microchips.
In the area of animal identification, the advantage is an improved standard of care for the animals: smaller size equals less trauma on implantation (the specially designed needle measures only 1.6 mm dia.)

The new TROVAN Nano Transponder is available in two presentations: packaged in non-sterile bulk form and in presterilized needles in individual blister packs.
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Due to high demand, we are now stocking the ID-162KB as a stock item.

This fully ISO 11784/85 FDX-B compliant transponder features a unique all-in-one presentation, with a disposable and pre-sterilized lancet and butterfly pusher combination. The special lancet design features the ImplantGauge^TM, allowing real-time visual verification of transponder insertion. For more details on the product, click here.
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• Uniquely coded ID numbers are laser programmed.
• Permanent and unalterable ID.
• Electronic ID number matches barcoded and alpha-numeric ID printed on back flap for added security.
• Tamper-evident seal to better secure your assets and containers.
• Read using a portable data collection terminal, or even a walk-by reader.
• Typical read range: 240 mm (9.45 in.) w/ GR-250 reader; 330 mm (13 in.) w/ LID-650/ANT-612 reader.
• Dimensions: 30 x 20 x 10 mm (1.18 x 0.79 x 0.39 in.)

]]>inform@trovan.comNews you can use2009-07-11T16:34:59-07:00http://www.trovan.com/news/files/AQIS_microchip_requirement.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.trovan.com/news/files/AQIS_microchip_requirement.html#unique-entry-id-8here.

Australia is another country that requires microchipping of all imported dogs and cats. If you are planning to travel to Australia, the animal must be microchipped before it receives its rabies vaccinations, typically 210 days before scheduled travel. The official Australian Quanrantine Inspection Service application form can be obtained here:
http://www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/112844/cat-dog-app.pdf
Section 4 requires microchip identfiication fo the animal, and states that TROVAN is one of the acceptable microchip types.]]>inform@trovan.comNews you can use2009-07-04T13:23:31-07:00http://www.trovan.com/news/files/EU_pet_passport_law.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.trovan.com/news/files/EU_pet_passport_law.html#unique-entry-id-6

Due to the significant installed base of ID-100 Animal Implantable-type transponders around the world, European Union Regulation No. 998/2003 (the “European Pet Passport law”) has specifically included the Trovan UNIQUE protocol as one of the accepted microchip types.

Article 4 of the law states:
“where the transponder does not comply with ISO Standard 11784 or Annex A to ISO Standard 11785, the owner or the natural person responsible for the pet animal on behalf of the owner must provide the means necessary for reading the transponder at the time of any inspection.”

In other words, if you do not have an approved chip (ISO 11784 or ISO 11785 Annex A aka Trovan ID-100) you must bring your own reader.

A regulation is a legislative act of the European Union which becomes immediately enforceable as law in all member states simultaneously. Regulations can be distinguished from directives which, at least in principle, need to be transposed into national law. When a regulation comes into force it overrides all national laws dealing with the same subject matter and subsequent national legislation must be consistent to and made in the light of the regulation.

Current European Union member states are:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

The full text of Regulation No. 998/2003 is here: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:146:0001:0009:EN:PDF
Click here for the text of ISO 11785 Annex A.

]]>inform@trovan.comNew Products2009-06-21T21:23:11-07:00http://www.trovan.com/news/files/Panel_reader.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.trovan.com/news/files/Panel_reader.html#unique-entry-id-5Pass-By Panel Reader provides best-of-class read ranges for every tag size. Its unmatched read range has proved useful in a range of settings and applications.

With its read range of 18 inches (up to 46 cm) for miniature glass implants, it can detect a dog that is being walked past on a leash, or an animal inside a plastic carrier. As a result, it has proved to be an indispensible tool in a number of high volume animal control shelters that want to protect staff from fractious animals while ensuring detection of microchips in the least amount of time possible. Reading operation is controlled by the foot switch.

The Pass-By Panel Reader is available in a free-standing version or in a fixed-mounted version. The Panel Reader is splash-proof, which permits use in environments regularly washed down with fresh water.

Other applications include chute-mounted panel readers for reading cattle and bison in dynamic scanning situations.

It has even been used in aquatic applications such as mounting on patrol boats to detect manatees in the wild.]]>inform@trovan.comNew Products2009-04-01T06:52:20-07:00http://www.trovan.com/news/files/ARE_008_board.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.trovan.com/news/files/ARE_008_board.html#unique-entry-id-3single coil-style antennas and OEM antennas. To learn more about the ARE 008 board, click here, or contact us.
]]>inform@trovan.comTechnology2009-03-25T08:50:00-07:00http://www.trovan.com/news/files/Microchip_frequency.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.trovan.com/news/files/Microchip_frequency.html#unique-entry-id-2
a) The predecessor to the HomeAgain (Destron) microchip used from 1987 to the early 1990s, operated with the reader-provided operating frequency of 400 kHz. That microchip, although no longer being implanted, still exists in some pets, and is successfully read by today’s MultiReaders operating at frequencies between 125 and 134.2 kHz.
b) The AVID encrypted microchip has been widely touted as being one of the “125 kHz microchips, which is currently the accepted U.S. standard.” According to the information at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which must grant approval to operate any RFID microchip reader, the low performance Mini Tracker readers provided by AVID to read this microchip do provide an operating frequency of 125 kHz. However, about a third of AVID’s reader types authorized by the FCC are the higher performance Power Tracker readers. All of these provide operating frequencies of 128 kHz. See attached FCC Grant information.

How well a particular microchip’s ID number is read, or whether or not it is read at all, by a particular reader, is dependent solely on the reader design, and not on the operating frequency provided by the reader (within the frequency range of interest of 125 kHz to 134.2 kHz). There are distinguishing factors, other than operating frequency, between the different types of microchips, which affect reading performance. Some of these factors, which would otherwise limit reading performance, can be compensated for in the reader design; others cannot.

by Wayne Culberth, Vantro Systems, Inc.
]]>inform@trovan.comNew Products2009-03-17T09:29:00-07:00http://www.trovan.com/news/files/Butterfly_pusher.html#unique-entry-id-1http://www.trovan.com/news/files/Butterfly_pusher.html#unique-entry-id-1For vets and breeders requiring only a small number of transponders, the butterfly pusher is a cost-effective solution, since the transponder is packaged in a single sterile blister pack together with a ready-to-use, all-in-one implanter. Separate purchase of a dedicated multi-use implanter is not required. The butterfly pusher is being offered in combination with Trovan’s innovative lancet, which allows realtime visual verification of transponder insertion. Products available with the butterfly pusher include: ID-100K TROVAN UNIQUE Animal Transponder with Butterfly Pusher, ID-160K FDX-B Compatible Animal Transponder with Butterfly Pusher, ID-162K FDX-B Animal Transponder with Butterfly Pusher
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Compared to competing ATEX systems, the TROVAN EX line offers exceptional resistance to EMI and the ability to perform while transponders are mounted on, or even flush-mounted in, metals. TROVAN EX system features unsurpassed read range and read speed, so that LPG cylinders identified with TROVAN EX transponders can be read while moving on conveyors. The TROVAN EX system encompasses three transponder models, a HandsFree prox card, as well as two different models that may be mounted on assets, as well as fixed mounted readers and a portable data terminal, for roving data collection. The ID-103G LPG Cylinder Transponder has a special tamper proof feature that precludes its removal from the cylinder, and attachment to another asset. Using two-part epoxy, the operator can attach each transponder to the cylinder within two minutes. The transponders will read through dirt, grease, paint. For more on the TROVAN EX system, please click here.

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