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Blood Pressure Monitor "Semi-Automatic" |
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Ideal
whenever smaller numbers of animals
are to be measured |
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Pressure
in tail cuff is increased and decreased
stepwise by the user |
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The
control unit is ready for connection
to a chart recorder in order to display
the pulsation curve picked up by the
sensor |
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The
systolic blood pressure values can
then be easily read off from the calibrated
pressure waveform |
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Available
for a variety of laboratory animals
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In
the development of this non-invasive measuring
system for determining the systolic blood
pressure in small laboratory animals the main
aim was to be able to offer a small, favorably-priced
and mobile instrument.
It is based on the time-proven "Tail-Cuff
Method" - this has been continually developed
and improved by our technicians for more than
thirty years. Instead of the piezo-transducer
used previously, a new optical blood pressure
sensor is used that allows reliable signal
recognition even in very small animals. In
this way a technologically high-quality measuring
system has been created; it can be supplied
for use with all small laboratory animals
(mice, rats). |
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| Non-Invasive
Blood Pressure Monitoring System "Fully Automatic" |
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MRI-compatible
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Warming
up the animals can be done by using
the measuring platform with integrated
heating or with the TSE Heating Box
with built-in electronic temperature
control and continuous fresh air supply
(for up to 6 animals) |
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The
pulse curves are output during measurement
and pressure values are stored for subsequent
statistical analysis |
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The
system is also available in laptop configuration
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For
determining the systolic and diastolic blood pressure
in a variety of laboratory animals (mice, rats, dogs
and others). Accurate and reliable determination of
systolic, diastolic and mean pressure value as well
as heart rate is performed simultaneously in up to
72 channels facilitating rapid screening of large
animal populations. |
| Invasive
Blood Pressure Monitoring System |
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In
the basic version it is configured with one pressure
(sys, dia & mean aortal pressure or LVP Min/LVP
Max) and one rate display per channel
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It
can be upgraded to calculate dpdt or extended
with flow and ECG channels |
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Real-time
waveforms may also be incorporated to store
signals with high resolution |
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This
package is based on our versatile BioSys data acquisition
software. It comes complete with one or more blood
pressure transducers or Millar tip catheters for arterial
or left-ventricular pressure measurements. |
| Telemetry |
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System for telemetric recording of physiological
data such as the biopotentials ECG, EEG, EOG,
EMG, temperature and activity |
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Can be used for the monitoring of conscious,
freely moving laboratory animals - from small
up to large size |
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Hardware
components: transmitter, antenna with receiver
and control unit for converting analog signals
to digital signals |
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Software
for recording and evaluating biosignals - with
a special mode for fast signals in the millisecond
range |
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The
system can be equipped with the transmitter for the
required biosignals - different models with different
transmitter signal ranges are also available. Up to
three animals can be placed per cage for interaction
measurements.
Special solutions to meet individual customer requirements
are possible - e.g. telemetric measurements while
simultaneously recording the drinking & feeding
behavior or the use of transmitters during inhalation
studies in a Whole Body Exposure Unit.
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| Volume
Meter |
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This
fully computerized volume meter allows the plethysmometric
determination of rodent paw volume (rats &
mice). It is also suited for any other solid
specimen. In the basic configuration volumes
up to 9.99 ml can be measured accurately and
reproducibly. |
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The system provides a high precision sensor
used to determine the change in level of a fluid
column. The measuring values are directly transferred
into an Excel Sheet. |
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| Bronchospasm
Measuring System |
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The bronchospasm measuring setup allows to easily
determine changes in airway resistance of an
anaesthetized animal that is artificially ventilated
at a fixed pump volume. Spasmodic or spasmolytic
effects of a test drug will induce variations
in the so-called "respiratory overflow" that
can be measured as changes in air flow rate
by a sensitive electronic air flow transducer.
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After filtering and amplification the flow signal
is output on a chart recorder. The drug induced
effect on ventilatory performance can be read
off from the waveform amplitude. The system
can also be connected to a data acquisition
system if desired. |
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