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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. |
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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 |
| 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. |
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| Invasive Blood Pressure Monitor |
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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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| Easy-to-use compact system designed
for invasive pressure measurements on all
laboratory animals. It comes complete with
one or more blood pressure transducers or
Millar tip catheters for arterial or left-ventricular
pressure measurements. |
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| 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 |
| 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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