Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Liquid collection
Patent
1997-01-10
1999-02-02
Hindenburg, Max
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Liquid collection
600581, A61B 500
Patent
active
058657665
ABSTRACT:
A multichannel, multipurpose sample collection and drug delivery system for laboratory animals includes several sampling and/or infusion devices mounted on a powered turntable above the cage but out of the animal's sight. Probes are constructed using a unique four-channel design: this permits (a) the periodic infusion of drugs without the possibility of artifacts due to pressure shocks and (b) the addition of preservatives to the sample at the site of its collection. A simplified sample collection device stores samples in a coil of PTFE tubing, and a constant-pressure perfusion system serves microdialysis probes. Further advantageous embodiments of the present invention include (a) systems to measure feeding, drinking and motor activity; (b) automated and unattended systems for blood withdrawal and drug delivery; (c) a data link with a personal computer to provide for data acquisition and more sophisticated control; (d) an improved method for sampling extracellular concentrations of neuropeptides, which are difficult to measure with conventional microdialysis; (e) the capability to perform electrophysiology simultaneously with microdialysis (or other sampling methods); and (f) the adaptation of the system for use with animals larger or smaller than the rat.
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Bonsall Robert Wingfield
Emery Milburn Spencer
Weiss Jay Michael
Emory University
Hindenburg Max
Pratt John S.
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