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What to Do When You Need Catheterized Rodents But You Don’t Have a Surgeon On Staff Catheterized rats and mice can be useful for a range of studies. Perhaps you need to inject a compound intravenously over several minutes or hours, ... Read Post
Improving Rodent Catheter Patency Using the VAB™ and Positive Pressure Technique Compromised patency often stems from blockages in the catheter, particularly the tip. Unfortunately, we can't see what's going on internally, making ... Read Post
What Does Laminar Flow Have to Do with Rodent Catheters? You may be infusing more lock solution than you think into your animals. The flow of fluids in the small tubes used for rodent catheters is almost ... Read Post
Are Open Luer Connections Compromising Your Research? For research infusing or sampling from laboratory animals, keeping the fluid path sealed off from bacteria and air is critical for maintaining ... Read Post
Guide to Vascular Access Buttons™ Everything you need to know about VABs™. An animal welfare refinement over many other methods of vascular access, VABs™ are quickly becoming the ... Read Post
MRI-Compatible Rodent Vascular Access Pre-clinical MRI Scanner (image courtesy of Bruker) Magnetic resonance imaging can be as useful in pre-clinical research as it is in human medicine. ... Read Post
Three AALAS 2020 Posters Focus on Vascular Access Buttons™ Researchers continued to present their refinements to rodent infusion and sampling using Instech Vascular Access Buttons™ (VAB™) at this year’s ... Read Post
Video: Use of the Vascular Access Buttons™ in Mice The mouse VAB™ (Vascular Access Button™) connects a surgically implanted catheter to a syringe or tether for easy blood sampling and infusion. Read Post
Video: Use of the Vascular Access Buttons™ in Rats The Vascular Access Button™ for rats is an easy, poke-free way to both take blood samples and infuse. Read Post
Video: Rat Blood Sampling from Outside the Cage There are many advantages to hands off blood sampling. Reduced stress, better data, improved throughput. This video demonstrates the complete process ... Read Post
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