• Applications
    • Oral Gavage
      • Mouse Oral Gavage
      • Rat Oral Gavage
      • Rat Capsule Dosing
      • Guinea Pig, Rabbit and Large Rodent Oral Gavage
    • IV Drug Infusion
      • Mouse Intermittent
      • Mouse Continuous Infusion
      • Mouse Continuous Infusion Plus Blood Sampling
      • Mouse Two Channel Infusion
      • Rat Intermittent
      • Rat Continuous Infusion
      • Rat Intermittent Infusion and Blood Sampling
      • Rat Continuous Infusion Plus Blood Sampling
      • Rat IV Bolus
      • Rat Two-Channel Infusion
      • Rat Infusion and Whole Body Plethysmography
      • Rat GLP Infusion Toxicology Studies
      • Large Animal Continuous Ambulatory Infusion
    • IV Self Administration
      • Mouse
      • Rat, One Compound
      • Rat, Two Compound
    • Blood Sampling
      • Mouse Microsampling
      • Mouse Sampling Outside Cage
      • Mouse Automated Blood Sampling
      • Rat Microsampling
      • Rat Sampling Outside Cage
      • Rat Automated Blood Sampling
      • Rat Automated Blood Sampling plus Infusion
    • Glucose Clamp
      • Mouse
      • Rat
    • Bile Sampling
      • Mouse Bile Sampling
      • Rat Bile Sampling, No Salt Replacement
      • Rat Bile Sampling with Replacement Salt
      • Rat Bile Sampling plus Blood Sampling
      • Rat Bile Sampling With Replacement Salts and Blood Sampling
      • Rat Bile Sampling, Blood Sampling, and Infusion
  • Products
    • Feeding Tubes
      • Stainless Steel
      • Polypropylene
      • Polyurethane
      • Capsule Dosers
    • Sterile Solutions
      • Catheter Lock Solutions
      • Heparin-Saline Prefilled Syringes
      • Saline Prefilled Syringes
      • Catheter Maintenance Kits
    • Catheters
      • Mouse Cartoid
      • Mouse Femoral
      • Mouse Jugular
      • Mouse Tail Vein
      • Rat Bile
      • Rat Intrathecal
      • Rat Jugular
      • Rat Femoral
      • Rat Carotid
      • Rat Portal
      • Rat Gastric
      • Rat Tail Vein
    • Buttons & Tethers
      • Vascular Access Buttons
        • Two Channel Mouse Buttons
        • One Channel Mouse Mesh Buttons
        • Two Channel Rat Buttons
        • One Channel Mouse Buttons
        • One Channel Rat Buttons
        • Three Channel Rat Buttons
        • Four Channel Rat Buttons
      • Vascular Access Harness
        • Two Channel Rat Harness
        • One Channel Rat Harness
      • Legacy Tethers
        • Head Block Tether for Rats
        • Glass Ionomer Cement
        • Head Block Tether for Mice
        • Replacement Tether Spring
    • Swivels & Mounts
      • Swivels
        • One Channel Stainless Steel
        • Two Channel Stainless Steel
        • Five Channel
        • Plastic
        • Swivel Repair
      • Swivel Mounts
        • Snap-in Spring Swivel Mount
        • Single-Axis Counter-Balanced Swivel Mounts
        • Multi-Axis Counter-Balanced Swivel Mounts
        • Rodent Enclosures
        • Micro-Isolator Cage Swivel Mount for Mouse
        • Swivel Mount for Metabolic Cages
    • Tubing, PinPorts™ & Connectors
      • PinPorts
        • MRI Compatible
        • PinPorts for Catheters and Tubing
        • PinPoint to Tubing Connectors
        • Replacement Injectors
        • Rodent Middle Ear
        • Capillary Blood Collection Tubes
      • Tubing
        • Co-Extruded PE/PVC Tubing
        • FEP Microdialysis Tubing
        • Polyethylene
        • Intravascular PU Tubing
        • External PU Tubing
        • Silicone (Silastic) Tubing
        • External Silicone Tubing
      • Connectors
        • Luer Stubs (Blunt Needles)
        • Couplers and Plugs
        • Y and X Connectors
        • Rymed
    • Pumps
      • Peristaltic Pumps
        • P625 Pump Tube Sets
        • P720 Pumps
        • P720 Tube Sets
      • OrchesTA Infusion System
        • OrchesTA Model 100 Syringe Pump
        • OrchesTA Model 500 Ambulatory Pump
        • OrchesTA Infusion Automation Software
      • Harvard Apparatus Syringe Pumps
        • 11 ELITE
        • PHD ULTRA SERIES
        • PHD 2000 series
    • Automated Blood Sampler
      • ABS2 Sampler
      • ABS Rack System
      • Collection Tubes
      • Greiner MiniCollect Tubes
      • ABS for PET Imaging Studies
    • Rodent Dose Puller
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    • Bibliography
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VAB™ and Positive Pressure Technique Can Improve Patency of Rodent Catheters

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Vascular Access Buttons™
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Vascular Access Buttons™

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