Provided the room temperature is at least 23°C, the animal’s blood pressure can be measured without heating the animal. After photoplethysmographically measuring tail arterial blood pressure, pulses are stored in the computer memory and peak levels of the pulses are plotted on a display.

Features

The 50370 Blood Pressure Monitor is perfect for measuring the effects of drugs on animals.

• Use with animals under 10 grams
• Use with C57 BL6 mice and colored mice
• Use with Zucker Fatty Rats
• Use with hamsters (with a leg cuff anesthetic)
• The only monitor that can be used with guinea pigs — even without anesthesia!
• The only monitor that can be used with OB (diabetic model) mice

Easy Operation

• Two operation modes are available
  • Mode 1: HR (Heart Rate) and SBP (Systolic Blood Pressure)
  • Mode 2: HR, SBP, MBP (Mean Blood Pressure) and DBP (Diastolic Blood Pressure, calculated value) can be measured.
• Continuous measurement can be performed up to ten (10) times.
• Rapid Printout Function
• Colored mice such as C57BL/6, neonatal mice, hamsters (anesthetized) and guinea pigs (non-anesthetized) can be measured.
• Sick animals can be measured. (e.g. animal with cardiac infarction)
• Multi-channel system is no longer needed. Just prepare multiple restrainers, and measurement can be done one after the other.
• Auto-Sequence Function blood pressure of a tail artery of an animal can be monitored automatically at specified time intervals, which can be 1-99 minutes in length.
• Time-Stamp Function
• Hard Copy Function
• An RS-232C interface is provided on the rear panel of the main unit. Using the optional Data Collection Software (Windows Version) the data obtained can be exported to a personal computer and stored as a CSV file.
• The animal holders are made of dark brown acrylic, allowing BP measurement under relatively stress-free conditions.
• Operation is very simple

Included Accessories
Includes: Built-in Printer, 9" Display, Measuring Stand, choice of Cuff- Pulse Sensor, choice of Animal Holder, and 5 rolls of Thermo Chart Paper. A high-speed Thermal Printer, integral to the instrument, is also included.

For PC compatibility, Data Collection Software (50391), is necessary.