ELECTRODE SWITCHING ENABLES CUSTOMIZABLE, NON-INVASIVE SURGICAL MONITORING
Due to the wide variety of rodent surgical models, flexibility in animal positioning is a vital consideration when you decide to purchase rat or mouse monitoring equipment. If you have ever been frustrated with the limitations of a piece of surgical monitoring equipment, you understand the need for a combination of quality and adaptability. To offer greater surgical freedom while maintaining the benefits of embedded pad electrodes for non-invasive, hi-quality ECG readings, the Rodent Surgical Monitor makes switching between electrode configurations to match your current surgical setup easy and fast.
Figure 1: The ECG configuration screen clearly indicates subject position.
As illustrated in Figure 1, switching Electrode Set, Vertical Orientation, and Horizontal Orientation gives you access to the most commonly used surgical orientations for a variety of animal sizes. However, we understand that some surgical models call for side entry or complicated positioning.
For these types of procedures, the Rodent Surgical Monitor features both “Custom” and “External” electrode options.
Figure 2: Custom mode′s drop-down menus make complicated positioning easy.
Selecting “Custom” activates drop-down options and allows you to specify which electrode each limb will be in contact with during surgery.
Custom Settings are especially useful for procedures that require the animal’s torso to be twisted during surgery.
Figure 3: Color-coded electrode jacks support needle, disc, and clip electrodes.
Selecting “External” deactivates the pad electrodes and activates the standard color-coded wire electrode jacks (needle electrodes provided), offering further freedom in animal size and positioning.
By allowing multiple non-invasive electrode configurations and offering the option to use external electrodes in your research, the Rodent Surgical Monitor can easily improve the vital sign monitoring of virtually any rodent surgical model, leading to better surgical results. Let your surgical equipment adapt to what you need, rather than dictating what you can and can’t do.
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