Product Description
The animal hypobaric chamber simulates a hypobaric condition in a high plateau environment. The pressure can be set according to the needs, and the maximum altitude can be simulated up to 12,000 meters. It can accommodate several mouse cages or small to medium-sized animals such as dogs, monkeys, rabbits, and mice.
The experimental device comprises an animal chamber, vacuum, monitoring, and control system. The equipment has a high degree of automation and does not need special personnel to manage it; it can work for a month or more.
Product Features (Animal Hypoxia and Hyperoxia Chamber )
User-friendly Design
· Adopt a 10-inch touch screen, user-friendly interface design, and easy to operate.
· Two control methods: automatic, manual, and controllable when powered off; it has dual monitoring functions of sensor components and mechanical watches. The automatic program design of the equipment does not require special personnel to wait for it, and it can continue to operate for a long time.
· Real-time display of dynamic change curves of altitude and oxygen partial pressure.
· The experimental process data can be exported in CSV format, saved to a USB drive, and read and analyzed on the computer.
· According to the experimental needs of customers, the experimental environment and supporting other related experimental equipment can be customized.
· Equipped with a special low-pressure water bottle for animals to prevent water droplets from leaking too quickly in a negative-pressure environment.
Safety Measures
· Equipped with automatic ventilation function, abide by Good Animal Feeding Practices.
· Provide multi-directional alarm function (temperature, humidity, pressure, oxygen concentration upper/lower limit) to prevent potential safety hazards.
· Equipped with a gradually opening hand-wheel hatch to reduce the damage caused by misoperation.
· The chamber is made of transparent thick acrylic material, which is convenient for researchers to observe the conditions of experimental animals.
· Equipped with a gas buffer, it reduces or even eliminates the impact of jet stream gas on small animals.
· Equipped with a multi-stage air filter to ensure that the experimental environment air in the animal cabin will not be polluted.
· The cabin simulates the bearing force analysis to ensure the structure is safe enough.
Additional Functional Modules and Customization
· Monitoring of Animal Physiological Indicators
· Achievable monitoring indicators: ECG, heart rate, body temperature, blood pressure, respiration, blood oxygen saturation;
· Respiratory metabolism monitoring function
· Blood collection function
· Video monitoring function
· Animal Hypoxic Treadmill
· Hypoxic forced swimming device
· Temperature control function
· Constant temperature function, temperature can be controlled, room temperature -40 ℃;
· Low temperature function, 4°C, temperature controllable, room temperature -4°C;
· Other functions can be customized
Applications
Altitude Sickness Research, research on pulmonary edema, cerebral edema, pulmonary hypertension, and other diseases
Models
| Product Name |
Model |
Descriptions |
Hypobaric Chamber
(Standard) |
ProOx-810 |
Accommodate 2 rat cages /4 mouse cages |
Hypobaric Chamber
(Constant temperature) |
ProOx-811 |
Accommodate 2 rat cages /4 mouse cages, Thermostatic |
Hypobaric Chamber
(Large) |
ProOx-810L |
Accommodate 4 rat cages /8 mouse cages(can be stacked) |
Hypobaric Chamber
(Large+ Constant temperature) |
ProOx-811L |
Accommodate 4 rat cages /8 mouse cages, Thermostatic |
Hypobaric Chamber
(Basic) |
ProOx-830 |
Accommodate 1 rat cage /2 mouse cages |
Customer List
1. Army Medical University
2. Academy of Military Medical Sciences
3. Air Force Medical University
4. Henan University
5. Hunan Experimental Animal Center
6. Chengdu University of Chinese Medicine
7. The General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army (301 Hospital
8. China Pharmaceutical University
9. Peking University
10. Lanzhou University
11. Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital
12. Nantong University
13. Shanghai Jiaotong University Children's Medical Center
14. Beijing Military Research Institute
15. Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences
16. Wuhan University
17. Hubei University of Chinese Medicine
18. Daping Hospital
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