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Automated Animal Infusion—From the Boca of Avoca Group
Posted on Apr 20, 2012 by SolomonScientific
Through the prism of preclinical animal infusion, the Orchesta™ Automated System fulfills all top sponsor objectives highlighted in a recent Avoca Group survey of CRO performance.
Animal Infusion Pumps And Catheters For IV & CSF. How Low Can You Go?
Posted on Jan 22, 2012 by SolomonScientific
There are many applications, including CSF studies, for animal infusion pumps and catheter devices which administer low fluid volumes at low flow rates. Laboratory animal CSF infusion, for one, invariably requires low volumes of test article delivered at slow rates.
The Not-So-Mythical Winged Horse—Pegasus Lab Animal Infusion Pump
Posted on Jan 16, 2012 by SolomonScientific
It’s not so mythical any longer. An integration of the Pegasus® pump (Venner Medical GmbH) and the Orchesta® wireless automation system has yielded the most advanced research animal IV pump system—The Pegasus Lab Animal Infusion Pump System for use in dogs and nonhuman primates (monkeys).
It’s The Plumber. I’ve Come To Fix The Dog Infusion Catheter.
Posted on Jan 08, 2012 by SolomonScientific
The plumber has a few options to clear the pipes when a line implanted in the vein of a dog becomes occluded. These options comprise repositioning the animal, use of fibrinolytics, and waiting for another time or day. The plumber also has preventive tools in his bag to reduce the risk of animal catheter occlusion.
My Rat Infusion Pump is Smarter Than Your Human-Use Smart Pump
Posted on Dec 28, 2011 by Parscale Media
For the past few years, there has been a bevy of activity in the “Smart Infusion Pump Systems” world. What makes a human-use syringe pump or other infusion system “smart” is the ability to add a drug library of acceptable drug doses. The Orchesta® rat infusion system allows for programming and monitoring of up to 1,000 devices wirelessly.
