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Automatic Positioning System for Animal Beds and Coils
AutoPac
The motor driven automatic positioning system AutoPac™ simplifies animal handling and enables high animal throughput in preclinical routine applications. A variety of animal beds tailored for different animal species, applications and RF coils are available. AutoPac™ features anesthesia and fixation devices including body temperature stabilization.
The AutoPac™ is available for the BioSpec® , ClinScan® S-line and PharmaScan® product lines.
- AutoPac: Automatic positioning system for animal beds and coils
Features
- Motor driven positioning system
- Laser positioning for accurate definition of the region of interest
- Animal beds with mounting points for head resonators and various surface coils
- Control panel with display for very precise positioning
- Simple handling to increase animal throughput
- Attached RF shielding box replaces the Faraday cage
- Multi-functional filter plate and tube management system prevents cable and tube squeezing
- Emergency stop
- Animal beds for AutoPac
Animal Cradles for AutoPac
Various animal beds for different species such as mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits) and different modalities including PET and optical imaging can be mounted to the sliding bed. Animal cradles provide stereotactic fixation with bite bar and ear pins and several mounting points for surface coils. Warm water layers are integrated into the animal beds to maintain body temperature during anesthesia.
