Small-animal mount assembly
AssigneeVisual Sonics
InventorsLeo Zan, James I. Mehi
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Abstract
The small-animal mount assembly of the present invention can include a table member suitable for mounting a small animal. The table member can be selectively positionable into a desired table plane and can include at least one ECG pad and/or at least one grid of electronic heating elements disposed onto a top surface of the table pad. The assembly can also include a control apparatus electrically coupled to the at least one ECG pad and/or the at least one grid of electronic heating elements.
Claims28
A small-animal mount assembly for mounting a small animal, comprising:
- a control apparatus;
- a table member having a top surface, a bottom surface, and defining a table plane;
- and
- at least one ECG control pad, the at least one ECG control pad attached to the top surface of the table member and electrically coupled to the control apparatus, each ECG pad generating an ECG signal representative of a sensed ECG of a portion of the small animal disposed thereon the ECG pad.
The imaging system of claim 13, wherein the orientation control mechanism includes:
- a brake surface connected to the shaft member;
- and
- a rotation control mechanism constructed and arranged for selectively engaging the brake surface.
A small-animal mount assembly for mounting a small animal, comprising:
- a control apparatus;
- a table member having a top surface, a bottom surface, and defining a table plane;
- and
- at least one grid of electronic heating elements disposed onto the top surface of the table member.
A small-animal mount assembly for mounting a small animal, comprising:
- a control apparatus;
- a table member having a top surface, a bottom surface, and defining a table plane;
- means for orienting the table member so that the table plane of the table is positioned in a desired table plane;
- at least one grid of electronic heating elements disposed onto the top surface of the table member;
- and
- at least one ECG control pad, the at least one ECG control pad attached to the top surface of the table member and electrically coupled to the control apparatus, each ECG pad generating an ECG signal representative of a sensed ECG of a portion of the small animal disposed thereon the ECG pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.