Apparatus Useful for Rodent Tail Lateral Vessel Transection
AssigneeBayer HealthCare LLC
InventorPengxuan Liu
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Abstract
Provided herein is an apparatus useful for transection of one lateral vessel in the bleeding model of hemophilic specimen, which is to mimic the venous bleeding in hemophiliac patients, for evaluating the efficacy of potential procoagulant therapeutics.
Claims14
An apparatus useful for tail lateral vessel transections of a specimen comprising:
- a base;
- a first vertical element, wherein the first vertical element comprises a first plurality of holes placed at predetermined positions;
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- a second vertical element, wherein the second vertical element is positioned parallel and adjacent to the first vertical element such that a gap is formed between the first and second vertical elements and wherein the second vertical element comprises a second plurality of holes aligned with the first plurality of holes on the first vertical element.
The apparatus of clam 1, wherein the first and second vertical elements are comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of a plastic, polymer, metal, glass, wood, stone, ceramic, carbon fiber or combination thereof.
The apparatus of clam 1, wherein the first plurality of holes have a diameter of about 2.2 mm to 2.9 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.