| Sample vial |
Standard 1.5 mL
centrifuge tubes |
| Available blood vessel |
Jugular vein,carotid
artery, femoral artery/vein etc. |
| Sample storage |
Airtight by silicon
sheet |
| Sample storage
temperature |
4℃ to ambient temperature, controlled in 1℃ steps |
| Type of fraction
collector |
12 low x 2 line (X-Y
arm) |
| Number of samples |
1 to 480 (need to
replace vials for more than 24 samples |
| Maximum number of events |
480 steps
(sampling,flushing catheter or drag administration) |
| Available lines for drug
administration |
The catheter for blood
sampling and/or the other catheter |
| Maximum duration of sampling
session |
999h 59m 59s |
| Auto-retry routine |
Skip to next sample
after twice attempts failed to withdraw blood |
| Time to take one sample
(minimum duration) |
4 to 6 minutes by
typical method (variables by parameter settings) |
| Duration of cascade
sampling |
a few seconds,using high
blood pressure for sampling |
| Minimum collected sample
volume |
30 
|
| Maximum collected sample
volume |
1500 |
| Chance of sample
dilution |
Less than 4% in case of
40 L collection
Less than 0.5% in case of 250L |
| Blood volume withdrawn
per sample |
165 L (in case of rats) + sample volume |
| Blood to waste |
Ca. 28 Ld |
| Saline volume returned
to animal |
55 L/sampling (in case of rats) + sample volume
(programmable) |
| Sensors |
2 optical sensor |
| Sampling needle washer |
By water |
| GLP compliance |
Sampling results for
each fraction, clock time and others are registered |
| Computer system
requirements |
Laptop or desktop with
free 10/100 base-TX port, Windows98/ME/2000/XP, 128 MB RAM, 400MHz CPU |
| Maximum No of samplers
per computer |
16 |
| Sampler communications
method |
Ethernet, UDP/IP
protocol |
| Computer-HUB and
HUB-sampler cable |
100 Base-TX category 5
straight cable |
| Power supply |
100-240 V |
| Sampler power
consumption |
Less than 100 W |
| Dimensions (W, D, H) /
Weight |
Fraction collector ; 330
x 210 x 310 / 8 kg
Diluter ; 52 x 120 x 230 / 1.5 kg
5-way joint unit ; 80 x 42 x 100 / 0.5 kg
Plastic cage ; 250 x 250 x 300 |
| Options |
Microsyringe pump
(ESP-32) for drug administration |
