Samuel R Cramer

US Patent:

20210282716, Sep 16, 2021

Filed:

Jul 15, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/929490

Inventors:

Samuel R. Cramer - Georgetown SC, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
A61B 5/055
A61D 3/00
A61D 7/04

Abstract:

A restrainer system for performing awake-animal imaging on a rodent. The system comprises a front section, a first pair of adjustable side pieces for contacting with a snout of the rodent from both sides, a second pair of adjustable side pieces for contacting with a rear jaw of the rodent from both sides, a front section, first floating component for applying pressure to a nose section of the rodent during testing and a mouthpiece for holding the rodent's teeth. That front section connects to a middle section having a floor element upon which to rest a main body of the rodent and all four limbs, a pair of adjustable walls for applying pressure to the rodent's back legs, and a middle section floating component for applying pressure to the rodent's shoulder blades from above. The latter connects to a rear section having a plateau onto which to rest the rodent's tail, and a rear section floating component for securing over the rodent's tail. A method of use is also disclosed.