PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Hot Plate Analgesia Meter is designed for rapid and efficient screening of analgesia levels in small laboratory animals. When placed on the hot surface of the plate, animals will lift their paws and lick them (paw-lick response) due to attainment of pain threshold.
The hot plate unit has a built-in digital thermometer with an accuracy of 0.1 and a timer with an accuracy of 0.1 second. A remote foot-switch completely controls the test sequence for rapid hands-free screening. The animal is placed on the hot plate, confined by a clear acrylic cage which surrounds the plate. The Start/Stop button, or foot-switch is pushed to activate the timer. Time is displayed in tenths of a second until the experimenter observes temperature discomfort (paw-lick response) and pushes the Start/Stop button or foot-switch to deactivate the timer. The timer reading can then be
FEATURES / SPECIFICATIONS
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Built-in Digital Thermometer
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Built-in Digital Timer
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Start/Stop foot switch control
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Extra thick ($3/4″$) anodized aluminum plate provides a very stable and even temperature
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Size of Heated Surface: $8″ \times 8″ \times 0.75″$ ($210\text{mm} \times 210\text{mm} \times 19\text{mm}$) Approx.
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Temperature Range: $30^\circ$ to $79.9^\circ\text{ centigrade}$
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Temperature Accuracy: $\pm 0.5^\circ\text{C}$
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Surface material: Hard Black Anodized Aluminum
