Paw pressure analgesiometer BIO-SWB-TOUCH-M

static weight bearingfor animal researchfor rodents

An easy and non pain-inducing solution for assessing the level of discomfort (incapacitance) in the injured paw of a small animal like a rat or a mouse by measuring the Postural Equilibrium “ independently of the operator". The static weight bearing instrument is ideal for your research on analagesia and nociception involving rodents: osteo arthrisis, cartilage degeneration, inflammation models, nerve injury models, and much more... Discover the SWB-Touch: now with a brand new touch-screen console! Presentation While normal rats and mice distribute weight equally on both paws, the ratio of weight distribution between injured and non injured paw is a natural measurement of the level of discomfort in the injured paw of a rodent, which correlates with the Paw Pressure Analgesia Meter (Randall and Sellito test). Bioseb Incapacitance Test or Static Weight Bearing (SWB Touch) Test allows you to measure this weight distribution and thus to easily and accurately estimate the level of discomfort. By continuously measuring the weight borne by each paw, Bioseb's Static Weight Bearing Incapacitance Test allows the objective measurement of spontaneous pain by assessing the postural equilibrium, thus opening research fields not available when using traditional methods (like the Randall & Selitto test), which can only measure nociceptive thresholds and pain sensitivity using experimental nociceptive stimuli.