BASi In Vivo Sampling Newsletter
February 2009
Lease-to-Own
As we all know, the economy is tough; the capital expenditure cuts are even tougher. The Culex team is excited
to offer a lease-to-own option for all of our Culex equipment. Take advantage of the flexible payment schedule to bring the
advantages of automation into your lab. A variety of plans are available to suit your needs. Contact us at via
email for more information.
New Sterility Indicator
A change has been made to all of our Culex catheters. We have removed the small glass bead from catheter packaging
and replaced it with a sticker indicator. Surgical Technicians will be happy to hear they won't have to spend any more time chasing
beads around with a broom and dustpan. The sticker turns from a dull orange to a bright red after undergoing e-beam sterilization.
Please let us know if you have any further questions about the sterility indicator, and we'll be happy to answer them.
Automated Bile Sampling from Rats Using Culex
Bile is one of the most important routes for excretion of drug and drug metabolites, but traditional collection methods
seriously compromise the health of the animal and quality of the data. A new automated approach to bile collection using the Culex
and Empis will help overcome these difficulties. Use our system to:
- Collect bile continuously or at programmed intervals
- Re-circulate the animal's own bile between collections
- Automatically infuse replacement bile salts during collections
- Maintain samples at 4°C
- Keep everything contained with easy-to-clean sampling lines
- Extended sample collection from healthy animals (up to several weeks)
- Use the Culex to collect blood simultaneousl
PAUSE and STAT
While the Pause and Stat options have been available for some time, we are so excited about it that we wanted to
send out a reminder.
- Pause and Stat options are standard on all new Culex units being sold, are upgraded automatically for all existing service
agreement customers, or can be sold as an add-on for existing carts.
- The Pause innovation allows the technician to pause at any point and then at any time resume exactly where he or she left
off.
- The Stat option allows one blood collection every time the technician pushes a button - at any point before, during or after
a method. It can be used to take pre-dose samples, to try again for missed samples and to add a sample at the end of a study.
Culex 1-Day In Vivo Workshops
Tours, France
Thursday, March 12
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Breakfast and lunch provided
Surgery Demonstrations
Mouse Cannulations
Portal Cannulations
Microdialysis Implants
Product Demonstrations
Automated Dosing
Automated Blood Sampling
Blood-Brain Barrier Sampling
Single-station Culex Cart
Large-volume Fraction Collector
Empis Infusion System
Space is limited, sign up early!
Contact Emily Chinn, Business Development Manager
via email
Burlingame, CA
Wednesday, April 29 (just before the District 8 AALAS meeting)
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Breakfast and lunch provided
Agenda to be announced
Sign up early.
Contact Natasha Nikolaidis, Product Manager
via email
(If you are unable to attend either of these workshops but are interested in future workshops, please contact Natasha.)
Upcoming Meetings
Come visit us in Booth No. 3020 at the Society of Toxicology Annual Tox Expo in Baltimore March 15-19. Candace
Rohde will be there with a Culex, and ready to answer all your questions.
For More Information
To learn more about any of the products and services mentioned in this newsletter, contact us at 800.845.4246:
Natasha Nikolaidis - ext. 815 or email
Rohde - ext. 394 or email
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