CN211610178U

CN211610178U - Device for fixing animals

Info

Publication number: CN211610178U
Application number: CN201920949829.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王钊; 尹月淼
Original assignee: Tsinghua University
Current assignee: Tsinghua University
Priority date: 2019-06-21
Filing date: 2019-06-21
Publication date: 2020-10-02
Anticipated expiration: 2029-06-21

Abstract

The utility model provides a device for fixed animal, the device includes: a container having a receiving cavity formed therein and adapted to receive an animal; a fixing portion, the fixing portion comprising: the first backup pad and second backup pad and the third backup pad of parallel arrangement, the third backup pad respectively perpendicular connection in between first backup pad and the second backup pad, wherein, the interval is provided with at least one first through-hole on the third backup pad, the container can insert in the first through-hole. The utility model discloses a device can realize fixed animal, and the structure is simple and easy, and the operation of being convenient for is suitable for the wide application.

Description

Device for fixing animals

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of medical treatment. In particular, the present invention relates to a device for immobilizing animals.

Background

In order to obtain new knowledge about biology, food or medicine, or to solve a specific problem, it is necessary to perform a relevant experiment using an animal as a subject. However, because the animal is well-moved and has low controllability, it needs to be fixed to avoid the posture change from affecting the operation, observation or curative effect, and the existing fixing instruments such as the bracket have poor using effect, are easy to be subjected to uncertain conditions such as the falling of the animal and the change of the fixed position, and bring great trouble to the accuracy and the continuity of the experimental study.

Therefore, devices for immobilizing animals are currently under development.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention aims at solving at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art to at least a certain extent.

To this end, the utility model provides a device for fixed animal, the device includes: the animal tail fixing device comprises a container, a fixing device and a fixing device, wherein a containing cavity is formed in the container and is suitable for containing an animal, a cover body is detachably arranged at an opening at the top of the container, a tail exposing hole is formed in the cover body and is suitable for fixing the tail of the animal, and the tail can be exposed through the tail exposing hole; the bottom of the container is provided with a breathing hole which is suitable for enabling the nose or the mouth of the animal to breathe through the breathing hole; a fixing portion, the fixing portion comprising: the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate are arranged in parallel; and the third support plate is respectively and vertically connected between the first support plate and the second support plate, wherein at least one first through hole is formed in the third support plate at intervals, and the container can be inserted into the first through hole.

The inventor has devised a set of animal fixing device in which an animal can be fixed in a container and the container containing the animal is inserted into a through hole of a fixing part, whereby the animal can be stably fixed, falling off and movement are prevented, and experimental operation and observation are facilitated. In addition, the inventors have found that inverting the animal by inserting the container downward into the through-hole of the fixing portion can serve the purpose of treating senile dementia. The device has simple structure, easy operation and wide application prospect.

Optionally, the device for immobilizing an animal described above may also have the following additional technical features:

optionally, the bottom of the container is conical, the breathing hole is disposed on a taper angle of the bottom, and at least one auxiliary through hole is disposed outward from the taper angle.

Optionally, the first support plate and the second support plate are respectively provided with at least one fixing member at intervals, the device further comprises at least one first tightening member, the first tightening member is detachably connected with the fixing member on the first support plate and the fixing member on the second support plate, respectively, and the first tightening member is in contact with the upper surface of the cover body and is suitable for applying a force to the cover body towards the third support plate.

Optionally, at least one fixing member is arranged on the third support plate at intervals and perpendicular to the side edge of the first support plate or the second support plate; the apparatus further includes at least one second tightening member having one end detachably connected to the fixing member on one side of the third support plate and the other end detachably connected to the fixing member on the other side of the third support plate, and the second tightening member is in contact with the upper surface of the cover body and adapted to apply a force to the cover body toward the third support plate.

Optionally, the first and second fastening members are made of an elastic material.

Optionally, a vertical groove is disposed on the side wall of the cover, and at least a portion of the first fastening member or at least a portion of the second fastening member is disposed within the vertical groove.

Optionally, a fourth supporting plate and a fifth supporting plate are arranged below the third supporting plate, the fourth supporting plate and the fifth supporting plate are respectively and vertically connected between the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate, at least one second through hole corresponding to the first through hole is arranged on the fourth supporting plate, a third through hole corresponding to the first through hole and having an aperture smaller than that of the first through hole is arranged on the fifth supporting plate, the container is suitable for the third through hole, and the third through hole extends from the bottom of the container to the bottom of the container.

Optionally, the container is cylindrical, and the outer diameter of the container is 20-30 mm; the height of the container is 110-115 mm; the aperture of the first through hole and the aperture of the second through hole are respectively and independently 25-30 mm; the aperture of the third through hole is 20-25 mm.

Optionally, the cover body is cylindrical, and the outer diameter of the cover body is 20-35 mm; preferably, the outer diameter of the cover body is larger than that of the first through hole, the container can be vertically inserted downwards into the first through hole, and the top end of the cover body exceeds the upper surface of the third support plate, and more preferably, the outer diameter of the cover body is 30-35 mm; the aperture of breathing hole is 4 ~ 8 millimeters, the aperture of supplementary through-hole is 4 ~ 8 millimeters.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 shows a schematic view of a container structure according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 2 shows a schematic view of a device for immobilizing animals according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 and 4 show a schematic structural view of an apparatus for immobilizing animals according to another embodiment of the present invention, respectively;

fig. 5 shows a schematic flow diagram of a method for securing an animal using a device for securing an animal, according to one embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below. The following description of the embodiments is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention.

It should be noted that the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. Further, in the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the invention, unless otherwise specified, "a plurality" means two or more.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the creation of the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art through specific situations.

The utility model provides a device for fixed animal. According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 ~ 4, the device includes: a container 100 and a fixing portion 200, a receiving cavity 110 formed in the container for receiving an animal. The animal can be fixed in the container to the container that will hold the animal is just put (top down, bottom up) or is turned upside down (top up, bottom down) and inserts in the through-hole of fixed part, from this, can fix the animal steadily, avoids its drop, the random movement, is convenient for carry out experimental operation and observation. The apparatus will be described in detail below.

The animal species of the present invention is not limited to a specific species, and may be a mouse, rabbit, sheep, cow, human, etc., and preferably a small animal such as a mouse or rabbit, for convenience of implementation. The shape of the container is not strictly limited, and can be cylindrical, square, circular, triangular and the like, and the shape is preferably cylindrical, so that the animal is in an extension shape. In some embodiments, the container is cylindrical, has an outer diameter of 20 to 30 mm and a height of 110 to 115 mm, and is therefore more suitable for accommodating animals or rabbits.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the top opening of the container 100 is detachably provided with a cover 120. From this, be convenient for get and put the animal, simultaneously, the lid plays and seals and fixed action, avoids the animal to run out the container. In some embodiments, the container top outer side wall and the cover body inner side wall are provided with threads matched with each other, so that the opening and closing of the opening are realized by the relative movement of the container and the cover body.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the lid is cylindricly, and the external diameter is 20 ~ 35 millimeters. According to the utility model discloses a further embodiment, the external diameter of lid is greater than the external diameter of first through-hole, and the container can insert in the first through-hole vertically downwards and the top of lid surpasss the upper surface of third backup pad, and preferably, the external diameter of lid is 30 ~ 35 millimeters. Therefore, when the container is vertically inserted into the first through hole downwards, the top end of the cover body exceeds the upper surface of the third supporting plate, so that the container can be hung in the first through hole, an animal is in an inverted shape, and the container is prevented from falling off from the first through hole.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, seted up tail exposure hole 121 on the lid 120, be suitable for the afterbody of fixed animal, this afterbody can pass tail exposure hole 121 and expose. This also serves to fix the device and maintain it in an inverted state.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the bottom of the container 100 is provided with a breathing hole 122, which is suitable for allowing the nose or mouth of the animal to breathe through the breathing hole 122. The nose or the mouth of the animal can be inserted into or close to the breathing hole for breathing, so that the survival of the animal can be maintained on one hand, and the function of fixing the head can be realized on the other hand.

It should be noted that the present invention does not strictly limit the shape of the breathing hole and the tail exposing hole, and can be circular, triangular, square, etc. as long as the tail of the animal can be worn out, and the mouth or nose of the animal can breathe through the breathing hole. Meanwhile, in order to facilitate the animal to breathe and maintain the inverted state, the bottom of the container 100 is provided in a conical shape, and the breathing hole 122 is provided at the tip of the conical angle. In addition, at least one auxiliary through hole 123 can be dispersedly arranged outwards at the taper angle, so that on one hand, the breathing of animals can be further facilitated, and on the other hand, the excrement of the animals can flow out through the auxiliary through hole 123, and the collection and the cleaning are facilitated. In addition, the utility model discloses do not do the strict restriction to the material of container, preferably select hard material, for example glass or PET etc. can play the support fixed action. Meanwhile, transparent materials can be selected, so that the animals can observe the external environment, and the growth and development are prevented from being influenced by panic. In some embodiments, the aperture of the breathing hole is 4-8 mm, and the aperture of the auxiliary through hole is 4-8 mm. Thereby facilitating the breathing and the discharge of excrement, especially for animals or rabbits.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, fixed part 200 includes: a first support plate 210, a second support plate 220, and a third support plate 230, the third support plate 230 being vertically connected between the first support plate 210 and the second support plate 220, respectively. Wherein, at least one first through hole 231 is provided on the third supporting plate 230 at intervals. In use, the animal is placed in the container, and then the container containing the animal is inserted into the first through hole 231 while keeping the top end of the cover body higher than the upper surface of the third support plate. Thus, the fixing portion functions to fix the container, and the animal can be maintained in an inverted state.

It should be noted that, the utility model discloses do not do strictly to the position relation of lid and third backup pad and restrict, both can make the bottom of lid support at first through-hole 231 edge, the outward flange level of lid bottom and first through-hole promptly, also can make the lid hang in the third backup pad sky, specifically can select according to actual conditions is nimble.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, in order to distinguish the container inserted into the first through hole, a symbol (marker) having a shape or a character or the like and having a marking function may be disposed on the edge of the first through hole in the third supporting plate, for example, the number marked in fig. 3 is not strictly limited to the setting manner of the marker, and the marker may be detachable, for example, attached to the third supporting plate, or integrally formed with the third supporting plate, for example, engraved on the third supporting plate, and may be flexibly selected according to actual conditions.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, at least one fixing member 10 is disposed on the first supporting plate 210 and the second supporting plate 220 at intervals, the device further comprises at least one first tightening member a detachably connected to the fixing member 10 on the first supporting plate 210 and the fixing member 10 on the second supporting plate 220, respectively, and the first tightening member a is in surface contact with the cover 120 and adapted to apply an acting force toward the third supporting plate 230 to the cover 120. Thereby, a fixing function is realized.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, at least one fixing member 20 is disposed on the third supporting plate 230 at an interval perpendicular to the side edge of the first supporting plate 210 or the second supporting plate 220. The apparatus further comprises at least one second tightening member b having one end detachably coupled to the fixing member 20 on one side of the third supporting plate 230 and the other end detachably coupled to the fixing member 20 on the other side of the third supporting plate 230, and contacting the upper surface of the cover body 120, adapted to apply a force to the cover body 120 toward the third supporting plate 230. Thereby, a fixing function is realized.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the first fastening member a and the second fastening member b are made of an elastic material. Therefore, the adjustability is strong.

It should be noted that, the shape of the fixing member is not strictly limited in the present application, and the shape of the fixing member on the first support plate, the second support plate, or the third support plate may be the same or different, for example, it may be a protrusion, or it may be composed of two grooves arranged at intervals, and the structure between the two grooves may be used for fixing the fastening member.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a vertical groove 124 is provided on the sidewall of the cover 120, and at least a portion of the first fastening member a or at least a portion of the second fastening member b is provided in the vertical groove 124. First fastener and second fastener play fixed effect, and further under the effect of vertical recess, play the location purpose again to can guarantee to fix the lid, avoid fastening piece to slide on the lid and break away from the lid surface.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, third backup pad 230 below is provided with fourth backup pad 240 and fifth backup pad 250, fourth backup pad 240 and fifth backup pad 250 are connected perpendicularly respectively between first backup pad 210 and second backup pad 220, be provided with at least one second through-hole 241 that corresponds with first through-hole 231 on the fourth backup pad 240, be provided with the third through-hole 251 that corresponds with first through-hole 231 and the aperture is less than first through-hole 231 on the fifth backup pad 250, be suitable for container 100 to stretch into third through-hole 251 and container 100's bottom stretches out third through-hole 251 from first through-hole 231 and second through-hole 241. The container extends into the third through hole through the first through hole and the second through hole, and the bottom of the container extends out of the third through hole, so that the third support plate, the fourth support plate and the fifth support plate jointly fix the container, and the inverted shape of the animal can be maintained.

It should be noted that the utility model discloses do not do strictly to the shape of first through-hole, second through-hole and third through-hole and restrict, as long as can match with the container, make it can through above-mentioned through-hole can, can be circular, square, triangle-shaped etc. specifically according to actual conditions nimble selection. The utility model discloses do not strictly limit to the number of first through-hole 231, second through-hole 241 and third through-hole 251 on third backup pad 230, fourth backup pad 240, the fifth backup pad 250, can be according to the size of the support plate size, the size of container and the size of through-hole and decide. In some embodiments, the first through hole, the second through hole and the third through hole are circular, the first through hole and the second through hole have a diameter of 25-30 mm, respectively and independently, and the third through hole has a diameter of 20-25 mm, so as to match with the cylindrical container.

For ease of understanding, the method of use of the above-described device is described in detail below. According to the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 5, the method of using the above device includes:

s100, placing the animal in a container

In this step, the animal is placed in the container with the tail exposed through the tail-exposing hole and the nose or mouth of the animal breathes through the breathing hole.

S200, inserting the container into the first through hole of the fixing member

In this step, a container containing an animal is inserted into the first through hole of the fixing portion. Thus, the animal can be inverted so that the container is fixed to the fixing portion.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the container that will hold the animal stretches into third through-hole and the bottom of container stretches out the third through-hole from first through-hole and second through-hole. Thereby, the middle and bottom of the container are further fixed by the fourth and fifth support plates.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, link to each other the both ends of tightening piece with mounting in the first backup pad and the mounting in the second backup pad respectively to the part of tightening piece sets up in the vertical recess of lid lateral wall. According to another embodiment of the present invention, one end of the second tightening member is connected to the groove on one side of the third support plate, the other end of the second tightening member is connected to the groove on the other side of the third support plate, and a portion of the second tightening member is disposed within the vertical groove of the cover side wall.

First fastener and second fastener play fixed effect, and further under the effect of vertical recess, play the location purpose again to can guarantee to fix the lid, avoid fastening piece to slide on the lid and break away from the lid surface.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the features and advantages described above in relation to the means for securing apply equally to the method of use and will not be described in further detail herein.

The solution of the present invention will be explained with reference to the following examples. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the following examples are illustrative of the invention only and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the invention. The examples, where specific techniques or conditions are not indicated, are to be construed according to the techniques or conditions described in the literature in the art or according to the product specifications. The reagents or instruments used are not indicated by the manufacturer, and are all conventional products commercially available.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 3, first, six mice (weight 25-35 g) were placed head down into six containers, the tails were pulled out from the open-tail holes, and the lid was screwed on and fixed. Six containers with mice covered by the cover bodies are inserted into six fixing through holes with numbers from 1 to 6 in sequence, and the mice are inverted. Finally, the container is fixed from the transverse direction and the longitudinal direction respectively by using rubber bands.

The device dimensions were as follows:

the containing cavity is cylindrical, the outer diameter is 28 mm, and the inner diameter is 27 mm;

the cover body is cylindrical, the outer diameter is 32 mm, and the inner diameter is 28.5 mm;

the height of the container (distance from the top opening to the bottom) was 111 mm;

the aperture of the first through hole and the aperture of the second through hole are 29 mm, and the aperture of the third through hole is 23 mm;

the aperture of the breathing hole is 6 mm, and the aperture of the auxiliary through hole is 5 mm.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An apparatus for immobilizing an animal, comprising:

the animal tail fixing device comprises a container, a fixing device and a fixing device, wherein a containing cavity is formed in the container and is suitable for containing an animal, a cover body is detachably arranged at an opening at the top of the container, a tail exposing hole is formed in the cover body and is suitable for fixing the tail of the animal, and the tail can be exposed through the tail exposing hole; the bottom of the container is provided with a breathing hole which is suitable for enabling the nose or the mouth of the animal to breathe through the breathing hole;

a fixing portion, the fixing portion comprising:

the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate are arranged in parallel;

and the third support plate is respectively and vertically connected between the first support plate and the second support plate, wherein at least one first through hole is formed in the third support plate at intervals, and the container can be inserted into the first through hole.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the bottom of the container is conical, and the breathing hole is disposed on a cone angle of the bottom, the cone angle being outwardly divergently disposed with at least one auxiliary through hole.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the first support plate and the second support plate are respectively provided with at least one fixing member at intervals,

the apparatus further includes at least one first tightening member removably coupled to the securing members of the first support plate and the securing members of the second support plate, respectively, and in contact with the upper surface of the cover adapted to apply a force to the cover toward the third support plate.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein at least one fixing member is arranged on the third support plate at intervals on the side edge perpendicular to the first support plate or the second support plate;

the apparatus further comprises at least one second tightening member having one end detachably connected to the fixing member on one side of the third support plate and the other end detachably connected to the fixing member on the other side of the third support plate, and the second tightening member is in contact with the upper surface of the cover body and adapted to apply a force to the cover body toward the third support plate.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the first and second fastening members are made of an elastic material.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein the side wall of the cover body is provided with a vertical groove,

at least a portion of the first tightening member or at least a portion of the second tightening member is disposed within the vertical groove.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein a fourth supporting plate and a fifth supporting plate are sequentially arranged below the third supporting plate, the fourth supporting plate and the fifth supporting plate are respectively vertically connected between the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate, at least one second through hole corresponding to the first through hole is arranged on the fourth supporting plate, a third through hole corresponding to the first through hole and having a smaller diameter than the first through hole is arranged on the fifth supporting plate, and the device is suitable for the container to extend into the third through hole from the first through hole and the second through hole and the bottom of the container to extend out of the third through hole.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the container is cylindrical, has an outer diameter of 20 to 30 mm and a height of 110 to 115 mm.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the cover is cylindrical and has an outer diameter of 20-35 mm.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cover has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the first through hole, the container being insertable vertically downward into the first through hole with a top end of the cover exceeding an upper surface of the third support plate.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the cover is cylindrical and has an outer diameter of 30-35 mm.

12. The device of claim 7, wherein the first through hole and the second through hole have a hole diameter of 25-30 mm respectively and independently; the aperture of the third through hole is 20-25 mm;

the aperture of the breathing hole is 4-8 mm.

13. The device of claim 2, wherein the auxiliary through hole has a diameter of 4-8 mm.