CN217446189U

CN217446189U - Mouse metabolism cage for multi-functional experiments

Info

Publication number: CN217446189U
Application number: CN202220865915.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵雅波; 熊延路; 孙盈; 夏靖华
Original assignee: Air Force Medical University of PLA
Current assignee: Air Force Medical University of PLA
Priority date: 2022-04-14
Filing date: 2022-04-14
Publication date: 2022-09-20
Anticipated expiration: 2032-04-14

Abstract

The utility model provides a mouse metabolism cage for multifunctional experiment, including raising the case, its inside is separated through erecting the baffle and is formed left cavity and right cavity, and the bottom of right cavity is the fretwork otter board, and the top opening part of this right cavity is equipped with the case lid that can open and shut, and the bottom of left cavity is equipped with the weighing device, and the outside of left cavity is equipped with the display that is connected with the weighing device electricity, is equipped with the through-hole that communicates left cavity and right cavity on the erecting the baffle, slides on the erecting the baffle and is equipped with the baffle of the through-hole that can open and shut; the supporting legs are respectively arranged at four corners of the bottom of the feeding box; and the excrement and urine separation and collection device is arranged at the lower end of the right cavity. The utility model has the advantages that the laboratory mouse does not need to be taken out when the weight of the laboratory mouse is measured and the metabolism cage is cleaned, the weight of the laboratory mouse can be conveniently measured, and the right cavity can be conveniently cleaned by opening the box cover by an inspector, so that two purposes are achieved by one stroke, and the operation is convenient; the excrement receiving and urine receiving separation effect is good, the accuracy of the experimental result is improved, and the workload of experimenters is greatly reduced.

Description

Mouse metabolism cage for multi-functional experiments

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an animal experiment technical field, concretely relates to mouse metabolism cage for multi-functional experiments.

Background

Laboratory mouse metabolism cage is the rearging cage that is used for collecting laboratory mouse faecal mass specially for laboratory mouse's internal metabolism experiment can provide comfortable living environment for laboratory mouse, can drink water, food to laboratory mouse and carry out the ration, lets laboratory mouse metabolism naturally, and the separator of metabolism cage can make laboratory mouse's fecaluria separation to carry out the metabolic research of various medicines, nutrient substance etc. in vivo.

Although the conventional metabolism cage on the market can collect urine and feces of laboratory mice, the following defects exist:

1. in order to obtain experimental data, an experimenter needs to weigh the laboratory mouse, but the existing metabolism cage needs to take the laboratory mouse out of the metabolism cage for several times, a balance is adopted to weigh the laboratory mouse, the operation is inconvenient, and frequent weighing operation can affect the laboratory mouse, so that the accuracy of experimental results is affected;

2. the separation effect of the excrement receiving and the urine receiving is poor, and the accuracy of an experimental result is influenced;

3. when the existing metabolism cage is clean, the laboratory mouse needs to be taken out, which is very inconvenient and increases the workload of experimenters.

In view of the foregoing, there is a need to design a multifunctional experimental mouse metabolic cage that overcomes the above-mentioned problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a multi-functional mouse metabolism cage for experiment of overcoming above-mentioned problem.

In order to realize the purpose, the utility model discloses a technical scheme is: a multifunctional laboratory mouse metabolism cage comprising:

the feeding box is internally divided into a left cavity and a right cavity by a vertical partition plate, the bottom of the right cavity is a hollowed-out screen plate, an opening at the top of the right cavity is provided with a box cover capable of being opened and closed, the bottom of the left cavity is provided with a weighing device, the outer side of the left cavity is provided with a display electrically connected with the weighing device, the vertical partition plate is provided with a through hole communicated with the left cavity and the right cavity, and the vertical partition plate is provided with a baffle capable of opening and closing the through hole in a sliding manner;

the supporting legs are respectively arranged at four corners of the bottom of the breeding box;

and the excrement and urine separation and collection device is arranged at the lower end of the right cavity.

The purpose of the utility model and the technical problem to be solved can be further realized by adopting the following technical measures.

Furthermore, the excrement and urine separation and collection device comprises a funnel-shaped flow guide cover arranged at the lower end of the right cavity, a urine collection bottle detachably connected to the lower end of the funnel-shaped flow guide cover and an excrement collection plate obliquely arranged in the funnel-shaped flow guide cover, the upper end of the excrement collection plate is connected with one end of the hollowed-out screen plate, the lower end of the excrement collection plate is connected with one side wall of the funnel-shaped flow guide cover, a square hole communicated with the upper end of the excrement collection plate is formed in the side wall of the funnel-shaped flow guide cover, and the square hole is detachably connected with an external excrement collection box;

the upper end of the manure collecting plate is provided with a drainage plate, the inclination direction of the drainage plate is opposite to that of the manure collecting plate, the upper end of the drainage plate is connected with one end, away from the manure collecting plate, of the hollowed-out screen plate, and the lower end of the drainage plate at least extends to a position capable of completely covering the square hole.

Further, the aperture of the manure collecting plate is smaller than that of the hollowed-out screen plate.

Further, the lower extreme of leaking hopper-shaped kuppe is equipped with the water conservancy diversion and connects, the outer wall that the water conservancy diversion connects is equipped with the external screw thread, the port inner wall of collection urine bottle be equipped with the internal thread that the external screw thread matches.

Further, the lower extreme of drainage plate extends to the upper end that the water conservancy diversion connects.

Furthermore, elastic buckles are arranged on two sides of the excrement collecting box, and clamping grooves matched with the elastic buckles are respectively arranged on inner walls of two sides of the square hole.

Further, the outer side wall of the left cavity is provided with a left box door.

Furthermore, the front side walls of the left cavity and the right cavity are provided with transparent observation windows.

Furthermore, a sliding hole communicated with the through hole is formed in the middle of the upper end of the vertical partition plate, the baffle plate is arranged in the sliding hole in a vertically sliding mode, and a lifting handle is arranged on the upper surface of the baffle plate.

Furthermore, the lower extreme of supporting leg is equipped with the backup pad, the bottom four corners of backup pad is equipped with the universal wheel respectively, set up the brake on the universal wheel.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:

1. the utility model discloses a mouse metabolism cage for multi-functional experiments, it is through being divided into about raising incasement portion two cavitys, set up the through-hole and the baffle that can open and shut about on the perpendicular baffle between the cavity, put the laboratory mouse at ordinary times and raise in the cavity of right side, when needs weigh or when clean raising the chamber, can put the laboratory mouse in left cavity, set up the ware of weighing in the bottom of left cavity simultaneously, can not only conveniently measure the weight of laboratory mouse, and the inspection personnel of being convenient for clean right cavity through opening the case lid, two birds with one stone, high safety and convenient operation, the work burden of experimenter is greatly lightened.

2. The utility model discloses a multifunctional experimental mouse metabolism cage, which is convenient for separating and collecting the fecaluria of an experimental mouse by arranging a fecaluria separation and collection device at the lower end of a right cavity body so as to obtain experimental data; furthermore, the funnel-shaped flow guide cover is arranged, so that urine can conveniently flow back into the urine collecting bottle, the inclined feces collecting plate is arranged, the urine can be further filtered, and feces can roll to the bottommost part of the feces collecting plate, and the feces which roll from the feces collecting plate can be collected by arranging the feces collecting box; through setting up the drainage plate, can thoroughly separate urine and excrement and urine, avoid the urine to flow into collection excrement box for this metabolism cage connects the excrement and connects urine separation effect good, has improved the accuracy of experimental result.

3. The utility model discloses a mouse metabolism cage for multi-functional experiments, it is through setting up left chamber door on the lateral wall of left cavity, and the experimenter of being convenient for measures the weight of excrement and urine for acquisition and grasp of experimental data.

4. The utility model discloses a mouse metabolism cage for multi-functional experiments, it sets up backup pad and universal wheel through the lower extreme at the supporting leg, makes things convenient for the inspector to remove this metabolism cage according to the demand, makes this device use more nimble, improves the practicality.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a multifunctional experimental mouse metabolism cage;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the front section structure of the multifunctional experimental mouse metabolism cage of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view at A in FIG. 2;

description of reference numerals:

1. a feeding box; 11. a vertical partition plate; 111. a through hole; 112. a slide hole; 12. a left cavity; 13. a right cavity; 131. hollowing out the screen plate; 14. a box cover; 15. a baffle plate; 151. a handle; 16. a left box door; 17. a transparent viewing window;

2. a weighing device; 21. a display; 22. a storage battery; 23. a control button;

3. supporting legs;

4. a feces-urine separation and collection device; 41. a funnel-shaped air guide sleeve; 411. a square hole; 4111. a card slot; 412. a flow guide joint; 4121. an external thread; 42. a urine collection bottle; 421. an internal thread; 43. a manure collecting plate; 44. a feces collection box; 441. an elastic buckle; 45. a drainage plate;

5. a support plate;

6. a universal wheel.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a multifunctional laboratory mouse metabolism cage includes:

the breeding box 1 is internally divided by a vertical partition plate 11 to form a left cavity 12 and a right cavity 13, the bottom of the right cavity 13 is provided with a hollow screen plate 131, the hollow screen plate 131 is convenient for urine and excrement to fall from gaps, an opening at the top of the right cavity 13 is provided with a box cover 14 which can be opened and closed and is convenient for opening the box cover 14 to feed a laboratory mouse, and a crib and a water tank (not shown in the figure) are arranged in the right cavity 13; the bottom of the left cavity 12 is provided with a weigher 2, the outer side of the left cavity 12 is provided with a display 21 electrically connected with the weigher 2, and the display 21 can display the weight measured by the weigher 2; the vertical partition plate 11 is provided with a through hole 111 communicating the left cavity 12 and the right cavity 13, so that a laboratory mouse can conveniently enter the left cavity 12 or the right cavity 13, the vertical partition plate 11 is slidably provided with a baffle plate 15 capable of opening and closing the through hole 111, and the baffle plate 15 can limit the moving position of the laboratory mouse when covering the through hole 111;

the supporting legs 3 are respectively arranged at four corners of the bottom of the feeding box 1, and the supporting legs 3 are convenient for supporting the feeding box 1 to a certain height;

and the excrement and urine separation and collection device 4 is arranged at the lower end of the right cavity 13 and is used for separating and separately collecting excrement and urine which fall from the hollowed-out screen plate 131 so as to obtain experimental data.

In this embodiment, through opening baffle 15, can make through-hole 111 open, catch up the laboratory mouse to left cavity 12 in from right cavity 13, reuse baffle 15 closes through-hole 111, at this moment, can utilize weighing device 2 to measure the weight of laboratory mouse, laboratory person also can open case lid 14 simultaneously, clean in the right cavity 13 of laboratory mouse life, after the completion, can catch up with through-hole 111 and return right cavity 13 with the laboratory mouse again, it can to cover through-hole 111 to reuse baffle 15.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the feces-urine separation and collection device 4 includes a funnel-shaped flow guide cover 41 disposed at the lower end of the right cavity 13, a urine collection bottle 42 detachably connected to the lower end of the funnel-shaped flow guide cover 41, and a feces collection plate 43 obliquely disposed inside the funnel-shaped flow guide cover 41, the upper end of the feces collection plate 43 is connected to one end of the hollowed-out mesh plate 131, the lower end of the feces collection plate 43 is connected to one side wall of the funnel-shaped flow guide cover 41, the side wall of the funnel-shaped flow guide cover 41 is provided with a square hole 411 communicated with the upper end of the feces collection plate 43, and the square hole 411 is detachably connected to an external feces collection box 44; as shown in the figure, the funnel-shaped diversion cover 41 has a large upper part and a small lower part, and the upper end opening thereof can completely cover the hollowed-out screen plate 131 so as to collect all the excrement and urine;

in order to completely separate urine from feces, the upper end of the feces collecting plate 43 is provided with a drainage plate 45, the inclination direction of the drainage plate 45 is opposite to that of the feces collecting plate 43, the upper end of the drainage plate 45 is connected with one end of the hollowed-out net plate 131 far away from the feces collecting plate 43, and the lower end of the drainage plate extends to a position capable of completely covering the square hole 411, so that the urine can be prevented from flowing into the feces collecting box 44.

In this embodiment, the inclined dung collection plate 43 is provided to further filter urine and roll dung down to the lowest part of the dung collection plate 43, and then the dung rolled down from the dung collection plate 43 can be just collected by the dung collection box 44. The manure collecting plate 43 is also a hollowed-out plate.

In order to collect the feces, the aperture of the feces collecting plate 43 is smaller than that of the perforated net plate 131.

Preferably, the lower end of the funnel-shaped diversion cover 41 is provided with a diversion connector 412, the outer wall of the diversion connector 412 is provided with an external thread 4121, and the inner wall of the port of the urine collection bottle 42 is provided with an internal thread 421 matched with the external thread 4121. When urine collection bottle 42 collects full urine or needs to acquire experimental data, the knob can be screwed down from flow guide joint 412 with urine collection bottle 42, and the operation is convenient and the fixing effect is good.

Preferably, the lower end of the drainage plate 45 extends to the upper end of the diversion connector 412, and the drainage plate 45 can drain urine falling from the upper end of the square hole 411 to the upper end of the diversion connector 412, so that the urine directly flows into the urine collection bottle 42, the urine is prevented from entering the feces collection box 44, and the feces and urine separation effect is improved.

Preferably, elastic buckles 441 are arranged on two sides of the manure collecting box 44, and clamping grooves 4111 matched with the elastic buckles 441 are respectively arranged on inner walls of two sides of the square hole 411. The manure collecting box 44 and the elastic buckle 441 are made of plastic and can deform to a certain extent under the action of external force, so that the manure collecting box can be conveniently clamped into the clamping groove 4111 or separated from the clamping groove 4111.

Preferably, the outer side wall of the left cavity 12 is provided with the left box door 16, so that an experimenter can place the feces collecting box 44 and the urine collecting bottle 42 on the weighing device 2 to measure the weight of feces and urine without using an external weighing device, the operation is convenient and fast, and the acquisition and the mastering of experimental data are accelerated.

In order to facilitate the experimenter to observe the condition of the experimental mouse, transparent observation windows 17 are arranged on the front side walls of the left cavity 12 and the right cavity 13.

Preferably, a sliding hole 112 communicated with the through hole 111 is formed in the middle of the upper end of the vertical partition plate 11, the baffle plate 15 is arranged in the sliding hole 112 in a vertically sliding manner, a lifting handle 151 is arranged on the upper surface of the baffle plate 15, the baffle plate 15 can slide vertically by pulling the lifting handle 151 upwards, and the through hole 111 is opened and closed.

Preferably, the lower extreme of supporting leg 3 is equipped with backup pad 5, the bottom four corners of backup pad 5 is equipped with universal wheel 6 respectively, makes things convenient for the inspector to remove this metabolism cage according to the demand, makes this device use more nimble, set up the brake on the universal wheel 6, the position of this device of the fixed of being convenient for avoids the metabolism cage to slide.

On the outer wall of the breeding box 1 corresponding to the left cavity 12, a switch button 23 for controlling the weighing device 2 and the display 21 and a storage battery 22 are arranged, and the storage battery 22 can provide sufficient electric energy for the weighing device 2 and the display 21 so that the two can work normally.

The present invention has been described in detail with reference to the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention within the scope of knowledge possessed by those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A multi-functional experimental mouse metabolism cage which characterized in that, it includes:

the breeding box (1) is internally separated by a vertical partition plate (11) to form a left cavity (12) and a right cavity (13), the bottom of the right cavity (13) is a hollowed-out screen plate (131), an openable box cover (14) is arranged at an opening at the top of the right cavity (13), a weighing device (2) is arranged at the bottom of the left cavity (12), a display (21) electrically connected with the weighing device (2) is arranged on the outer side of the left cavity (12), a through hole (111) communicating the left cavity (12) with the right cavity (13) is formed in the vertical partition plate (11), and a baffle (15) capable of opening and closing the through hole (111) is slidably arranged on the vertical partition plate (11);

the supporting legs (3) are respectively arranged at four corners of the bottom of the breeding box (1);

and the excrement and urine separation and collection device (4) is arranged at the lower end of the right cavity (13).

2. The multifunctional laboratory mouse metabolism cage of claim 1, wherein:

the excrement and urine separation and collection device (4) comprises a funnel-shaped air guide sleeve (41) arranged at the lower end of the right cavity (13), a urine collection bottle (42) detachably connected to the lower end of the funnel-shaped air guide sleeve (41), and an excrement collection plate (43) obliquely arranged inside the funnel-shaped air guide sleeve (41), wherein the upper end of the excrement collection plate (43) is connected with one end of the hollowed-out screen plate (131), the lower end of the excrement collection plate (43) is connected with one side wall of the funnel-shaped air guide sleeve (41), a square hole (411) communicated with the upper end of the excrement collection plate (43) is formed in the side wall of the funnel-shaped air guide sleeve (41), and the square hole (411) is detachably connected with an external excrement collection box (44);

the upper end of collection dropping board (43) is equipped with drainage plate (45), the incline direction of drainage plate (45) with the incline direction of collection dropping board (43) is opposite, the upper end of this drainage plate (45) with fretwork otter board (131) are kept away from the one end of collection dropping board (43) is connected, and its lower extreme extends to at least can cover completely the position of square hole (411).

3. A multifunctional laboratory mouse metabolism cage according to claim 2, wherein the aperture of the feces collection plate (43) is smaller than that of the perforated net plate (131).

4. The multifunctional laboratory mouse metabolism cage according to claim 2, wherein the funnel-shaped diversion cover (41) is provided at a lower end thereof with a diversion connector (412), an outer wall of the diversion connector (412) is provided with an external thread (4121), and an inner wall of a port of the urine collection bottle (42) is provided with an internal thread (421) matching with the external thread (4121).

5. A multifunctional laboratory mouse metabolism cage according to claim 4, wherein the lower end of the flow guide plate (45) extends to the upper end of the flow guide joint (412).

6. The multifunctional experimental mouse metabolism cage according to claim 2, wherein elastic buckles (441) are arranged on two sides of the feces collection box (44), and clamping grooves (4111) matched with the elastic buckles (441) are respectively arranged on inner walls of two sides of the square hole (411).

7. A multifunctional laboratory mouse metabolism cage according to claim 1, wherein the outer side wall of the left chamber (12) is provided with a left door (16).

8. A multifunctional laboratory mouse metabolism cage according to claim 1, wherein the front side walls of the left and right chambers (12, 13) are provided with transparent observation windows (17).

9. The multifunctional experimental mouse metabolism cage according to claim 1, wherein a sliding hole (112) communicated with the through hole (111) is formed in the middle of the upper end of the vertical partition plate (11), the baffle plate (15) is arranged in the sliding hole (112) in a vertically sliding manner, and a handle (151) is arranged on the upper surface of the baffle plate (15).

10. The multifunctional experimental mouse metabolism cage according to claim 1, wherein the lower ends of the support legs (3) are provided with support plates (5), four corners of the bottom of each support plate (5) are respectively provided with universal wheels (6), and the universal wheels (6) are provided with brakes.