KR100970170B1 - Rodents for urine metabolic cage - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A urine metabolic cage for rodent is provided, which can supply water and feed and can inspect urine and feces of rodent in a comfortable state. CONSTITUTION: A urine metabolic cage for rodent comprises: a case(10) in which an upper lid is equipped in the top; a rodent receiving member which is equipped in the inner center of the case and in which rodents are safely accepted; a urine collecting member(30) which is equipped under the rodent receiving member and collects the urine generated from rodent; and a feces receiving member(50) for receiving feces of rodent.

Description

Rodents for urine Metabolic cage

The present invention relates to a urine metabolism cage for rodents, and in particular, it is possible to supply water and food, and configured to test urine and feces for rodents in the most comfortable state.

Rodents generally consist of hamsters, mice, rats, and the like, and these rodents are the most commonly used test animals in biomedical research.

Blood collection and drug administration using rodents are frequently performed experiments to confirm the efficacy, safety and risk in the development of medicines, cosmetics, and pesticides. One of the most commonly used methods of blood collection and administration of rodents is blood collection and administration using microvein. Equipment necessary for such a vein method is a correction frame.

In addition, when the new drug is administered to the test animal, it is necessary to check the health change of the test animal in real time to confirm the efficacy or side effects of the new drug. The simplest way to check the health of a test animal in real time is to check the amount of urine excreted by the test animal and its components.

In order to check the amount and composition of urine for these test animals, an appropriate cage should be developed so that the test animal can collect urine in a comfortable state, but most cages have a urine collecting part at the bottom. When the test animal receives urine, the test is received at the lower part, and the test animal is stressed because it is not maintained in a comfortable state, or the amount is bad for the surrounding hygiene such as a bad smell.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a conventional problem, the present invention can supply water and food, can receive the urine and stool in the state of maximum comfort in the interior, the inside is sealed and smells to the outside The purpose is to provide a urine metabolism cage for rodents that has not been leaked and has been configured to help with surrounding hygiene.

The problem solving means of the present invention is provided with an upper lid openable on the case; A rodent accommodating member provided in a central area inside the case to securely accommodate rodents; A urine collecting member provided directly below the rodent receiving member for receiving urine generated from the rodent; And a bowel receiving member provided at the bottom of the case of the urine collecting member lower region to receive a rodent bowel movement.

According to the rodent urine metabolism cage of the present invention, water and food can be sufficiently supplied, and the urine and feces can be completely separated and collected in a state of maximum comfort in the interior, and in particular, urine is supported without leaking to the outside within a short time. Sampling is possible and the inside of the cage is sealed so that the smell of excretion does not leak out to help the surrounding hygiene, and several cages can be stored to provide the effect of utilizing a narrow space.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a specific content for the practice of the present invention.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a rodent urine metabolism cage according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the rodent urine metabolism cage according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a rodent urine metabolism according to the present invention It is an enlarged sectional view of the main part which shows the urine collection member of a cage.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the rodent urine metabolism cage according to the present invention, the upper lid 12 is provided to be opened and closed at the top, the lower case is assembled and maintained in a rectangular parallelepiped blocked; A rodent accommodating member 20 provided in the central region inside the case 10 to safely accommodate the rodents; A urine collecting member 30 provided directly below the rodent receiving member 20 for receiving urine generated from the rodent; The urine collecting member 30 is provided at the bottom of the case 10 in the lower region and includes a bowel receiving member 50 for receiving a rodent bowel movement.

The case 10 has an upper guide groove 11 is formed to extend in the upper end, the upper guide groove 11 is coupled to the upper lid 12 so as to be slidable to block the top to secure the rodents received inside Done.

At this time, the upper lid 12 is formed through a plurality of air inlet hole 12a to supply air to the rodents therein.

And base 10 is provided at the same height on both sides of the case 10 is able to hang the several cages.

The rodent receiving member 20 includes a horizontal finishing plate 22 installed at the same height horizontally in the central region of the case 10; The upper end is detachably inserted between the inner peripheral surface of the horizontal finish plate 22, the upper part is wide and the lower part is formed narrow urine discharge tube 24 is discharged downward and urine; It is separably seated on the top of the urine discharge pipe 24 and extends to an outer bar 26a, and a safety support 26 including a horizontal bar 26b and a vertical bar 26c fixed between the outer bar 26a. Is done.

At this time, the horizontal bar (26b) and the vertical bar (26c) is to maintain a gap enough to discharge the bowel defecation and urine downward.

The urine collecting member 30 and the hook 32 is provided horizontally on the lower end of the urine discharge pipe 24; The hook ring 41 is separably caught on the hook 32 and the hook ring 41 is formed in the lower region, the urine guide ball 42 is formed in the lower circumferential edge of the bowels hit downwards, and urine flows down the ride. And, urine inducing member 40 consisting of a urine guide bar 43 is formed integrally protruding at the lower end of the urine guide ball 42 and the urine falls downward; It consists of a collection container 34 for collecting urine falling from the urine induction bar 43 of the urine inducing member 40.

At this time, the urine inducing member 40 is made of glass so that the bowel movement is not easily buried, urine is easily guided ride.

And, the collection container 34 is made of glass of the same material as the urine induction member 40, can mark the scale for checking the amount of urine, the collection container 34 is perpendicular to the lower case 10 The lower door 38 provided to be opened and closed by opening is taken out.

The bowel receiving member 50 has an inlet hole 52 formed therein and penetrated through the lower surface of the case 10; The inlet hole 52 and the case 10 is slidably inserted into the bar end surface is made of a defecation receiving box 54 to receive a bowel movement therein. At this time, the collection container 36 is seated on the upper side, the handle 51 is provided on the inside of the defecation box 52.

On the other hand, Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the feeding means of the rodent urine metabolism cage for rodents according to the present invention, Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of the main portion showing the feeding means of the rodent urine metabolism cage according to the present invention, Figure 6 Is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the main part of the feeding means of the urine metabolism cage for rodents according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 4 to 6, the case 10 is provided on the front side of the food supply means 60 detachably, the rodent accommodated therein will eat the food.

The food supply means 60 is formed through the front side of one side of the case 10, the inner head inlet hole 62 is introduced into the head of the rodent; The inner head inlet hole 62 is fixed to face the front of the case 10 outside the vertical fastening, the lower end of the guide groove (64a) is formed, a pair of guide rails (64); The guide plate 65 is detachably coupled to the guide groove 64a of the guide rail 64 vertically, and the guide plate 65 through which the outer head inlet hole 65a is formed to correspond to the inner head inlet hole 62 is fastened and fixed to the rear side. And, the top is open food storage case 66 and; It is provided to be inclined inside the food storage case 66, and made of a wire mesh feeder 68, the food of the rodent is contained therein.

The wire feeder 68 is made at equal intervals, and is maintained by maintaining the interval so that the food of rodents do not fall inside.

At this time, the food storage case 66 of the lower portion of the wire mesh feeder 68 is provided with a food receiving member 70 so as to support the food waste falling down while eating rodents.

The food receiving member 70 has an access hole 72 formed in the lower region of the food storage case 66; Is coupled to the drawer type to the access hole 72 is made of a food box (74) located in the lower wire feeder (68).

At this time, the food storage case 66 of the upper portion of the access hole 72 is provided with a blocking stop 76 for blocking the food receiving box 74 to open in the forward direction.

And Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the water supply means of the urine metabolism cage for rodents according to the present invention. As shown, the other side of the food supply means 60 is provided with water supply means 80 for supplying water to rodents.

The water supply means (80) is a water bottle container (82) fixed to the front of the case (10) in the other region of the food supply means (60); First and second insertion holes 84 and 85 formed through the upper and lower portions of the water bottle container 82 to vertically insert the body 91 and the stopper 92 of the water bottle 90; It is formed through the injection hole location hole 86 is formed through the case 10 of the lower portion of the water bottle container 82, the end of the injection hole 93 inserted into the stopper 92.

At this time, the first insertion hole 84 is the body 91 of the bucket 90 is inserted, the second insertion hole 85 is inserted into the stopper 92 of the bucket 90, the inner diameter is configured differently do.

And the rodent sticks out the head through the inlet hole (86) and sucks water through the inlet (93).

On the other hand, the material of the cage configured as described above is made of polycarbonate (poly carbonate) that can be sterilized at 121 ℃ to ensure safe hygiene for rodents.

Referring to the operation of the rodent urine metabolism cage according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the food supply means 60 is sufficiently supplied with food for rodents in the food supply means 60 detachably provided at one side of the urine use case 10, and then the food supply means 60. Water is sufficiently supplied to the water supply means 80 in the other region.

Then, when the upper lid 12 of the cage 10 is opened, and then the rodents are accommodated on the upper portion of the safety base 26 constituting the rodent receiving member 20 therein, the rodents accommodate the food and water sufficiently. You will be relaxed while being supplied.

That is, the head is extended through the inner head inlet hole 62 of the case 10 and the outer head inlet hole 65a formed in the guide plate 65 of the food storage case 66, and then inside the food storage case 66. It is provided at an inclined angle, and eats the food through the wire feeding container 68 in which the food is contained therein (see FIG. 4).

In addition, the first and second insertion holes formed in the water bottle container 82 on the front surface of the case 10 after the head is formed through the case 10 in the lower portion of the water bottle container 82, and extends the head through the injection hole location hole 66. The body 91 and the stopper 92 are vertically inserted through the 84 and 85 through the inlet 93 of the bucket 90 is inserted into the water enough.

In this way, the drug for the experiment (the test that can be confirmed by urinalysis) is put into a rodent that is accommodated with sufficient rest and food and water, and then the experiment that can be obtained through the urine test for this is performed.

That is, the urine and bowel movement naturally sit comfortably on the upper bar 26a, the horizontal bar 26b and the vertical bar 26c constituting the safety support 26.

Then, urine and defecation are discharged downward through the horizontal bar (26b) and the vertical bar (26c) constituting the safety base 26 is discharged through the urine discharge pipe (24).

At the same time, defecation hits the outer periphery of the urine guide ball 42 of the urine guide member 40 caught by the hook ring 41 at the lower end of the urine discharge pipe 24 and hangs downwards, and then falls downward. It is supported by the bowel support box 54 constituting the 50, and the urine flows downward by riding it, and is accurately dropped into the lower collecting container 34 through the urine induction bar 43 at the lower part. (See Figure 3)

As described above, the lower door 38 provided to be opened and closed vertically under the collection container 34 case 10 in which urine is collected is taken out, and then analyzed.

On the other hand, the bowel movement is to separate the bowel receiving box 54 constituting the bowel receiving member 50 through the inlet hole 52 and the bottom surface of the case 10, and then separately processed (see Fig. 1).

And, the food storage case 66 of the lower portion of the wire mesh feeder (68) is provided with a food receiving member (70), while the rodents eat the food waste falling down while being eaten and processed. (See Figs. 3 to 5). )

The rodent urine metabolism cage according to the present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the following claims. Anyone would have the technical idea to the extent that various changes can be made.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a urine metabolism cage for rodents according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the binding state of the urine metabolism cage for rodents according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the main portion of the urine collecting member of the urine metabolism cage for rodents according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the feeding means of the urine metabolism cage for rodents according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the main part of the feeding means of the urine metabolism cage for rodents according to the present invention.

Figure 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the main part of the feeding means of the urine metabolism cage for rodents according to the present invention.

Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the water supply means of the urine metabolism cage for rodents according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: case 12: upper lid

20: rodent receiving member 30: urine collecting member

22: horizontal finish plate 24: urine discharge pipe

26a: Outer Bar 26b: Horizontal Bar

26c: Vertical Bar 26: Safety Base

30: urine collecting member 32: hanger

34: collection container 40: new guide member

41: hook 42: urine guide ball

43: urine induction bar 50: bowel receiving member

52: inlet hole 54: defecation box

60: feeding means 62: inner head inlet hole

64: guide rail 64a: guide groove

65: guide plate 65a: outer head inlet hole (65a)

66: food storage case 68: wire mesh feeder

70: feeding member 72: access hole

74: feeding box 80: water supply means

82: water bottle storage 84,85: 1, 2 insertion hole

86: injection hole location hole 90: water tank

91: body 92: stopper

93: inlet

Claims (6)

delete delete A case 10 having an upper lid 12 openable thereon; A rodent accommodating member 20 provided in a central area inside the case 10 to securely accommodate rodents; A urine collecting member (30) provided under the rodent receiving member (20) to receive urine generated in the rodent; And in the urine collecting member 30, the lower portion of the case 10 is provided in the lower urine metabolism cage for rodent consisting of a bowel receiving member 50 for receiving rodent bowel, The urine collecting member 30 A hanger 32 provided horizontally in the lower end of the urine discharge pipe 24; The hook ring 41 is separably caught on the hook 32 and the hook ring 41 is formed in the lower region, the urine guide ball that is bowed to the outer circumference to fall down, urine flows down the ride (42) and the urine guide member (40) consisting of a urine guide bar (43) formed integrally protruding from the lower end of the urine guide ball (42) and urine falls down; Urine metabolism cage for rodents, characterized in that it comprises a collection container for collecting urine falling from the urine induction bar (43) of the urine induction member (40). delete According to claim 3, wherein the case 10 is provided with a food supply means 60 detachably on one side, The food supply means 60 An inner head inflow hole 62 formed through the front surface of one side of the case 10 to introduce a rodent's head; A guide rail 64 which is fixed to face the front of the case 10 outside the inner head inlet 62 and is perpendicularly fastened and has a guide groove 64a having a lower end; The guide plate 65 is detachably coupled to the guide groove 64a of the guide rail 64 vertically, and the guide plate 65 having the outer head inlet hole 65a formed to correspond to the inner head inlet hole 62 is fastened and fixed to the rear surface. And, the top is open food storage case 66 and; It is provided to be inclined inside the food storage case 66, the wire mesh feed container (68) that contains the food of rodents therein; Feeding member consisting of an entrance hole 72 formed in the lower region of the food storage case 66, and a feed box 74 is coupled to the access hole 72 in the drawer type is located below the wire mesh feeding container 68 Urine metabolism cage for rodents, characterized in that consisting of (70). According to claim 5, The food supply means 60 is provided with a water supply means 80 in the case 10 of the other region, The water supply means 80 A water bottle container 82 fixed to the front of the case 10 in the other region of the food supply means 60; First and second insertion holes (84, 85) formed through the upper and lower portions of the water bottle container (82) and inserted into the body (91) and the stopper (92) of the water bottle (90) vertically; The urine metabolism cage for rodents, characterized in that formed through the inlet port hole (86) is formed through the case 10 of the lower portion of the water bottle container 82 is inserted into the stopper (92).

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