Interchangeable whole-body and nose-only exposure system

Patent · Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7273103

Cannon, W C; Allemann, R T; Moss, O R; Decker, Jr, J R

An exposure system for experimental animals includes a container for a single animal which has a double wall. The animal is confined within the inner wall. Gaseous material enters a first end, flows over the entire animal, then back between the walls and out the first end. The system also includes an arrangement of valve-controlled manifolds for supplying gaseous material to, and exhausting it from, the containers. 6 figs.

• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• Assignee: Battelle Memorial Inst., Richland, WA (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 5099792; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-682759
• OSTI ID: 7273103
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 8 Apr 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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