Interchangeable whole-body and nose-only exposure system

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:868213

Cannon, William C ^[1]; Allemann, Rudolph T ^[1]; Moss, Owen R ^[2]

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1. Richland, WA
2. Cary, NC

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.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5099792
• OSTI ID: 868213
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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