Capillary blood collection tubes for pinports™

Sarstedt’s capillary tubes streamline the collection of small blood samples. When combined with Instech Vascular Access Buttons™ or PinPorts™ they can be part of a significant refinement in rodent blood collection. Capillary / centrifugation tubes (Microvette® CB 300) include a carrier tube and anticoagulant so that the sample can be placed directly into a centrifuge, omitting the syringe and transfer step. Capillary / dispensing tubes (Minivette® POCT) collect precise 10, 20, 50, 100 or 200µL samples, with or without an anticoagulant, which are then easily transferred for analysis without a syringe. The PNP3MS connector easily presses onto both of these types of tubes and then punctures the small septum on Vascular Access Buttons™ and PinPorts™ to draw up the sample. You can take samples directly from a catheterized animal, or for completely hands off sampling, at the top of the cage. Arterial pressure is required for best results (for example, from a carotid artery catheterization). For laboratory animal research use only.