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Four channel Vascular Access Button™ for rats

Code VABR4B/22
This implantable button for rats connects four independent fluid channels simply by engaging the mating tether. It is the same size as the one-, two- and three-channel rat Vascular Access Buttons™. Connect four 3Fr catheters to the 22ga inputs under the felt disk. The small red, white, blue, and green PinPorts™ can be accessed manually using a syringe fitted with a PNP3M injector. The mating tether snaps into the button with magnets to minimize the force on the animal. Connect a 25ga dual channel swivel for continuous to two lines or a single channel swivel for continuous access to one; access the other lines through PinPorts at the top of the tether for intermittent sampling or dosing. Use a five-channel swivel for continuous access to all four channels.
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Features

Group housing is possible with the optional aluminum cap (VABRC). A loop connector (VABR4L) is available for bile duct / duodenum catheterizations; it connects the white and blue ports.
Complete this configuration form to define the optimal tether for your application and to avoid confusion on connections. Shown in the list below is a tether kit for continuous collection, no replacement salts, and ports for intermittent dosing and sampling outside the cage.

Features and benefits

  • Quickly and cleanly externalize and connect four catheters
  • Closed system for excellent patency
  • Group house with protective cap
  • Designed for bile sampling plus infusion and blood sampling
  • Order animals from Charles River or Envigo with the buttons installed as a surgical service
  • Part of our "Be Nice" family of products
  • Models
    Product name
    VABR4B/22  Vascular Access Button for rat, magnetic, 4 channel 22ga, injector
    VABR4L  Loop connector for 4 channel rat VAB (white to blue), primer
    VABRC  Protective aluminum cap for magnetic rat VABs (red)
    VABR4T/25-8BSHI  Tether for magnetic 4 channel rat VAB, 8in, blue & white PU, red PE w/PP, green PE w/PP
    KVABR4T/25-8BHI  Rat 4ch VAB tether kit, 8inL blue=bile via 25ga swivel, 24in CoEx, LS25
    white=NC 
    red=PE 25ga PP 
    green=25ga PP 
    PNP3M-50  PinPort injectors, 10 sterile pouches of 5