Transonic ADV500 PV Loop System

The ADV500 Pressure-Volume (PV) Loop System is the only PV system in the world to offer Admittance technology. With this technology, the need for complicated volume calibration steps (cuvette and saline bolus) necessary in other equipment is removed, making data collection easier, more precise, and more accurate.

Available for pre-clinical research, the ADV500 can be deployed in all common animal models using our Scisense Catheter line, which ranges in size from 1.2F-7F. Our catheters are available with various electrode spacing and tip preferences, allowing for data collection using vascular or open chest access depending on your study needs.

Common Applications:

• Left ventricular PV Loops (see webinar)
• Right ventricular PV loops (see webinar)
• Bi-ventricular PV loops (see webinar)
• Working heart and mock circulation

What is Admittance?

Admittance technology builds on the foundation of classical conductance technology. Unlike conductance, however, Admittance no longer requires a saline bolus injection to monitor muscle contribution, nor the use of cuvettes to explain the non-uniform electric field. Not only will Admittance allow you to get volume data during your experiment, but it also allows you to monitor the relative catheter position.

Features:

• Live display of ventricular volume during experiment
• Live catheter position feedback
• Dual-Pressure input for secondary pressure catheter
• Modular design
• 1.2F-7F catheters to meet all animal requirements

Transonic Scisense Pressure-Volume Catheters for large animals range in size from 3.5F to 7.0F to span the entire range of heart sizes from rabbits to cows. These Catheters provide cardiac researchers the unique ability to measure almost every imaginable hemodynamic and contractile index of ventricular function with a single instrument. Variable Segment Length Catheters provide excellent flexibility in matching ventricle sizes. All 7.0F Catheters are available with an optional lumen to allow drug administration, blood sampling or guide wire insertion.

Transonic Scisense Rodent Pressure Volume Catheters are specifically designed for use with mice (1.2F) and rat (1.9F) sized ventricles. These minimally invasive Catheters provide cardiac researchers the unique ability to measure almost every imaginable hemodynamic and contractile index of ventricular function with a single instrument. Catheters are available with a range of volume electrode spacings to fit any rodent ventricle size.