Observation device for observing animal activities
阅读说明:本技术 用于观测动物活动的观测装置 (Observation device for observing animal activities ) 是由 胡耀中 汤勇 詹阳 于 2020-06-22 设计创作,主要内容包括:本申请提供一种用于观测动物活动的观测装置。该装置包括支撑组件、固定组件及观测组件;其中,支撑组件可在平面上自由活动;固定组件连接在支撑组件上,用于与动物固定;观测组件设置于支撑组件和/或固定组件上,用于对动物的活动进行观测。该观测装置能够解决现有技术中将观测设备直接安装在动物身上,对动物的活动影响较大的问题。(The present application provides an observation device for observing the activity of an animal. The device comprises a supporting component, a fixing component and an observation component; wherein, the supporting component can freely move on a plane; the fixing component is connected to the supporting component and used for fixing the animal; the observation assembly is arranged on the supporting assembly and/or the fixing assembly and is used for observing the movement of the animal. The observation device can solve the problem that observation equipment is directly arranged on an animal body to greatly influence the movement of the animal in the prior art.)
1. An observation device for observing the activity of an animal, comprising:
the supporting component can freely move on a plane;
the fixing component is connected to the supporting component and is used for fixing the animal;
and the observation assembly is arranged on the supporting assembly and/or the fixing assembly and is used for observing the movement of the animal.
2. Observation device for observing animal activity according to claim 1, characterized in that said support assembly comprises:
the supporting platform can freely move on the plane, and the fixed assembly is connected to the supporting platform;
the supporting bodies are arranged at intervals, connected with the supporting platform and used for supporting the supporting platform;
the universal wheels are in one-to-one correspondence with the supporting bodies and are arranged at one ends, far away from the supporting platform, of the supporting bodies.
3. A viewing device for viewing the activity of an animal according to claim 2, wherein said mounting assembly includes a first mounting assembly pivotally connected to said support platform for mounting to the head or spine of the animal; the supporting platform is provided with the cylinder hole along perpendicular to in the direction of supporting platform, first fixed subassembly includes:
The telescopic mechanism is arranged in the cylindrical hole and can move along the extending direction of the cylindrical hole;
the adjusting mechanism is rotationally connected with the telescopic mechanism and is used for adjusting the position of the head or the vertebra of the animal;
and the fixing piece is fixedly connected with the adjusting mechanism and is used for fixing the head or the vertebra of the animal.
4. Observation device for observing animal activity according to claim 3, characterized in that said telescopic mechanism comprises:
the first telescopic rod is arranged in the cylindrical hole and can move along the extending direction of the cylindrical hole;
and the limiting part is used for fixing the position of the first telescopic rod in the cylindrical hole.
5. Observation device for observing animal activity according to claim 4, characterized in that said adjustment means comprise:
the first ball body is rotatably connected to one end of the first telescopic rod;
a second sphere;
the sphere platform is used for stabilizing the head or the spinal part of the animal and bearing the observation assembly, the second sphere is fixedly arranged on a first surface of the sphere platform, and the fixing piece is arranged on a second surface, opposite to the first surface, of the sphere platform;
The two clamping arms are clamped at two opposite sides of the first ball body and the second ball body, can rotate along the circumferential direction of the first ball body and the second ball body, and are used for connecting the first ball body and the second ball body and adjusting the position of the fixing piece.
6. The observation device for observing the activities of animals according to claim 5, wherein the second surface of the spherical platform is provided with a limit groove, and part of the fixing member is clamped in the limit groove and fixed with the spherical platform through a fixing knob.
7. An observation device for observing the activity of an animal according to claim 3, wherein the securing assembly further comprises a second securing assembly slidably connected to the support assembly for securing with the body of the animal.
8. An observation device for observing the activity of animals according to claim 7, wherein the supporting platform is provided with a sliding slot, and the second fixing component is arranged in the sliding slot in a penetrating way and can slide along the extending direction of the sliding slot; the second fixing assembly includes:
a strap for being tied to the body of the animal;
And the bandage adjusting mechanism is connected in the sliding groove in a sliding manner, one end of the bandage is connected with the bandage adjusting mechanism, and the bandage adjusting mechanism is used for adjusting the height of the bandage in the direction perpendicular to the supporting platform and the distance between the bandage and the first fixing component in the direction parallel to the supporting platform.
9. A viewing device for viewing animal activity according to claim 8, wherein said strap adjustment mechanism comprises:
one end of the sliding rod extends into the sliding groove and can slide along the extending direction of the sliding groove;
the fixed block is matched with the sliding rod and used for fixing the sliding rod on the supporting platform;
the second telescopic rod is connected to the binding band, screwed on the sliding rod and capable of stretching along the axial direction of the sliding rod, and is used for adjusting the height of the binding band in the direction perpendicular to the supporting platform.
10. An observation device for observing the movement of an animal according to claim 9, wherein the second telescopic rod is provided with a through hole along the telescopic direction thereof, and one end of the binding band passes through the through hole to be connected with one end of the second telescopic rod far away from the fixing block.
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of biomedical engineering, in particular to an observation device for observing animal activities.
Background
With the increasing pace of life and the aging population, the incidence of neuropsychiatric diseases is increasing, and brain science becomes one of the hot spots of the international scientific research at present.
Currently, it is a common research method to conduct behavioral experiments in some specific test sites. Taking a mouse as an example, an open field experiment, a three-box social experiment, an elevated cross experiment and the like are common; in these experiments, in order to observe the movement of the animal, for example, the movement of the head of the animal, it is often necessary to mount some observation devices on the animal and fix the observation devices with the animal, for example, mount the observation devices on the head of the animal so that the observation devices can move along with the movement of the animal, and then observe the movement of the animal through the observation devices moving synchronously with the animal.
However, since the observation device has a large weight, the observation device is directly mounted on the animal, and has a large influence on the movement of the animal.
Disclosure of Invention
The application provides an observation device for observing animal activity can solve among the prior art with observation equipment direct mount on the animal body, influences great problem to the activity of animal.
In order to solve the technical problem, the application adopts a technical scheme that: providing a viewing device for viewing the activity of an animal; the device comprises a supporting component, a fixing component and an observation component; wherein, the supporting component can freely move on a plane; the fixing component is connected to the supporting component and used for fixing the animal; the observation assembly is arranged on the supporting assembly and/or the fixing assembly and is used for observing the movement of the animal.
The supporting assembly comprises a supporting platform, a plurality of supporting bodies and a plurality of universal wheels; the supporting platform can freely move on a plane, and the fixing component is connected to the supporting platform; the plurality of supporting bodies are arranged at intervals and connected with the supporting platform and are used for supporting the supporting platform; the universal wheels are in one-to-one correspondence with the support bodies and are arranged at one ends, far away from the support platform, of the support bodies.
The fixing assembly comprises a first fixing assembly, and the first fixing assembly is rotatably connected to the supporting platform and is used for fixing the head or the vertebra of the animal; the supporting platform is provided with a cylindrical hole along the direction vertical to the supporting platform, and the first fixing assembly comprises a telescopic mechanism, an adjusting mechanism and a fixing piece; the telescopic mechanism is arranged in the cylindrical hole and can move along the extending direction of the cylindrical hole; the adjusting mechanism is rotationally connected with the telescopic mechanism and is used for adjusting the position of the head or the vertebra of the animal; the fixing piece is fixedly connected with the adjusting mechanism and is used for fixing the head or the vertebra of the animal.
The telescopic mechanism comprises a first telescopic rod and a limiting piece; the first telescopic rod is arranged in the cylindrical hole and can move along the extending direction of the cylindrical hole; the limiting part is used for fixing the position of the first telescopic rod in the cylindrical hole.
The adjusting mechanism comprises a first ball body, a second ball body, a ball body platform and two clamping arms; the first ball body is rotatably connected to one end of the first telescopic rod; the sphere platform is used for stabilizing the head or the vertebral column of the animal and bearing the observation assembly, the second sphere is fixedly arranged on the first surface of the sphere platform, and the fixing piece is arranged on the second surface of the sphere platform, which is opposite to the first surface; the two clamping arms are clamped at two opposite sides of the first sphere and the second sphere, can rotate along the circumferential direction of the first sphere and the second sphere and are used for connecting the first sphere and the second sphere and adjusting the position of the fixing piece.
The second surface of the sphere platform is provided with a limiting groove, and part of the fixing piece is clamped in the limiting groove and fixed with the sphere platform through the fixing knob.
Wherein, the fixed subassembly still further includes the second fixed subassembly, and the fixed subassembly of second sliding connection is on the supporting component for with the fixed of animal's health.
The second fixing component penetrates through the sliding groove and can slide along the extending direction of the sliding groove; the second fixing component comprises a binding band and a binding band adjusting mechanism; wherein, the bandage is used for being tied on the body of an animal; bandage adjustment mechanism sliding connection is in the spout, and the one end of bandage is connected with bandage adjustment mechanism, and bandage adjustment mechanism is used for adjusting the height of bandage in the perpendicular to supporting platform direction and the distance of bandage and first fixed subassembly in the direction that is on a parallel with the supporting platform.
The binding belt adjusting mechanism comprises a sliding rod, a fixed block and a second telescopic rod; wherein, one end of the sliding rod extends into the sliding groove and can slide along the extending direction of the sliding groove; the fixed block is matched with the sliding rod and used for fixing the sliding rod on the supporting platform; the bandage is connected on the second telescopic link, and the second telescopic link spiro union is on the slide bar, and can stretch out and draw back along the axial direction of slide bar for adjust the height of bandage in the perpendicular to supporting platform direction.
Wherein, the second telescopic link is provided with a through-hole along its flexible direction, and the one end of bandage is passed the through-hole and is connected with the one end that the fixed block was kept away from to the second telescopic link.
The observation device for observing the activity of the animal provided by the application observes the activity of the animal by arranging the observation assembly; simultaneously, can be on the plane freely movable's supporting component through the setting to connect a fixed subassembly on the supporting component, with fixed with the animal through fixed subassembly, and bear the weight of observing the subassembly through supporting component and/or fixed subassembly, thereby not only can not restrict the activity of animal, and can reduce the weight of bearing of animal, and then effectively reduce because of the animal bears the weight of overweight and the influence that causes the animal activity.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an observation device for observing animal activities according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the corresponding apparatus of FIG. 1 in a first view, but prior to assembly;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the corresponding apparatus of FIG. 1 in a second vision position, prior to assembly;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a fixing element and an adjusting mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present application before being assembled;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of an assembled fixing member and an adjusting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a viewing device for viewing the activity of an animal according to another embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the apparatus of FIG. 6 shown in an unassembled configuration;
FIG. 8 is a bottom view of FIG. 6;
fig. 9 is a schematic view of a strap provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present application secured to an animal's body.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
The terms "first", "second" and "third" in this application are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any indication of the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," or "third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In the description of the present application, "plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless explicitly specifically limited otherwise. All directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiments of the present application are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indication is changed accordingly. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.
The present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, in which, fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure diagram of an observation device for observing animal activities according to an embodiment of the present application; FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the corresponding apparatus of FIG. 1 before assembly; in the embodiment, the observation device for observing the animal activity is provided, and the observation device can be particularly used for observing the activity condition of the animal, such as the head activity or the vertebra activity of the animal; and the device compares in prior art with the scheme of observation device direct mount on the animal body,
Specifically, the observation device for observing the movement of the animal specifically comprises an
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Wherein, the fixing component is connected to the supporting
In one embodiment, the fixing assembly specifically includes a
Specifically, the supporting
Specifically, referring to fig. 2 and 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the apparatus corresponding to fig. 1 before assembly under the second vision; the
Wherein, the telescopic mechanism 131 is arranged in the
In another embodiment, the telescopic mechanism 131 may only include the first
Specifically, the first
Wherein, the adjusting mechanism 132 is rotatably connected with the telescopic mechanism 131 and is used for adjusting the position of the head or the vertebra of the animal; specifically, the adjustment mechanism 132 may include a
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Specifically, the adjustment mechanism 132 further includes a clamp
Specifically, two ends of the two clamping
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In a specific embodiment, refer to fig. 4 and 5, wherein fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a fixing member and an adjusting mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present application before assembly; FIG. 5 is a schematic view of an assembled fixing member and an adjusting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; the fixing element 133 is specifically disposed on a second surface of the sphere platform 1323 opposite to the first surface, and a limiting groove 135 is disposed on the second surface of the sphere platform 1323, an opening direction of the limiting groove 135 faces toward an end away from the supporting platform 121, and the connecting body 1331 of the fixing element 133 is specifically clamped in the limiting groove 135, so as to fix the upper and lower positions of the fixing element 133 through the limiting groove 135; specifically, the specific structure of the connecting body 1331 of the fixing member 133 when not engaged with the limiting groove 135 can be seen in fig. 4, and the specific structure of the connecting body 1331 of the fixing member 133 engaged with the limiting groove 135 can be seen in fig. 5; when the fixing member 133 is fixed to the head or the vertebra of the animal, the spherical platform 1323 can stabilize the head or the vertebra of the experimental animal, so that the head or the vertebra can be conveniently observed and operated; further, the adjusting mechanism 132 further includes at least two fixing knobs 1325, and the connecting body 1331 is fixed on the sphere platform 1323 through the fixing knobs 1325; specifically, after the connecting body 1331 is clamped in the limiting groove 135, a second through hole is formed in the ball platform 1323 at a position corresponding to the first through hole on the connecting body 1331, and the fixing knob 1325 is specifically arranged in the first through hole and the second through hole in a penetrating manner to fix the fixing member 133 and the ball platform 1323. It should be noted that, the fixing of the upper and lower positions of the fixing
Specifically, when the observing
It will be appreciated that in the particular use of the device, the fixing
It will be appreciated that when the first fixing
The observation device for observing the animal activity provided by the embodiment is provided with the
Further, in an embodiment, please refer to fig. 6 to fig. 7, wherein fig. 6 is a schematic overall structure diagram of a monitoring device for monitoring animal activities according to another embodiment of the present application; FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the corresponding device of FIG. 6 prior to assembly for a first vision; the fixing assembly further comprises a second fixing assembly 14, wherein the second fixing assembly 14 is connected to the
Specifically, the supporting
Specifically, referring to fig. 6 to 8, fig. 8 is a bottom view of fig. 6; the second securing assembly 14 may specifically include a strap 141 and a strap adjustment mechanism 142. Wherein, the strap 141 is used for tying on the body of the animal, and the strap adjusting mechanism 142 is slidably connected in the chute 1212; and in an embodiment, one end of the strap 141 is connected to the strap adjusting mechanism 142, the other end of the strap 141 is suspended below the strap adjusting mechanism 142 (see fig. 8), and the strap adjusting mechanism 142 is specifically configured to adjust the height of the strap 141 in a direction perpendicular to the
Specifically, the number of the straps 141 may include four, one end of each of the four straps 141 is connected to the strap adjusting mechanism 142, and the other end of each of the four straps 141 is in a strap-shaped arc structure and is fixedly connected to each other by a strap fixing buckle 1411.
Specifically, referring to fig. 7, the strap adjusting mechanism 142 includes a sliding bar 1421, a fixed block 1422, and a second telescopic bar 1423.
One end of the sliding bar 1421 extends into the sliding groove 1212 and can slide along the extending direction of the sliding groove 1212, so that the distance between the second fixing assembly 14 and the first fixing
The fixing block 1422 is matched with the sliding rod 1421, and is used for fixing the sliding rod 1421 at the current position of the
It will be appreciated that in a particular use of the second fixing assembly 14, the sliding bar 1421 passes through the slotted hole 1213 to extend into the interior of the sliding channel 1212 and is threaded with a nut, and after the position of the sliding bar 1421 in the sliding channel 1212 is adjusted, the sliding bar 1421 and the nut are tightened to fix the position of the two in the sliding channel 1212.
The second telescopic rod 1423 is screwed to the sliding rod 1421, and can extend up and down along the axial direction of the sliding rod 1421; specifically, the strap 141 is fixedly connected to the second telescopic rod 1423, and the second telescopic rod 1423 is specifically used for adjusting the height of the strap 141 in a direction perpendicular to the supporting
Specifically, the sliding bar 1421 is provided with a third through hole along the axial direction thereof, the hole wall of the third through hole is provided with an internal thread, the outer side wall of the second telescopic bar 1423 is provided with an external thread matched with the internal thread of the third through hole, so that the screw connection between the second telescopic bar 1423 and the sliding bar 1421 is realized through the screw connection between the internal thread and the external thread, and the telescopic property of the second telescopic bar 1423 on the sliding bar 1421 is further realized through the screw connection between the two; specifically, in this embodiment, a fourth through hole is formed in the second telescopic rod 1423 in the axial direction, one end of the binding band 141 passes through the fourth through hole and is bound to the second circular disk, so as to be connected to the second telescopic rod 1423 through the second circular disk, and further adjust the height of the binding band 141 in the direction perpendicular to the supporting platform 121 through the extension and retraction of the second telescopic rod 1423; specifically, the transverse dimension of the second disc is greater than the aperture of the fourth through hole, so that the second disc is clamped at the opening of the fourth through hole at the end far away from the fixing block 1422, thereby realizing the connection between the binding band 141 and the second telescopic rod 1423, and preventing the second disc from falling from the fourth through hole.
As described above, the binding band 141 is inserted into the fourth through hole of the second telescopic rod 1423, and the binding band 141 is connected to the second telescopic rod 1423 by using the second disk having a size larger than the aperture of the second through hole, so that the binding band 141 can freely rotate in the second telescopic rod 1423, and the rotation of the binding band 141 along with the rotation of the second telescopic rod 1423 when the height of the second telescopic rod 1423 is adjusted is avoided.
A specific method of using the observation device for observing the movement of an animal and fixing the observation device to the head of the animal will be described below.
Prior to use, the fixture 133 is surgically secured to the animal's head; specifically, a craniotomy nail can be adopted or the fixation can be carried out by dental cement; the specific implementation process of nailing or fixing with dental cement can be referred to the prior art, and the same or similar technical effects can be realized, which are not described herein again; when the device is used, in order to facilitate installation and reduce discomfort of the animal, the animal can be subjected to gas anesthesia, then the head of the animal passes through the gap between the two middle straps 141, and the left and right forelimbs respectively pass through the gaps between the two sides and the middle strap 141, specifically refer to fig. 9, which is a schematic view of the strap provided by an embodiment of the application when the strap is fixed with the body of the animal, and then the head of the animal is fixed; specifically, the fixing member 133 is clipped into the limiting groove 135, and the two fixing knobs 1325 are screwed to fix the fixing member 133 and the spherical platform 1323; then, the limiting member 1312 is adjusted according to the current position of the head of the animal, so that the first telescopic rod 1311 is fixed at a position with a proper height, and the clamping arm locking valve 1326 is adjusted to a position with a proper angle and a proper position of the spherical platform 1323, so that the head of the animal can move normally; after the head of the animal is fixed, the sliding rod 1421 is adjusted to a suitable position on the support platform 121 and fixed by the fixing block 1422, the second telescopic rod 1423 is rotated to move the second telescopic rod 1423 in a direction away from the support platform 121, and then the binding band 141 is tightened to fix the support platform 121 with the body of the animal, so that the support platform 121 is driven to move by the body of the animal, and the probability of fracture of the head of the animal caused by driving the support platform 121 to move is reduced; the experiment was then started after the animals were awake.
Specifically, the animal referred to above may be specifically a mouse; of course, in other embodiments, the animal may be other similar reptiles, rodents, or larger mammals, such as dogs, cats, etc.
The observation device for observing the animal activities is small in size and light in weight; and is cheap and practical; meanwhile, the device has small requirements on the field and can be used even in a narrow space; the device can be placed in various existing plane fields without specially-made fields; in addition, the device has simple and reliable structure, does not have a complex circuit, and is convenient to use, clean, maintain, repair or replace parts.
It should be noted that the observation assembly referred to in the present application is not limited to the observation device in the prior art, and may be other operation devices, such as a motor, a camera, and the like, and the present embodiment does not limit this.
The above embodiments are merely examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure, and all modifications, equivalents, and flow charts using the contents of the specification and drawings of the present disclosure or those directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields are intended to be included in the scope of the present disclosure.
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