Biotelematics

IPMCE is involved in development of innovative biotelemetry solution, providing reliable and time-proof monitoring and remote control of physiological parameters on conscious unrestrained laboratory animals.

Biotelemetry is essential and widely used in bio-medical research, for example:

• Pharmaceutical industry: Reliable and time-proof preclinical studies
• Biotech companies: testing of novel sensors applications
• Fundamental research: multi-parametric measurements of physiological parameters
• Educational institutions: remote monitoring and control of experiments

Implantable biotelemetry benefits:

• Direct measurement, providing high data accuracy and reliability
• No skin injuries, elimination of exit site infections
• No stress artifacts (restraints, narcosis etc.)
• 24×7 measurements without involvement of lab personne

IPMCE biotelemetry solution is simple and reliable with accurate and continuous measurement provided. The animals can be monitored with minimal stress, 24 hours a day during several months. The absence of restraints during the collection of physiological data allows animals to be studied during a long period of time in their normal housing.

The system consists of a small telemetric module implanted into an animal, transceiver(s) and PC. The implanted telemetric module provides a simultaneous monitoring of several physiological parameters and transmission of collected data via radio channel to a nearby transceiver, which transfers the data to a PC to be processed, recorded and analyzed. The PC software system controls the experiment and manages the operational modes of implantable devices. The data fl owing through a researcher’s workstation can be simultaneously transmitted to the central server for their remote multi-user control and processing.

The key features

The key features of the solution include:

Implantability

• Direct measurement of physiological parameters
• The infl uence of implanted module on the animals is minimal, which allows for collection of high quality data in their normal housing
• Long-term monitoring and data collection

Digital data sampling and processing IN SITU

• Compatible with any sensor (“polyvalency”)
• Suitable for simultaneous multiparametric measurements
• Suitable for eff ector management

Bidirectional radio interface

• The implanted module can be managed and reconfi gured from a PC
• When managing the implanted module, the natural behavior of animals is not infl uenced

Digital radio interface

• Possibility of monitoring a group of animals in one cage
• No data distortion during transmission
• Immediate detection and correction of transmission errors

Client server software architecture

• The system supports complex experiments with several distributed groups of animals, being distantly located from each other
• The researcher can access the results results of experiment and manage the research remotely

Model-driven software architecture

• The user interface can be easily customized to adapt to specific client’s requirements

OS independent software

• Compatible with most hardware platforms
• Minimized risk of OS upgrade and patching