Comprehensive Lab Animal Monitoring System CLAMS is the premiere system of its kind. Incorporating sub-systems for open circuit calorimetry, activity, body mass, feeding, drinking, food access control, running wheel, urine collection, sleep detection, body core temperature and heart rate in an optional environmental chamber: Oxymax/CLAMS is the one-test solution for simultaneous multi parameter assessment of 1 to 32 test animals.

Oxymax/CLAMS and data collection is performed by an integrated program. The resulting secure data sets can be exported to Comma Separated Value (CSV) files and provide the link between Oxymax/CLAMS and your existing data analysis tools.

Oxymax/CLAMS provides fully automated operation for experiments lasting up to three days. Food and water may be replenished during experiment execution without the need for system restart.

Oxymax software can send an email or sms alert according to certain conditions. Some triggers include low O2, high CO2, air flow issues, an absence of drinking behavior, etc. Contact us for more details

Features / Specifications

Oxymax Calorimetric Assessment - Columbus Instruments Oxymax system is the leading open circuit indirect calorimeter for lab animal research. Heat is derived by assessment of the exchange of oxygen for carbon dioxide that occurs during the metabolic process. The relationship between the volume of gas consumed (oxygen) and of that produced (carbon dioxide) reveals the energy content of the foodstuff utilized by the subject. This 'calorific value' is then applied to the volume of gases exchanged to compute heat.

Oxymax Sensor Technologies:

Paramagnetic O2 Sensor - Included as standard, measurement range is 0-100% with a response time of 90 seconds per cage.

Zirconia O2 Sensor - Part of the "High Speed Sensing Option", measurement range is 0-100% and when coupled with our dual tube High Speed Gas Dryer, response time is 20 seconds per cage. Multiple High Speed Sensor sets can be connected to the system to allow 2 or more cages to be measured simultaneously.

CLAMS-HC is a home cage implementation of CLAMS that maintains the features found in our premiere product. CLAMS-HC is designed to be affixed to any standard animal cage and provides an adaptable test environment with snap-in modules to support a broad array of physiological and behavioral monitoring capabilities.

CLAMS-HC provides an alternate housing solution that makes use of standard animal cages that support bedding and maintains the use of established standard animal cage cleaning protocols. CLAMS-HC does not require any modification to your standard animal cage.

Special lid assemblies provide all of the required connections to Columbus Instruments' leading Oxymax open circuit indirect calorimeter as well as all CLAMS-HC sub-systems.

Oxymax software can send an email or sms alert according to certain conditions. Some triggers include low O2, high CO2, air flow issues, an absence of drinking behavior, etc. Contact us for more details.

Features / Specifications

Animal Activity

Feeding and Drinking Monitor

Automated Food and Water Access

Core Body Temperature and Heart Rate by Telemetry

Body Mass Monitor

Wheel Running

Environmental Enclosure

Sleep Analysis

Statistical Software CLAX

Oxymax F.A.S.T.

Oxymax lineup is our Frequent Analysis Sensing Technology. F.A.S.T systems employ a dedicated set of paired oxygen and carbon dioxide sensors for each chamber. Near continuous analysis can be performed in exercise and cyclic hypoxia testing where there's a need to accurately track rapid metabolic dynamics. Unlike systems with a single set of time multiplexed gas sensors, F.A.S.T systems provide timely data that is simultaneously collected from 1 to 8 animal enclosures.