Living Systems Instrumentation designs, develops, and manufactures instruments for in vitro research studies of pressurized, perfused, cannulated blood vessels. These include vessel chambers and electro-mechanical apparatus for the measurement and control of pressure, flow rate and vessel dimensions. Living Systems also offers an array of laboratory equipment that are essential to any successful research project!
Dissection Tools Starter Kit
The importance of quality dissection instruments cannot be overstated. Our starter dissection kit contains everything you need to begin isolating and cannulated pressurized blood vessels.
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Dissection Tools Starter Kit
Our dissection hand support platform is designed to minimize hand strain and fatigue resulting from many hours spent dissecting and preparing cannulated blood vessels. It is ideally suited for dissection scopes that lack a base plate, or when dissections are conducted directly on a lab bench. Several holding frames are included that accept our CH-1 and CH-2 vessel chambers, our DD-90-S dissection petri dish, and 35 mm dissection dishes. A mirror in the base can be used to reflect incident light for better visualization of some specimens. The base is heavily weighted to provide stability. Foam pads on either side of the holding frame provide a suitable surface to rest your wrists.
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| Dimensions | 42 cm x 17 cm |
| Weight | 4 kg |
Forceps, Inox Dumont No. 5 , 11cm L straight
These high quality stainless steel forceps are ideal for general tissue dissection applications, such as holding adherent connective tissue and peeling apart tissue structures. These forceps have straight tips.
Forceps, Inox Dumont No. 55, 11cm L Straight
These high quality stainless steel forceps have finer tips than the No. 5 forceps, making them ideal for handling microvessels and other fine tissue structures.
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| Blade Shape | Straight |
| Overall Length | 11 cm |
| Tips | 0.05 x 0.02 mm |
Scissors Vannas, 8cm Long, 2.5mm
These high quality stainless steel spring Vannas scissors are ideal for microscopic dissections. The scissors have very fine tips that eliminate extraneous material, thus maximizing visibility under a microscope. The short (2.5 mm) taper on the tips make them ideal for small cuts that are common with microvessel dissections, or dissections of other fine tissues.
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| Blade Shape | Straight |
| Overall Length | 8 cm |
| Tips | 2.5 mm L, 0.075 mm W |
Scissors, Iris, 11.5cm Straight
These high quality stainless steel iris scissors are ideal for general tissue dissection applications, such as removing connective tissue and cutting a specimen into smaller pieces. The scissors have sharp straight blades.
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| Blade Shape | Straight |
| Overall Length | 11.5 cm |
| Tips | 23 mm L |
Scissors, Vannas, 10.5cm L 4mm Blade
These high quality stainless steel spring Vannas scissors are ideal for microscopic dissections. The scissors have fine tips that are slightly longer (4 mm) than the other scissors we carry. The longer tips are useful for general tissue cleaning, or for removing connective tissue from large blood vessels. These scissors are also useful for cutting muscle strips from larger hollow organs, such as urinary bladder, uterus, trachea, and intestine.
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| Blade Shape | Straight |
| Overall Length | 10.5 cm |
| Tips | 4 mm L, 0.15 mm W |
Scissors, Vannas, 7.5cm long, Angled
These high quality stainless steel spring Vannas scissors feature angled on flat blades that angle up when the scissors are laid flat. This angle facilitates making horizontal cuts from above the specimen, as is commonly done when cleaning microvessels.
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| Blade Shape | Angled on flat |
| Overall Length | 7.5 cm |
| Tips | 3 mm L, 0.15 mm W |
Scissors, Vannas, 8cm L 3mm Blade
These high quality stainless steel spring Vannas scissors are ideal for microscopic dissections. The scissors have very fine tips that eliminate extraneous material, thus maximizing visibility under a microscope. The relatively longer taper on the tips (3 mm) make them well suited for cutting through microvessel walls, or dissections of other fine tissues.
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| Blade Shape | Straight |
| Overall Length | 8 cm |
| Tips | 3 mm L, 0.05 mm W |