The design of this instrument was inspired by the need for a practical, versatile, and economical instrument for reliably stabilizing the rodent spinal column. The Cunningham™ Spinal Adaptor is an accessory to be mounted on either the 51600 or the 51800 stereotaxic instrument or other brands of stereotaxic instruments, converting them for spinal surgery applications. It utilizes the manipulator and base plate of the stereotaxic instrument, thus enabling precision spinal preparations. The spinal column is secured by up to four independent transverse process clamps, as well as a spinous process clamp. The transverse process clamps are designed to minimize trauma while providing motionless support.
The instrument is engineered for one-handed control of gross and fine adjustment of the surgical preparation in the AP, ML, and DV planes.
Transverse process clamps are available to accommodate either the rat or the mouse. To work with both species, order the Spinal Adaptor for one species, and one set of transverse clamps for the other.