Transmission of Cardiovascular Data from Dogs

Prolonged acquisition of dynamic blood pressure data from animal subjects in various experimental conditions has become a special research area in numerous institutions. To properly conduct many of these experiments, the subject must be instrumented with blood pressure sensors and a means of conveying the indicated pressure level to a remote station. Quite often data must be obtained over several weeks in which recalibration can not be conducted. Telemetry techniques are quite adaptable to these problems and in many instances are the only solution available. To illustrate the special applications of telemetry, several experiments are described along with the hardware required to conduct these experiments.