Design and Development of small animal hypobaric chamber

Design and Development of small animal hypobaric chamber

Hypoxia research has various applications. These include investigating the pathogenesis and developing treatments for medical conditions characterized by hypoxia and acute high altitude illness , as well as setting optimum training regimes for athletes .

The proposed small animal hypobaric chamber provides a means for studying small laboratory animals under conditions of low barometric pressures duplicating conditions found in high mountainous terrain.

The basic objectives of the Small Animal Hypobaric Chamber (SAHC) are to  extend research  capabilities for evaluating the  effects of environmental extremes and to develop models for studying the altitude-induced effects on biological systems