Laborial presents BlauVET a new solution for laboratory animals’ surgery

BlauVET is Laborial’s most recent development and it represents a worldwide novelty. It consists on a workbench adapted to lab animals’ surgery, by integrating in the working area a heating surface with a temperature control system, an  inhalated anesthesia system, a gas exhaustion system, and a tactile computing device on the worktop. This solution aims to solve problems associated with surgery in laboratory animals such as the conservation of the animal's body temperature during surgery and during recovery without causing any burns, continuous anesthesia of the animal without the use of injectables or the use of computing devices in spaces where contamination represents a critical problem.

This brand new solution was developed in partnership with FEUP and UTAD under the R&TD project funded by the Operational Factors Competitiveness Program NSRF + COMPETE "Intellab II - Intelligence in Laboratories", and combines two patent applications (patent pending) on technical solutions developed in Laborial. Built with materials resistant to the most aggressive reagents and disinfectants, it is a modular, flexible and scalable solution that enables the integration of new "add-on" features, adapting itself to new requirements and needs. It is a kind of solution extremely easy to clean and disinfect  and is therefore highly aseptic.

To José Branco, CEO at Laborial, this solution is "another result of the investment and work consistency of the organization in RDI and, in this case, a very useful solution in laboratory animal surgery”.

The "Intellab - Intelligence in Laboratories" project was carried out between 2009 and 2012 and resulted in Advanlab, a monitoring and control system for laboratories, and also resulted in the acclaimed and awarded Blautouch, the interactive worktop for labs.

The first prototypes of BlauVET were presented at the 39th AFSTAL Colloquium, held between the 9th and 11th October 2013 in La Rochelle, France; also presented at the 26th Congress A3P, which took place between the 15th  and 17th  October 2013 in Espace Bellevue Biarritz , France; and at the 64th meeting of the AALAS, held between the 27th  and 31st  October 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

The established business plan foreseen sales in Europe through Laborial’s network and in the United States and Canada by the EZ Systems dealer.