Designing and developing a compartment to use the Human Treadmill as a Rat’s Treadmill

Purpose: This study aimed to develop a device capable of converting human treadmill for the rat’s exercise space on with all the conditions of rodent’s treadmills, so that the cost of studies would be reduced. Technical and Experimental Information: Specification of the device :1)Running space: 15 × 52 × 10 cm. 2)50 v Shock panel separately for each device. 3) The width of devise is 80 cm. 4) The length of devise is 60 cm. 5) Separate roof for each line. 6) Adjustable to treadmills with different width. Twelve Wistar rats in three groups exercised on this new rodent’s treadmill in order to evaluate the performance of the device. To standardize rodent’s (or you can always say rat’s treadmill) treadmill compartment, the device, in this study, were tested totally for 50 hours and its problems were resolved, and as a result, a rat treadmill compartment was developed. With respect to the novelty of the device and design, researchers registered the device and obtained the invention registry certificate from industrial Intellectual property center of Iran state organization for registration of deeds and properties. (Registry number: 029656 A.89; date: 02.03.2014). Conclusion: The designed device can be placed on any human treadmill, and it is connected to the body of the treadmill due to the preserving Aluminum base installed on every four corner so the device can stand firm and stable. Based on the width of the device, it can have 3 to 5 lines, each of which benefits from a separate roof and shock panel. All these conditions may provide a standard environment for exercising rat.