Low-Profile Wireless Running Wheel

Monitor wheel running activity
without running wires.

The current trend of housing mouse colonies in individually ventilated cages (IVCs) has allowed for dramatic increases in housing density, improved environmental control, and better biosecurity. However, the low profile configuration of many mouse IVCs has made it more difficult to add enrichment devices, such as a running wheel, to the mouse home cage. Our wireless low-profile mouse running wheel (ENV-047) represents a state-of-the-art device that enables quantitative measurements of mouse running levels in most standard IVCs, including Allentown Inc.’s EasyCage™. We use the popular Fast Trac™ running wheel surface from BioServ^® along with our proprietary wireless transmitter to get running data from the home cage to a computer without any wires or cables.

NOTE: New wheels (ENV-047 & -047V) are compatible with new hub (DIG-807) only. The ENV-047 series wheels will not work with legacy hub (DIG-804).

• Measure circadian rhythms while adding environmental enrichment
• Quantify running levels to determine how they correlate with behavioral changes
• Fits easily into most standard mouse ventilated rack cages
• Open running surface enables wheel running studies on mice that are instrumented or tethered
• Each hub monitors up to 40 wheels, with four hubs per computer
• Energy efficient and nearly maintenance-free (powered by three AAA batteries, not included)
• Affordable and economical
• Easy to clean: wash wheel surface and plastic support base, wipe wheel transmitter with sanitation cloths
• Each wheel must be set to the same address as the hub with which they communicate
• Having spare wheels (ENV-044-01) on hand increases efficiency of cage changes