Rongeurs feature a sharp-edged, scoop-shaped tip, used for gouging out bone or opening a window in bone, often in the skull. It is used in neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery to expose areas for operation or to aid in removal of the brain.
Stoelting™ Ugo Basile Active Avoidance (Shuttle-Box) Apparatus is a fear-motivated task in which the animal learns to predict the occurrence of an aversive event (shock) based on the presence of a stimulus (tone) and moves to a second compartment to avoid the aversive event (shock).
Stoelting™ Senn Retractors can be used to actively separate the edges of a surgical incision or wound and can hold back underlying organs and tissues so that body parts under the incision may be accessed.