Animal Handling · Platform
Mouse handling & site injection virtual reality training
A VR training platform that prepares researchers for mouse handling and injection techniques — ethically, safely, and without live animals.
No live animals needed to build core technique
Trainees rehearse scruffing, restraint, and injection technique repeatedly without causing animal stress or consuming study animals.
Step-by-step guidance before live sessions
Each module walks trainees through the full procedure so they arrive at their first supervised session already familiar with the movements.
Standalone Meta Quest
Runs on a single headset with no PC or lab setup required. Ready to use anywhere training needs to happen.
Platform modules
What's inside the platform
Scruffing technique
Master correct scruffing posture and grip using VR controllers — with real-time feedback on hand position, restraint quality, and animal comfort indicators to build safe, confident handling before live sessions.
Intraperitoneal injection
Practise IP injection on an accurate virtual mouse model, covering correct needle angle, insertion site, aspiration check, and volume delivery with step-by-step guided feedback throughout.
Subcutaneous injection
Learn correct SC injection technique including tent formation, needle insertion angle, and slow steady delivery — with visual and haptic cues reinforcing proper form at each stage.
Intravenous injection
Guided training for tail vein IV injection, covering warming, vein location, needle angle, and confirmation of correct placement — all practised repeatedly before any live animal contact.
Oral gavage
Step-by-step oral gavage training covering correct tube selection, animal positioning, measured passage of the gavage needle, and volume delivery — with feedback on technique at every step.
Intracranial injection
Practise stereotaxic intracranial injection in VR, including correct head fixation, coordinate targeting, needle depth control, and slow infusion — building precision before performing the procedure on live animals.
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