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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Vis Exp. 2022 Jun 23;(184):10.3791/64089. doi: 10.3791/64089

Materials

Name Company Catalog Number Comments
6–0 braided silk ties Henry Schein Inc 7718729
0.75% Providone iosine scrub Priority Care Inc NDC 57319-327-0
10–0 nylon suture Surgical Specialties Corporation AK-0106
655-nm nontargeted Q-dots Invitrogen Q21021MP
70% Ethanol Pharmco Products Inc 111000140
8–0 braided silk ties Henry Schein Inc 1005597
Adson forceps Fine Science Tools Inc 91127-12
BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice (6–8 weeks) Jackson Laboratories
Bipolar coagulator Valleylab Inc SurgII-20, E6008/E6008B
Carprofen (Rimadyl) injection Transpharm 35844
Carprofen (Rimadyl) oral chewable tablet Transpharm 38995/37919
Custom-built 2P microscope running ImageWarp acquisition software A&B Software
Dumont no. 5 forceps Fine Science Tools Inc 11251-20
Fine vannas style spring scissors Fine Science Tools Inc 15000-03
GraphPad Prism 5.0 Sun Microsystems Inc.
Halsey needle holder Fine Science Tools Inc 91201-13
Halsted-Mosquito clamp curved tip Fine Science Tools Inc 91309-12
Harvard Apparatus mouse ventilator model 687 Harvard Apparatus MA1 55-0001
Heparin solution (100 U/mL) Abraxis Pharmaceutical Products 504031
Imaris Bitplane
Ketamine (50 mg/kg) Wyeth 206205-01
Microscope—Leica Wild M651 × 6–40 magnification Leica Microsystems
Moria extra fine spring scissors Fine Science Tools Inc 15396-00
Ohio isoflurane vaporizer Parkland Scientific V3000i
Qdots ThermoFisher 1604036
S&T SuperGrip Forceps angled tip Fine Science Tools Inc 00649-11
S&T SuperGrip Forceps straight tip Fine Science Tools Inc 00632-11
Sterile normal saline (0.9% (wt/vol) sodium chloride Hospira Inc NDC 0409-4888-20
Sterile Q-tips (tapered mini cotton tipped 3-inch applicators) Puritan Medical Company LLC 823-WC
Surflow 20 gauge 1/4-inch Teflon angiocatheter Terumo Medical Corporation SR-OX2032CA
Surflow 24 gauge 3/4-inch Teflon angiocatheter Terumo Medical Corporation R-OX2419CA
ThermoCare Small Animal ICU System (recovery settings 3 L/min O2, 80 °C, 40% humidity) Thermocare Inc
VetBond Santa Cruz Biotechnology SC361931 NC0846393
Xylazine (10 mg/kg) Lloyd Laboratories 139-236