Tactorum offers the Automated Reproducible Mechano‑stimulator (ARM), a hardware platform that delivers precisely controlled mechanical stimuli to rodent models with minimal user intervention. The system automates stimulus delivery, high‑speed imaging, and withdrawal detection, providing consistent, bias‑free data and reducing training time to about an hour, which speeds up reproducibility and drug development for pain research.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Preclinical pain research relying on manual mechanosensory assays suffers from operator bias, inconsistent stimulus delivery, and time‑intensive training, leading to low reproducibility across laboratories and delayed drug development.
Solution
The Automated Reproducible Mechano‑stimulator (ARM) provides a hardware platform that delivers precisely controlled mechanical stimuli to mice or rats with minimal user intervention. Researchers can program stimulus parameters such as force and duration, and the system ensures the same stimulus is applied on every trial. Integrated high‑speed cameras and automated withdrawal detection capture reflexive responses for quantitative analysis. The device’s standardized workflow reduces training time to about an hour and supports remote operation, enabling consistent data collection across sites and accelerating the evaluation of non‑opioid therapeutics.
Target Audience
Primary customers are academic and industry researchers conducting mechanosensory pain assays in rodent models, including pharmacology labs developing analgesic compounds.
Features
- Programmable force and time settings that guarantee identical stimulus delivery for each trial
- Automated detection of reflexive withdrawal responses with high‑speed imaging integration
- Quick‑setup workflow requiring roughly one hour of user training
- Compatibility with both mouse and rat models, with interchangeable hardware versions
- Remote operation capability for unattended experiments
- Standardized data output formats facilitating cross‑lab reproducibility