Hot Cold Plate Test

SANS Hot Cold Plate, also call Analgesia Meter is based on a metal plate which can be heated to 65°C and cooled to -5°C. The Hot Cold Plate adopts precise PID control algorithm, which is different from the temperature breakpoint method adopted by ordinary temperature controllers. The PID algorithm will continuously collect temperature feedback to control heating/cooling, thus being able to control the current temperature more accurately.

Overview
The hot cold plate test is used to detect the animal’s thermal sensitivity to pain resulting from exposure to heat or cold, acting as the gold standard test for thermal pain tests in rodents and acts as an effective screening tool intervention of analgesia.

The Hot Cold Plate contains a metal temperature plate with a digital display and a lidded transparent glass cylindrical restrainer.

Application： Neuropathic pain, inflammatory pain, hot and cold allodynia and hyperalgesia etc.

Features and Benefits

Advantages

• Accurate, stable thermal stimuli for reproducible pain research
• Real-time temperature and response monitoring improves behavioral precision
• Fast heating/cooling accelerates experiment cycles
• Excel-compatible data export streamlines analysis
• Compact & integrated design with built-in display and controller
• Supports thermal place preference test setups by creating dual-zone environments

Q: What is the difference between this Hot/Cold Plate and a traditional hot plate?
Our Hot cold plate allows both heating and cooling with precision (down to -5°C), whereas traditional hot plates only heat and lack dual-zone testing or precise PID control.

Q. Can I use this for cold allodynia or thermal place preference experiments?
Absolutely. The wide temperature range and precision control make it ideal for cold allodynia and thermal preference studies in behavioral neuroscience.

Q. How do I retrieve the test data?
All data can be easily extracted via USB in CSV format, ready for Excel or statistical analysis software.

Q. Is PC software required in operating the hot cold plate?
Our hot cold plate operates independently via the built-in touch screen. And we also provide the software in PC labs that prefer remote control and analysis.