Digitail™ Benchtop Reader - RFID Identification Tag

Digitail Benchtop Reader comes with the free LinkTo application to manage reading of the Digitail™ Tag, the world’s smallest RFID Tag used in pre-clinical research, with automated transfer of the animal ID into any of your systems Digitail Benchtop Reader enables fast and accurate reading of Digitail Tags, ensuring you can correctly collect and associate experimental or observational data with the right animal every time, removing errors from your data.

Features
• The reader will read tags through plastic and glass containers
• Handling is significantly reduced, minimizing research risks caused by stress
• Connection to LinkTo program on your desktop via USB port
• Quick set-up
• Excellent read distance
• Small dimensions
• Ideal for flowhoods and workbenches

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Background

Digitail was developed specifically for laboratory rodents, including very young animals. Designed as the world’s smallest RFID tag, it delivers a reliable read distance of up to 5 cm and is easy to implant, even for novice technicians.

Unlike traditional glass transponders which were originally designed for pets and later adapted for laboratory use. Digitail doesn’t require large-gauge needles or deep implantation. It’s designed to remain securely in place without migration or side effects, providing a safer, more practical alternative that supports animal welfare and efficient laboratory workflows.

Features
The Digitail Tag is only 6mm long, 0.5mm wide and only 0.25mm high. At only 0.75mm in volume (16 times less than glass transponders) and requiring only a 21 gauge needle to implant, it is the least invasive of any tag in the world. The tag comes with a pre-existing, permanent 24 character, unique ID and can be read by any compatible UHF reader, as it is ISO 18000-6c compliant. Every tag is coated in Parylene C so it is completely bio-inert and is ideal for use with any strain of mouse or rat, including immune-deficient or compromised strains.

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