A dual-purpose device for protecting brain implants of baboons.
A device is described which is relatively easy to construct and which can be used to protect brain implants affixed to the skull of large primates. The device is essentially a stainless steel ring cemented around the brain implant. A plexiglass dome can then be attached to the ring to protect the implant. Further, a second device can be constructed which attaches to the ring and which provides gentle leverage to the brain implant to remove adhered obturators.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D000882:Haplorhini; D008297:Male; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010215:Papio / Q000502:physiology