A compact microelectrode acceleration device which aids penetration of small cells.
An improved piezoelectric electrode acceleration device is described, which requires no specially designed electronic circuitry. The device is simple in design, compact and readily adaptable to most standard neurophysiological equipment. It will produce either sinusoidal motion or pulses, singly or continuously. A relatively pure axial motion of the electrode tip with little lateral whip is produced by the device.
University of Alberta, Physiology Department, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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D004867:Equipment Design; D008839:Microelectrodes; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*