Micro Probe Inc

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Serving the medical research community for over 28 years with unparalleled quality products and service, our team of design and manufacturing experts are devoted to meeting your unique electrode requirements. Whether your research protocol demands a simple metal electrode for acute studies or complex implantable multi-channel arrays for long-term chronic applications, MicroProbes has the answer.

Because of our unique fabrication process and the special properties of Parylene-C we are able to expose any microprobe with microscopic precision and reproducibility. Each microprobe is individually exposed under a high power microscope, inspected and electrically characterized. Our microprobes have a lower impedance value for the same tip exposure as other commercially available electrodes. It is therefore recommended that those who have not used our electrodes before specify a range of impedance in order to select the best impedance value for their application.

For over 50 years, Neuroscientists have routinely used metal microelectrodes inserted into the cortex and spinal cord to record and electrically stimulate neural elements. During this time, many electrode designs, ranging from single or bundled micro-wires to sophisticated silicon probes, have seen various successes in acute and chronic applications. For acute experiments, many neuroscientists typically fabricate bundles of micro-wires and insert them into the cortex using micro-drives.

We presently offer three different electrode configurations at this time, although we have fabricated many custom designs for customers in the past. As you observe what our part numbers look like for our probes, as seen under our Product section, you will notice they have a part number like WE30031.0A5. The 00 portion of the part number specifies the microprobe configuration.

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