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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kai S Lee, Galveston, TX (US);
Norio Akaike, Galveston, TX (US);
Arthur M Brown, Galveston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
195127 ; 128 / ; 128 / ; 204 / ; 2041 / ; 1951 / ;
Abstract
An electrical sensing and stimulation electrode small enough to record intracellular activity within a single living cell. The electrode incorporates a cylindrical chamber with a finely tapered end section. The chamber is evacuated to hold the cell at its tip. Contained within the chamber are piping, circuitry, and controls to provide selected life support environment, stimulation, and continuous sensing of the iternal ionic composition of the captured cell.