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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2011
Applicant:
Robert H. Blick, Madison, WI (US);
Inventor:
Robert H. Blick, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/487 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48728 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patch clamp system providing precise and rapid temperature control of constrained cell membranes employs the thermal element attached to the substrate of the patch clamp. In one embodiment, the thermal element is a Peltier device fabricated on a silicon membrane wafer bonded to the substrate of the patch clamp.