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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Vis Exp. 2019 Oct 4;(152):10.3791/59957. doi: 10.3791/59957

Materials

Name of Material/Equipment Company Catalog Number Comments/Description
3D Printed Stereotax Adapter Parts (3) and Base Piece (1) N/A N/A 3d print parts, suggest <30 μm resolution for minimal hand finishing of parts. Files available at: https://github.com/jasonechung/PolymerProbe3dParts
Dental Acrylic (Hygenic Repair Resin, Coltene type II quick set) Colten/Whaledent 8886784, 8881627 Dental acrylic for use during implant construction
Hydraulic Micromanipulator (x2) Narishige Group MO-10 1-axis micromanipulator
Kapton Polyimide Tape Bertech PPTDE-1/2 Double-sided tape
Kopf Stereotax Arm Kopf Instruments 103088R, 103088L Standard rodent stereotax
Light Curable Dental Acrylic, Vivid Flow Coltene/Whaledent D33-01-00 Light curable dental acrylic for use during implant construction
Loctite Gel Control Henkel Corp. 234790
1364076
1735574
1752699
Cyanoacrylate for adhering silicon shuttle to corresponding 3d printed part
Metabond Quick Cement Parkell S380 For direct application to skull to create strong connection between skull and implant
Polymer Electrode Arrays and Silicon Insertion Shuttles Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory N/A Fabricated at Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory, polyimide electrode arrays, silicon insertion shuttle
Silicone Gel Kit, Low Viscosity Dow Corning Mar-80 Low-viscosity silicone gel for filling of 3d printed base piece
Silicone, Medium-Viscosity Kit World Precision Instruments Kwik-Sil Medium-viscosity silicone gel for protection of polymer electrode arrays