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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci Methods. 2019 Dec 20;333:108566. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.108566

Table 2.

Materials Used.

a. Printing
Item Cat. # Quantity Company Location
500 mL plastic cup containers 1 Lock and Lock South Korea
Isopropyl alcohol ES602 1 gal Azer Scientific Morgantown, PA
Methyl methacrylate resin Plasgray V2.0 1 liter Asiga Sydney, Australia
b. Assembly (quantities per headplate)
Item Name Cat. # Quantity Company Location
Stainless Steel Wire (uninsulated) 793800 6 cm A-M Systems Sequim, WA
Stainless Steel Wire (insulated) 005SW-30S WIRE 37365 S-S 0.005in 3 cm Plastics One Roanoke, VA
Screwdriver, slotted 0.6 mm S0501B 1 Armway
Screwdriver, Phillips #000 51-1775 1 Moody Tools from Amazon Seattle, WA
Dumont Forceps #5 EAN 0752423634583 1 Vetmed USA, from Amazon Seattle, WA
McIndoe Style serrated fine forceps Splinter forceps, fine point, 4.5 inch, stainless, serrated 1 Tamsco, from Amazon Seattle, WA
Screws M08-30-M-SS-P 6 US Microscrew, Amazon Seattle, WA
Carbon grease #8481-1 As needed MG Chemicals Canada
Lint-Free tissues Kimwipes, Kimtech As needed Kimberly-Clark Irving, TX
Lighter Lighter 1 BIC Shelton, CT
Cyanoacrylic adhesive Superglue As needed Super Glue Corp. Canada
0.5 mL 28G Insulin syringe 8881500014 2 Covidien Mansfield, MA
Cyanoacrylic activator Insta-Weld Activator As needed Polyvance Rainsville, AL
Silver conductive epoxy #8331-14G As needed MG Chemicals Canada
Cotton swab applicator 25-806 1 Puritan Guilford, ME
EMG Pads on wire E363-76-NS-SPC Elect 0.125” PAD0-socket 0.010” wire 2 Plastics One Roanoke, VA
8 pin Mill-Max connector 853-43-008-10-001000 1 MillMax Oyster Bay, NY
Wire Stripper WireFox 1 Phoenix Contact Middletown, PA
c. Surgery
Item Cat. # Quantity Company Location
Ketamine NDC 50989-161-06 100 mg/kg Vedco Saint Joseph, MO
Xylazine NDC 50989-149-11 10 mg/kg Vedco Saint Joseph, MO
Meloxicam NDC 0010-6013-01 5 mg/kg Boehringer Ingelheim Germany
0.9% NaCl Solution 5257 1 cc CareFusion San Diego, CA
1 mL Sub-Q Syringe DG518206 5000029607 3 Becton, Dickinson, and Company Franklin Lakes, NJ
Isoflurane NDC 66794-017-25 As needed Piramal India
Vaseline As needed Unilever United Kingdom
Puralube VET ointment As needed Dechra United Kingdom
Nair As needed Church and Dwight United Kingdom
Lint-Free tissues Kimwipes, Kimtech As needed Kimberly-Clark Irving, TX
70% isopropanol wipes Webcol 2 ply, large 3 Covidien Mansfield, MA
Povidone-Iodine USP medium prep pad 3 Medline Northfield, IL
Viscot Skin Marker Fine Tip XL 1 Viscot Medical East Hanover, NJ
Scalpel blade #15 0297 1 Integra LifeSciences
Scalpel Handle No. 3 10604 1 Defender from Amazon Seattle, WA
Curved surgical scissors 6627010 1 DDP from Amazon Seattle, WA
Drill bit, 0.6 mm pear FG 329 1 NeoBurr from Microcopy Kennesaw, GA
Cotton swab stick 25–806 10WC As needed Puritan Guilford, ME
Gelfoam As needed Phamacia and Upjohn Kalamazoo, MI
Screwdriver, Phillips #000 51–1775 1 Moody Tools from Amazon Seattle, WA
Cyanoacrylic adhesive Vetbond As needed 3M from Amazon Seattle, WA
0.5 mL insulin syringe 8881500014 1 Covidien Ireland
Clear Dental cement 1330 As needed Lang Dental Wheeling, IL
20-gauge blunt fill needle 305183 1 Becton, Dickinson, and Company Franklin Lakes, NJ
Needle Holder (Olsen Hegar) AS-042 1 ARTMAN, from Amazon Seattle, WA
PERMA-HAND silk 18” 5–0 reverse cutting sutures 1 Ethicon Medical Cornelia, GA