A substrate and a method for determining and/or monitoring electrophysiological properties of ion channels
CA 2385482 C · Owner: Christophersen, Palle · Inventors: Hansen, Ole; Telleman, Pieter; Christophersen, Palle
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The present invention relates to a substrate and a method for obtaining an electrophysiological measuring configuration in which a cell forms a high resistive seal (giga-seal) around a measuring electrode making it suitable for determining and monitoring a current flow through the cell membrane. The substrate is typically part of an apparatus for studying electrical events in cell membranes, such as an apparatus for carrying out patch clamp techniques utilised to study ion transfer channels in biological membranes. The substrate has a plurality or an array of measuring sites with integrated measuring and reference electrodes formed by wafer processing technology. The electrodes are …
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