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Photofabrication techniques have been used to produce a nickel-iron microelectrode array on Kapton film specifically designed for biological implantation. The probe is 2·5 mm×2 mm and carries four tissue terminals, each 2 μm in width. Both spontaneous and evoked potentials have been recorded from frog sciatic nerve. Developmental possibilities for the probe are fully discussed.
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Pickard, R.S., Joseph, P.L., Collins, A.J. et al. Flexible printed-circuit probe for electrophysiology. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 17, 261–267 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02440939
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