A universal instrument for biological measurements, stimulation, clamping, and processing

Author

Wu, Jiang ; Sun, Ying ; DiCecco, John ; Hill, Robert

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rhode Island Univ., Kingston, RI, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

2-3 April 2005

Firstpage

24

Lastpage

25

Abstract

In this paper, the design of an integrated instrument for biological experiments is presented, namely Universal Clamp. It combines the functions usually performed by separate electronic biological instruments to provide a universal solution. After simple cabling to pipette electrodes, it enables users to do membrane potential measurement, current stimulation, varieties of clamping, data acquisition, processing, and storing through a single PC-based graphic user interface.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; biomedical electrodes; biomedical measurement; biomembranes; cellular biophysics; data acquisition; graphical user interfaces; medical computing; PC-based graphic user interface; Universal Clamp; biological measurement; cabling; cell membrane potential measurement; clamping; current stimulation; data acquisition; data processing; electronic biological instruments; integrated instrument design; pipette electrodes; Biomembranes; Cells (biology); Circuits; Clamps; Current measurement; Digital signal processors; Electrodes; Instruments; Signal generators; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9105-5

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9106-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431908

Filename

1431908