Parts are printed by stereolithography (SLA) using DSM 14120 ‘ABS-like’, DSM 11120 ‘Watershed’ or Accura 55 resins. Request high resolution, no sandblasting.
stainless steel tubing
Material
Small Parts (www.smallparts.com)
Cut to custom length and deburred. Sizes: 13 Ga (1pc @ 10 mm), 15 Ga (1pc @ 50 mm), 20 Ga thin wall (21pcs @ 5 mm), 23 Ga (21pcs @ 14 mm)
Dental cement powder
Material
A-M Systems (www.a-msystems.com)
525000
Dental cement solvent
Material
A-M Systems
526000
Electrode interface board
Material
Neuralynx (www.neuralynx.com)
EIB-81
micro-drive screws
Material
Advanced Machining and Tooling (www.amtmfg.com)
Custom made screws with M1.2×0.25 threads (1.2mm major diameter; 0.25 mm thread pitch)
‘Tap-Ease’ tapping lubricant
Tool
AGS Company
TA-2
Available from MSC Industrial Supply (www.mscdirect.com)
Polyimide tubing
Material
IWG High Performance Conductors (www.iwghpc.com)
Sizes:
30 Ga (outer diam: 0.0071″, inner diam: 0.0116″)
5 mil (nominal outer diam: 0.0055″, wall: 0.0010″)
Cordless drill/driver
Tool
DeWalt (www.dewalt.com)
DC750KA
Any drill/driver with low-speed setting will do.
Variable-Speed Rotary Tool Kit with Flex-Shaft
Tool
Dremel (www.dremel.com)
3956-02
Razor blades
Tool
VWR (www.vwr.com)
55411-050
Watch glass
Tool
VWR
66112-107
Tap for custom screws
Tool
Balax
01302
M1.2×0.25 Thredfloer thread-forming tap. Available from MSC Industrial Supply.
Taps
Tool
Small Parts
HSBT-0172, HSBT-0080
1-72, 0-80 bottoming taps
Pin vise
Tool
Vargus
3SHC1–I
To hold taps. Available from MSC Industrial Supply
Drill bits
Tool
Small Parts
Sizes: 65, 61, 1.55mm
Benchtop vise
Tool
Panavise
301
Available from DigiKey (www.digikey.com).
No.2 Dumont forceps
Tool
Stoelting (www.stoeltingco.com)
52100-27
Used for inserting 20 Ga thin wall sleeves.
5-minute epoxy
Tool
Allied Electronics (www.alliedelec.com)
Accu-Tek Carbofib Tip Tweezers
Tool
Aven (www.aveninc.com)
18768 (Pattern 304)
Used for handling polyimide tubing.
Micro Dissecting Scissors
Tool
Biomedical Research Instruments (www.biomedinstr.com)
25-1000
Used for cutting polyimide carrier tubes
Xcelite 378M Pliers
Tool
Newark
96F8903
Used for handling stainless steel tubing and for construction of custom screwdriver.
Kloosterman, F., Davidson, T. J., Gomperts, S. N., Layton, S. P., Hale, G., Nguyen, D. P., Wilson, M. A. Micro-drive Array for Chronic in vivo Recording: Drive Fabrication. J. Vis. Exp. (26), e1094, doi:10.3791/1094 (2009).