Movable Type, Connected To The Electrode Or Electrode-moving Mechanism Patents (Class 314/27)
  • Patent number: 8435250
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a micro manipulator having a simple structure and having high possibility of recording a biological signal of a neuron at a desired position by improving positioning resolution of an electrode disposed adjacent to a subject's brain neuron or an electrode holder attached with the electrode. The micro manipulator according to the disclosure includes: a motor which includes a shaft and a vibration portion; a mobile which is connected to the shaft so as to be movable along the shaft; and a frame which supports the motor, wherein an electrode is connected to the mobile in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the shaft, and wherein when the mobile moves linearly in accordance with a vibration of the shaft due to the vibration portion, the electrode moves linearly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Eui Sung Yoon, Sung Wook Yang, Jin Seok Kim, Duk Moon Rho, Ki Tae Park, Se Min Lee, Jei Won Cho, Hee Sup Shin