In article <mailman.1272.1219720797.3533.neur-sci from net.bio.net>,
Francois Windels <f.windels from uq.edu.au> wrote:
> i'm doing intracerebral injection in small animals using the device on
> the picture attached to figure out the volume of injection.
> i need to buy another one of those but i'd like first to identify it.
> it has a vernier scale on the Z axis and an optic attached to it, it's
> good enough to see the liquid meniscus in a glass pipette
> does someone know the name of such device ?
No picture came through, but injecting a small volume usually requires a
Hamilton syringe. They have a conventional hollow needle but use a fine
wire as a piston inside it, and can accurately deliver tiny volumes.
Any smaller and you would need a picospritzer.
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