MaxTwo High-Density Microelectrode Array (HD-MEA) System Purchase

Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this procurement is the acquisition of a MaxTwo High-Density Microelectrode Array (HD-MEA) System for use by the Stem Cell Translation Laboratory (SCTL).

Project requirements:

• • MaxTwo System
  • MaxTwo 24-Well Option
  • MaxTwo 24-Well-Plate Starter Package
  • Recording PC
  • Online training
  • MaxLab Live ActivityMap Assay
  • MaxLab Live NetworkConnectivity Assay
  • MaxLab Live AxonTracking Assay
  • MaxLab Live Stimulation Assay
  • Digital Gas Mixing System
  • MaxTwo System Maintenance Plan - 1 Year

Salient Characteristics:

• Touchscreen interface
• CMOS-based microelectrode array with 26,400 electrodes
• 26,400 platinum electrodes (9.3×5.45 μm2)
• Switch-matrix technology for flexible array reconfiguration
• 3.85×2.10 mm2 sensor area
• 1024 recording channels
• 20 kHz sampling rate, 10 bit resolution
• Programmable total gain up to 78 dB
• Low noise
• Records action potentials and local field potentials
• 32 stimulation units, flexible pattern generation
• Up to ± 1.6 V / ± 1.5 mA
• 2 nA amplitude resolution
• 2 μs time resolution
• Acquisition and analysis software for MaxTwo
• Simple and intuitive user interface
• Online bandpass filtering, spike detection, and visualization of all 1024 channels
• Save raw data as well as spike events in standard compliant HDF5 file format
• Data post-processing
• Matlab® and Python™ toolboxes for data loading and visualization