We show how planar patch-clamp chips fabricated at the National Research Council of Canada are sterilized, primed, loaded with medium, plated with cells, and used for electrophysiological recordings.
Py, C., Martina, M., Monette, R., Comas, T., Denhoff, M. W., Luk, C., Syed, N. I., Mealing, G. Culturing and Electrophysiology of Cells on NRCC Patch-clamp Chips. J. Vis. Exp. (60), e3288, doi:10.3791/3288 (2012).