Cell-Attached Voltage Clamp

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A cell-attached (single-channel) voltage clamp is a form of patch clamp when the voltage of only a small part of the cell is controlled allowing current flowing through individual ion channels to be distinguished. 

Cell-Attached (Single-Channel) Voltage Clamp... 

Mechanical Design. Typically, each battery will have a thermal sleeve around each cell. The cells are mechanicily restrained by clamping them in a precision-machined sleeve. These sleeves can be made of either a metal such as aluminum or a composite made in a manner to provide electrical isolation, high thermal conductivity and strength. The sleeve is isolated electrically from the cell by a blanket, such as CHO-THERM which allows thermal transfer, wrapped around the cylindrical portion of the cell between the cell and sleeve. The space between the sleeves, blanket and cell is normally filled with a material such as an RTV 566 to provide better thermal transfer as well as to bond the interfaces mechanically. The sleeves are then either attached mechanically to a base plate which is the interface to the satellite structure or are attached to an interface such as extruded heat pipe assemblies which are a part of the satellite structure. The exposed surfaces of the cells are protected by a coating of Solithane or a combination of paint on the cell pressure vessel and Solithane. The desired battery voltage defines the number of cells used for the assembly. 

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