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dDrive

Light, compact, and inexpensive!

The dDrive chronic microdrive enables precise probe movement in freely behaving animals.

Operators
  • 250 µm/turn – Carefully target brain layers with the dDrive’s high accuracy.
  • Right-sized for different animal models – The dDrive comes in different sizes for different animal models. Minimize strain on a mouse with the dDrive-2.5, or size up to the dDrive-10 for larger brains and animals.
  • Lightweight – The dDrive-2.5 weighs 0.45 g (with cap), while the largest dDrive-10 weighs 0.85 g.
  • Secure – All dDrive models are designed with features that improve adhesion to the skull for additional security and stability.
  • Highly-compatible – Designed to work with NeuroNexus electrodes and connector packages up to 64 channels.
  • Simplified implant – NeuroNexus worked closely with labs to develop a low-risk implant procedure. Ask us for a demonstration video!
  • Optogenetics-compatible – The oDrive combines chronic, freely behaving microdrive implants with optogenetics.
Operators

The dDrive-2.5 is optimized for applications where an exceptionally small and lightweight microdrive solution is needed.

  • Drive range: 2.5 mm
  • Height: 8.9 mm
  • Weight: 0.45 g

In addition to its reduced size, the dDrive-2.5 incorporates improvements to enhance its usability and practicality. NeuroNexus recommends the dDrive-2.5 for researchers performing chronic recordings in mice, birds, and other small animal models.

The dDrive-5 is suitable to the widest variety of applications in rodents or similar animal models. With a drive range of 5 mm and a weight of 0.55 g, the dDrive-5 provides enough probe depth adjustment for extended experiments, but remains light enough even for mice.

  • Drive range: 5 mm
  • Height: 11.4 mm
  • Weight: 0.55 g

With an extended drive range of 7.5 mm, the dDrive-7.5 is most suited to larger animal models, or applications where a wide range of probe movement is desirable.

  • Drive range: 7.5 mm
  • Height: 13.9 mm
  • Weight: 0.70 g

With 2.5 mm more drive range than dDrive-7.5 mm, the dDrive-10 is capable of safely housing a full 10 mm probe.

  • Drive range: 10 mm
  • Height: 16.4 mm
  • Weight: 0.85 g
dDrive Properties
dDrive Variant dDrive-2.5 dDrive-5 dDrive-7.5 dDrive-10
Drive Range 2.5 mm 5 mm 7.5 mm 10 mm
Dimensions (W x L x H) 5.7 x 8.25 x 8.9 (mm) 5.7 x 8.25 x 11.4 (mm) 5.7 x 8.25 x 13.9 (mm) 5.7 x 8.25 x 16.4 (mm)
Weight 0.45 g 0.55 g 0.70 g 0.85 g
Drive Resolution 250 µm/turn 250 µm/turn 250 µm/turn 250 µm/turn
Drive Mechanism Screw base Screw base Screw base Screw base
dDrive-2.5/ dDrive-5 / dDrive-7.5/ dDrive-10 Full dDrive kit (probe mounted unless otherwise specified).
dDrive Starter Kit Includes dummy probe on dDrive of choice.
Chronic Recording Starter Kit (Qtrode only) 5 HQ4 Probes mounted on 5 dDrives, 1 dDrive Screwdriver, 1 IST-Adpt, 1 IST-2mm
dDrive Screwdriver Mounts to the drive screw to advance or retract the probe.
IST-dDrive Mounts to a stereotaxic frame (for Kopf 7.9 mm). Includes IST-Adpt and IST-2mm (see below), and dDrive screwdriver.
IST-Adpt Mounts to a stereotaxic frame (for Kopf 7.9 mm).
IST-2mm 2 mm rod connects dDrive package to IST-Adpt for the implant.

Browse the MicroDrive Selection Guide to select your desired microdrive size.

dDrive Manual

A dDrive surgical video guide is available to guide you through the implant procedure. Please contact us for access.