Patent ID: 8310258

Claim:
A probe for testing electrical properties of a test sample having a surface facing the probe, said probe comprising: a body defining a first planar surface oriented at an angle greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees with respect to the surface of the test sample; and a probe arm defining a first part having a proximal end and an opposite distal end, said probe arm extending from said body at said proximal end of said first part, a first axis being defined by said proximal end and said distal end of said first part, said probe arm extending parallel with said first planar surface; said probe arm defining a geometry allowing flexible movement of said probe arm along said first axis and along a second axis perpendicular to said first axis and along a third axis orthogonal to a plane defined by said first axis and said second axis; wherein the entire length of said probe arm defines a surface that extends distally from said body and that forms a continuous plane with said first planar surface.