Hakuju Institute for Health Science Co., Ltd.

Akikuni Hara

Yukio Ogawa

Katsuo Isaka

Yoshiaki Torai

Akihiro Omi

Fuyuki Doge

Toshimitsu Asano

A culture apparatus and cultivation method are provided which enable liquid materials such as cells or blood plasma to be evenly cultivated by making current density uniform. The culture apparatus comprises a vesselhaving a predetermined capacity with a lower electrodeplaced on its bottom, a coverdisposed in a vertically opposite direction to the vesselfor hermetically sealing the vesselby covering the vesselfrom above and comprising an upper electrodeprovided opposite to the lower electrode, a culturing memberfit into the vesselcomprising almost in its center a hollowthat has a capacity made by a predetermined cross section area; a filterprovided between the vesseland the culturing member, and a power source device for applying a predetermined voltage to the lower electrodeand the upper electrodeto let a current flow between the both electrodes.

Device and method for cultivation

A method and an apparatus for inspecting microbes, etc. including, as an apparatus for detecting microbes, etc., a cultivating device, an image taking-in device, and an arithmetic processing unit, in which an image of a medium to be inspected obtained from a sample collected from a substance or a physical solid having proper color microbes or the medium subjected to illumination treatment, dyeing treatment, etc. prior to or after cultivation in accordance with necessity is separated into the three primary colors, or the like, then, chromatic information of histogram, color and hue for each primary color are calculated, and the information thus obtained is compared with integrated data obtained by combining second data of generic information of microbes, etc. with first data of microbes, etc. which are preliminarily accumulated in the same procedure as the above, so that the features specific to microbes are extracted for identification of the kind of the microbes, and a state of propagation of the microbes after the passage of a predetermined time is anticipated, thereby a state of propagation of the microbes after the passage of a predetermined time required for cultivation of microbes in the medium can preliminarily be detected make anticipate in a short time.

Inspection method for microorganisms and the like, and unit therefor

An electric field therapy apparatus having electrodes connected to a pair of output terminals characterized in that an intermediate point between the output terminals is connected, as a voltage point, ground. With this arrangement, each of the electrodes can be constructed so as to make withstand voltage to ground small, and the electric potential difference between the electrodes can be made large.

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Tokyo, Japan

Akikuni Hara