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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Tohoku University, Miyagi, JP;
Ifg Corporation, Miyagi, JP;
Ryoichi Nagatomi, Miyagi, JP;
Toshiyuki Takagi, Miyagi, JP;
Shinichi Izumi, Miyagi, JP;
Toshihiko Abe, Miyagi, JP;
Hitoshi Mori, Miyagi, JP;
Kenji Yashima, Miyagi, JP;
Kazumi Mori, Miyagi, JP;
IFG CORPORATION, Miyagi, JP;
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, Miyagi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus for applying electrical stimulation to cells in a liquid culture medium without using electrodes immersed in the liquid culture medium. This apparatus is an electrical stimulation apparatus A for electrically stimulating cells in a liquid culture medium (). A liquid culture medium vessel () includes: a ring-shaped recess () for holding the liquid culture medium (); and a through hole () formed within the ring-shaped recess (). A magnetic core () is made of a magnetic material and disposed such that a portion thereof is inserted through the through hole () of the liquid culture medium vessel (). An excitation coil () is wound around the magnetic core (). A coil power supply () supplies a varying current to the excitation coil ().