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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2020
Nihon Kohden Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotsugu Kubo, Tokorozawa, JP;
Takahiro Shioyama, Tokorozawa, JP;
Yuki Kagawa, Tokorozawa, JP;
Yuto Hinata, Tokorozawa, JP;
Hodaka Makino, Tokorozawa, JP;
NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device for measuring a tension of a cell structure containing muscle cells includes a first and a second gel adaptor holder. The first gel adaptor holder includes a frame member and a first gel holding portion which is disposed protrudingly from a part of an inner surface of the frame member for fixing one end of a gel. The second gel adaptor holder includes a second gel holding portion that fixes another end of the gel, and connecting members connected with the second gel holding portion. A kit including the device, a substrate and a gel forming cover. The substrate includes a pair of gel shaping convex parts fitted along the inner surface of the frame member. The gel forming cover includes a surface parallel to a gel contacting surface of the substrate, in order to form an upper surface of the gel.