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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
Universität Zürich, Zürich, CH;
Ntnu-norges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitet, Trondheim, NO;
Carlo Kriesi, Trondheim, NO;
Vartan Kurtcuoglu, Winterthur, CH;
Anastasios Marmaras, Zurich, CH;
Martin Steinert, Vikhammer, NO;
UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH, Zürich, CH;
NTNU-NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET, Trondheim, NO;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a cell culture device () for use with an optical microscope (), comprising a housing () that is configured to be placed onto a stage of an optical microscope () in front of an objective () of the microscope (), the housing () enclosing an internal space () of the housing (), a removable flow chamber () enclosing an internal space () for accommodating a cell culture (CC) comprising living biological cells, a heater () arranged in the internal space () of the housing () for heating said fluid medium (M) to be guided through the flow chamber (), a first flow path (P) arranged in the internal space () of the housing () for guiding said fluid medium (M) towards the flow chamber () via said heater (), and a second flow path (P) arranged in the internal space () of the housing () for guiding said fluid medium (M) away from the flow chamber (), and a pump () for pumping said fluid medium (M) through the first flow path (P) into the internal space () of the flow chamber () and through the second flow path (P) out of the internal space () of the flow chamber () when the flow chamber () is inserted into the internal space () of the housing ().