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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
May. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigeyuki Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435240243 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for arranging cells in a culture medium includes a substrate having patterns on a surface thereof, the patterns each having different adhesive property to cells, a container containing therein the substrate, cells and liquid culture medium for incubating the cells, and a shaker for shaking, rotating or oscillating the container. The apparatus assures that cells stick only to a pattern on which a material to which cells are easy to stick is applied, and do not stick to a pattern on which the material is not applied.