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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2000
Takashi Tominaga, Wako, JP;
Michinori Ichikawa, Wako, JP;
Riken, Saitama, JP;
Abstract
An experimental apparatus for performing observations of and experimental operations on a sliced specimen of a biological tissue is disclosed. The apparatus provides a high freedom for experimental operations and maintains the physiological activity of the sliced specimen. The experimental apparatus includes an experimental vessel for holding saline solution, the vessel is comparatively shallow, open at top, and transparent at least on a bottom. The apparatus also includes a specimen holder holding member for holding a specimen holder with a membrane filter at the bottom, taken out of a cultivator, a solution introduction tube for feeding fresh saline solution into the experimental vessel, and a solution discharge tube for sucking saline solution from the experimental vessel.