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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2001
Takao Takagi, Fuji, JP;
Setsuo Watanabe, Fuji, JP;
Hidetada Takai, Fuji, JP;
Ibuki Kinouchi, Fuji, JP;
Shuichi Mizuno, Brookline, MA (US);
Julie Glowacki, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention provides a method of and an apparatus for cultivating a cell or tissue capable of preventing the cell or tissue from being contaminated and realizing an efficient in vitro culture. The method of and the apparatus for cultivating a cell or tissue comprise installing a culture position (culture chamber) under an environment that is arbitrarily controlled such as an environment mimicking the living body, supplying a culture medium to the cell or tissue while the cell or tissue is held at the culture position, and cultivating the cell or tissue at the culture position that is under the ideal environment, thereby preventing the cell or tissue from being contaminated and realizing an efficient in vitro culture.