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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2011
Toyoshige Kobayashi, Fujimino, JP;
Ryota Nakajima, Tsurugashima, JP;
Takayuki Nozaki, Kawagoe, JP;
Shizu Matsuoka, Kawagoe, JP;
Toyoshige Kobayashi, Fujimino, JP;
Ryota Nakajima, Tsurugashima, JP;
Takayuki Nozaki, Kawagoe, JP;
Shizu Matsuoka, Kawagoe, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cell culture apparatus has four sections, including a cell culture chamber, refrigerator, control unit, and intermediate chamber. The cell culture chamber includes a culture vessel base as a holding member for holding and installing a culture vessel, a microscope for photographing a cell image within the culture vessel, and a drive base which has drive mechanisms such as a pump and a valve to be connected to a flow channel having a closed structure including a tank. With the drive base within the cell culture chamber as the center, the rotatable culture vessel is arranged in the horizontal direction and the refrigerator in which the culture medium base containing the cell fluid and culture medium is installed is arranged in the vertical direction. The arrangement configuration is space-saving and provides a short distance between the instruments.