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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Miyake, Kyoto, JP;
Kunio Ikefuji, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/01 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/01 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); G06K 9/00127 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus, comprising a holder that holds a specimen container carrying a biological specimen, an imager that images the specimen in the specimen container, a sterilizer that supplies a drug or electromagnetic waves having a sterilization effect to the holder, and a controller that performs a sterilization process of supplying the drug or the electromagnetic waves to the holder by controlling the sterilizer at least either before or after imaging the specimen by the imager.