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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Jtec Corporation, Kobe-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Tsumura, Kobe, JP;
Takahiro Ono, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
JTEC CORPORATION, Kobe-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01); C12M 1/36 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 25/06 (2013.01); C12M 29/00 (2013.01); C12M 29/10 (2013.01); C12M 33/04 (2013.01); C12M 41/14 (2013.01); C12M 41/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a small-scale cell culture apparatus having a culture medium replacement function for culturing cells in a small number of Petri dishes, the cell culture apparatus being capable of performing automatic replacement of the culture medium and cell culture within the same cavity and significantly reducing the apparatus cost. At least one set of upper and lower discs is arranged inside an incubator chamber. Petri dishesin each of which cells and a culture medium are put are held on lower discs, and top lidsare held on upper discs. The lower side of each of the top lids is open.