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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2015
Hamamatsu Photonics K.k., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A method for observing stem cells by an observation devicecomprises, placing stem cells C in a petri dish, mounting the petri dishon a waveguidevia water, emitting illumination light Linto the waveguideand emitting the illumination light Lto the stem cells C in the petri dishvia the water, and detecting scattered light L, the scattered light Lbeing the illumination light Lemitted to the stem cells C that is scattered by the stem cells C and has passed through the waveguide. Then, in the light image detected by means of the scattered light L, a region that is markedly darker than other regions is identified as being in the state tending toward differentiation.