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AssigneeGenea IP Holdings Pty Limited
InventorsEduardo Vom, Simon Davies, Adrian Higgins, Jasmine Pouladi, Ben Stewart-Steele, Simon Spence
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The present invention relates to the field of testing and evaluation of biological samples and provides an apparatus for cultured samples including at least one independently accessible module adapted for incubating at least one of a number of samples wherein the at least one module is operatively associated with a light source and a movable optical inspection means adapted for motion about a viewing axis through the module to enable a sweeping of viewing area. The invention also provides a method of assessing cultured samples for viability, including the steps of: disposing biological samples in a substantially elliptical arrangement within a culturing chamber of an independently accessible module and imaging individual samples of the substantially elliptical arrangement with optical inspection means driven within an X-Y plane that is normal to a viewing axis through the module to obtain time lapse measurement of development of individual samples.
Apparatus for evaluating the viability of cultured samples, the apparatus comprising at least one independently accessible module including a culturing chamber that is held substantially immobile with respect to the module and adapted for incubating a plurality of samples disposed in a substantially elliptical arrangement within a controlled environment, each at least one module being operatively associated with a light source and a camera or microscope located external to the controlled environment and at a viewing axis through the module wherein the camera or microscope includes an objective lens system adapted for elliptical-rotating movement of an objective lens independent of the camera or microscope to enable a sweeping of a viewing area around the viewing axis that incorporates each of the plurality of samples.
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