Culture container linkage device, culture system, and method for washing needle
AssigneeSinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshifumi Kitahara, Kunitada Hatabayashi, Kiyoshi Mori, Hirotsugu Shiraiwa
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Abstract
A culture container linkage device according to the present disclosure includes a first actuator configured to advance or retract needles 32, an actuator holder rotatably provided on a frame and configured to hold the first actuator, a second actuator, and a washer configured to wash the needles. The second actuator rotates the needles via the actuator holder. The needles are configured to be positioned, by the second actuator, at a container-facing position at which the needles face a culture container and a washing-facing position at which the needles face the washer.
Claims15
A culture container linkage device, to which a culture container is linked when a culture medium is replaced, comprising:
- a frame;
- a container holder provided on the frame and configured to hold the culture container;
- two needles held by a needle holder and configured to be advanced into or retreated from the culture container held by the container holder, the culture medium in the culture container being replaced by the needles;
- a first actuator configured to advance or retract the needles;
- an actuator holder rotatably provided on the frame and configured to hold the first actuator;
- a second actuator configured to rotate the needles via the actuator holder;
- and
- a washer provided such that the needles are advanced into or retreated from the washer, and configured to wash the needles,
- wherein the container holder and the washer are disposed at different positions in a rotation direction of the needles, and wherein the needles are configured to be positioned, by the second actuator, at a container-facing position at which the needles face the culture container held by the container holder and a washing-facing position at which the needles face the washer.
A method for washing two needles of a culture container linkage device to be linked to a culture container when a culture medium is replaced, comprising:
- inserting the needles into the culture container and replacing the culture medium in the culture container;
- positioning the needles at a container-facing position at which the needles face the culture container, by retracting the needles from the culture container;
- and
- positioning the needles at a washing-facing position at which the needles face a washer for washing the needles, by rotating the needles from the container-facing position, advancing the needles from the washing-facing position, and washing the needles in the washer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.