Stem cell manufacturing system, stem cell information management system, cell transport apparatus, and stem cell frozen storage apparatus

A cell transport apparatus for transporting somatic cells collected from a somatic cell donor(s) to one or more closed production device(s) configured to produce stem cells from somatic cells, or for transporting the stem cells to a stem cell stock site, the apparatus comprising:

• a somatic cell collection vial for containing the collected somatic cells and equipped with a first individual identification device containing donor identification information for identifying the somatic cell donor and production device identification information for identifying the production device, or a stem cell freezing vial for containing stem cells produced in the production device and subsequently frozen and equipped with a second individual identification device containing the donor identification information, the production device identification information, and stock site identification information for identifying a stock site for stocking the stem cells;
• a transport container configured to contain one or more of the somatic cell collection vials or one or more of the stem cell freezing vials;
• a reader device configured to read at least one of the donor identification information, the production device identification information, and the stock site identification information contained in the first individual identification device or the second individual identification device;
• a transport means for transporting the transport container containing the somatic cell collection vial or the stem cell freezing vial, based on the read production device identification information or stock site identification information;
• a presence sensor configured to detect presence of a stem cell freezing vial in the transport container;
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• a vision sensor other than the presence sensor and configured to detect presence of frozen liquid in the stem cell freezing vial received in the transport container.