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US 12,098,358 B2Granted
Automated incubator with robotic transport
AssigneeThrive Bioscience, Inc.
InventorAlan Blanchard
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Abstract
A cell incubator system comprising a housing having an internal chamber having a controlled temperature and gas mixture therein appropriate for the growth of particular cells for incubation of the particular cells in one or more cell culture vessels in the internal chamber and a plurality of cell operation stations in the internal chamber. The stations receive plates having wells for holding cells and wherein the cell operations stations perform operations on cells in the wells. The system has a robotic transport for moving plates from one station to another.
Claims11
A cell incubator system comprising:
- a. a housing comprising an internal chamber having a controlled temperature and gas mixture therein appropriate for the growth of particular cells for incubation of the particular cells in a well of one or more cell culture vessels in the internal chamber;
- b. a plurality of cell operation stations in the internal chamber, wherein the stations receive the one or more cell culture vessels and wherein the cell operations stations perform operations on cells in the one or more cell culture vessels;
- c. a trackless robotic transport for moving plates from a first station to a second station, wherein the trackless robotic transport has visual sensors for sensing a path on a surface of the internal chamber and wirelessly transmitting signals representative of the path;
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- d. a microcontroller configured to guide the robotic transport from the first station to the second station, wherein the microcontroller and the robotic transport wirelessly receive the signals from the visual sensors to direct the robotic transport from the first station to the second station.
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