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US 12,180,454 B2Granted
Automated cell culture incubator
AssigneeThrive Bioscience, Inc.
InventorAlan Blanchard
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Abstract
Aspects relate to an automated cell culture incubator and to methods for using such an incubator. In one aspect, the cell culture incubator includes an incubator cabinet having a transfer chamber and an internal chamber that are arranged to form an airlock configuration. In some embodiments, objects placed into the incubator cabinet are sterilized using ozone produced by an ozone generator. The incubator may include one or more transfer devices that move objects between the transfer chamber and the internal chamber.
Claims12
A method for cell culturing comprising the steps of:
- receiving a cell culture vessel from an incubator housing at a transfer device;
- moving the cell culture vessel through a door into an internal chamber having at least one imager at an imaging location therein for imaging a cell culture in the cell culture vessel under the control of a controller;
- wherein the transfer device moves the cell culture vessel into the imaging location within the internal chamber;
- imaging the cell culture in the cell culture vessel under the control of the controller;
- and
- moving the cell culture vessel from the imaging location and through the door of the internal chamber under the control of the controller for placement in the incubator, wherein the transfer device is positioned to receive another cell culture vessel.
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