Networked incubator operation
AssigneeThrive Bioscience, Inc.
InventorHoward Cannon
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to a networked cell culture incubator and to methods for operating such an incubator. In one aspect, the cell culture incubator includes a network interface for communicating with a source of parameter data utilized successfully by other incubators. The incubator receives appropriate parameter data and conducts the incubation process as prescribed by the parameter data so as to provide an improved environment for cell culture growth. The incubator may share its own parameter data with the data source for use by other incubators. The incubator and data source may share other forms of data as well.
Claims7
A method of facilitating a networked incubator operation, the method comprising:
- providing an incubator connected to a network;
- providing a cell imager connected to the network;
- moving a cell culture vessel into a position wherein cells cultures within the vessel can be imaged in the cell imager;
- automatically imaging the cell cultures to generate a plurality of images;
- stitching the images together;
- analyzing the stitched together images to provide cell culture image analysis data;
- communicating images and cell culture image analysis data from the incubator to the network;
- storing the images and cell culture image analysis data in a database accessible to the incubator and the imager;
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- using the image analysis data to predict cell growth and passaging time and to schedule imaging of the cells at the predicted passaging time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.