Culture device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkira Higuchi
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Abstract
A culture device includes a culture vessel that contains a culture solution for culturing cells, a gas supply device that supplies a gas to the culture vessel, and a humidification device that humidifies the gas flowing from the gas supply device to the culture vessel. The humidification device includes a hollow fiber membrane filter that includes a hollow fiber membrane through which the gas from the gas supply device passes and a casing that accommodates the hollow fiber membrane, a water supply device that fills the casing of the hollow fiber membrane filter with water, and a first heater that heats the hollow fiber membrane filter.
Claims19
A culture device, comprising:
- a culture vessel that contains a culture solution for culturing cells;
- a gas supply device configured to supply a gas to the culture vessel;
- a humidification device configured to humidify the gas flowing from the gas supply device to the culture vessel, the humidification device comprising a hollow fiber membrane filter that includes a hollow fiber membrane configured to pass gas from the gas supply device, and a casing that accommodates the hollow fiber membrane, the casing of the hollow fiber membrane filter having a first port and a second port;
- a water supply device comprising a plurality of water supply containers, the plurality of water supply containers being located above the casing;
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- a first heater configured to heat the hollow fiber membrane filter,
- wherein the water supply device is configured to supply water from a first water supply container of the plurality of water supply containers into the casing through the first port, and the water supply device is configured to move air in the casing to a second water supply container of the plurality of water supply containers through the second port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.