Electroporation device and method for producing cells with introduced foreign substance

Abstract

An electroporation device includes a holding portion, a discharge generating portion, a conductive portion, and a power amount control portion. The holding portion is configured to hold a solution containing a foreign substance and a cell. The discharge generating portion includes a pair of electrodes disposed at a predetermined gap, and configured to generate an arc discharge between the pair of electrodes. The conductive portion is configured to electrically connect the holding portion and the discharge generating portion, and to supply, to the holding portion, a pulsed electric current resulting from the arc discharge generated by the discharge generating portion. The power amount control portion is configured to control an amount of electric energy of the pulsed electric current supplied to the holding portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.