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US 2006/0216819 A1Published application
Micro chamber for cell culture
OwnerKenji Yasuda, Kazunori Takahashiinventors
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A new micro-chamber is provided wherein a channel capable of selectively recovering a migrating cell in the micro-chamber can be opened or closed by reversibly changing the shape of the micro-chamber during culture. The micro-chamber comprises a cell culture section 110 formed in an elastic polymer which is optically transparent in visible regions, channels 108, 109 positioned at both ends of the cell culture section, air reservoir 105, 106 for controlling, by expansion or contraction, the open or close state of the channels, air passages 103, 104 for applying pressurization or depressurization to the air reservoirs, and connecting joints 101, 102 to an air pressure control section, all of which are disposed on an optically transparent base plate 112 such as a slide glass etc., whereby a culture solution containing cells can be continuously passed to a direction of flow 107.
A cell culture micro-chamber comprising a cell culture section, at least two channels for connecting the cell culture section to the outside, a means for opening or closing the channels, and a means for optically observing the cell culture section and the opening or closing of the channels, wherein one of the channels is a flow path through which a culture solution which may contain cells can be injected into the cell culture section, while another one of the channels is a flow path through which a culture solution which may contain cells can be discharged from the cell culture section, at least a portion of said channels is surrounded by an elastic material, and the means for opening and closing is for opening or closing the channels or altering the width of the channels by pressing or drawing the channels from outside in a direction substantially perpendicular to the observation direction of the means for optically observing.
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