Culture observation equipment
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorsKyoji Nakamura, Takayuki Uozumi
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Abstract
The present application includes a culture chamber, an observation chamber having an optical system of observation to observe samples to be cultured in the culture chamber, and a movement stage provided at a boundary which separates the culture chamber and the observation chamber, functioning as a wall to maintain an environment of both of the chambers, bearing the samples, and moving the samples on a light axis of observation of the optical system of observation. Due to such an arrangement, a culture observation equipment which has good response and excellent environmental resistance can be achieved, preventing problems such as the overall size of the device became large, maintenance work was difficult, and device cost became expensive.
Claims12
A culture observation equipment comprising:
- a culture chamber;
- an observation chamber having an optical system of observation to observe samples cultured in said culture chamber;
- a movement stage provided at a boundary which separates said culture chamber and said observation chamber, functioning as a wall to maintain an environment of both of said chambers, bearing said samples, and moving said samples on a light axis of observation of said optical system of observation in an orthogonal direction thereto.
A culture observation equipment comprising:
- a culture chamber to culture samples under a predetermined environmental condition;
- an observation chamber disposed adjacent to said culture chamber, said observation chamber having an optical system of observation to observe samples cultured in said culture chamber;
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- a movement stage provided between said culture chamber and said observation chamber, having functions to separate both of said chambers and to maintain an environment of both of said chambers, bearing said samples, and moving said samples on a light axis of observation of said optical system of observation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.