Gene injection apparatus and gene injection method
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorKiyohiko TATEYAMA
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Abstract
A gene injection apparatus for injecting a gene into a cell held on a substrate, includes a needle unit. The needle unit includes a fine needle to be inserted into the cell immersed in a culture medium in which the gene is dispersed, and a flexible support part configured to hold the fine needle, the flexible support part being flexing when the fine needle is pressed onto the substrate. The gene injection apparatus further includes a drive unit configured to push down the flexible support part toward the substrate, further from a position where a tip of the fine needle contacts the substrate.
Claims6
A gene injection apparatus for injecting a gene into a cell held on a substrate, comprising:
- a needle unit having a fine needle to be inserted into the cell immersed in a culture medium in which the gene is dispersed, and a flexible support part configured to hold the fine needle, the flexible support part being flexing when the fine needle is pressed onto the substrate;
- and
- a drive unit configured to push down the flexible support part toward the substrate, further from a position where a tip of the fine needle contacts the substrate.
A gene injection method for injecting a gene into a cell held on a substrate, by using a needle unit having a fine needle to be inserted into the cell immersed in a culture medium in which the gene is dispersed, and a flexible support part configured to hold the fine needle, the flexible support part being flexing when the fine needle is pressed onto the substrate, the method comprising:
- inserting the fine needle into the cell immersed in a gene-dispersed culture medium;
- and
- pushing down the flexible support part toward the substrate, further from a position where a tip of the fine needle contacts the substrate.
A substance injection apparatus for injecting a substance into a cell held on a substrate,
- comprising:
- a needle unit having a fine needle to be inserted into the cell immersed in a culture medium in which the gene is dispersed, and a flexible support part configured to hold the fine needle, the flexible support part being flexing when the fine needle is pressed onto the substrate;
- and
- a drive unit configured to push down the flexible support part toward the substrate, further from a position where a tip of the fine needle contacts the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.