Cell culture apparatus and cell culture method
AssigneesCanon Medical Systems Corporation, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMayumi SAKAGAMI, Koji HIRATA, Kanako AIZAWA
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Abstract
A cell culture apparatus according to an embodiment includes a culture chamber, a holding unit, and processing circuitry. In the culture chamber, a biological specimen is cultured. The holding unit is provided in the culture chamber and configured to hold the biological specimen in such a manner that the position thereof in the culture chamber is movable. The processing circuitry is configured to control the holding unit so as to move the position of the biological specimen within the culture chamber, in a culture period for culturing the biological specimen.
Claims9
A cell culture apparatus comprising:
- a culture chamber in which a biological specimen is cultured;
- a holding unit provided in the culture chamber and configured to hold the biological specimen in such a manner that a position thereof in the culture chamber is movable;
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- processing circuitry configured to control the holding unit so as to move the position of the biological specimen within the culture chamber, in a culture period for culturing the biological specimen.
A cell culture method using a cell culture apparatus, wherein
- the cell culture apparatus includes a culture chamber for culturing a biological specimen and a holding unit provided in the culture chamber and configured to movably hold the biological specimen, and
- the cell culture method comprises controlling the holding unit so as to move a position of the biological specimen within the culture chamber, in a culture period for culturing the biological specimen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.