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US 2024/0309308 A1Published application
Cell culture incubators with integrated cell manipulation systems
AssigneeThrive Bioscience, Inc.
InventorAlan Blanchard
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Abstract
Aspects of the invention relate to automated cell culture incubators. In some embodiments, automated cell culture incubators comprise an integrated manipulation device having one or more cell scrapers.
Claims14
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A cell culture incubator comprising:
- an incubator cabinet comprising an internal chamber for incubation of cells in one or more cell culture vessels;
- a door opening from an external environment to the internal chamber;
- at least two imagers configured for imaging the cells within the internal chamber;
- a manipulator for manipulating the cells in the one or more cell culture vessels within the internal chamber;
- a cell culture vessel transfer device for moving the one or more cell culture vessels between the at least two imagers within the internal chamber;
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- a controller configured for controlling the cell culture transfer device to move cell culture vessels between the at least two imagers.
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A cell culture incubator comprising:
- an incubator cabinet comprising an internal chamber for incubation of cells in one or more cell culture vessels;
- a door opening from an external environment to the internal chamber;
- at least one imager configured for imaging the cells within the internal chamber, wherein the at least one imager images the cell culture vessels from a variety of angles;
- a manipulator for manipulating the cells in the one or more cell culture vessels within the internal chamber;
- a cell culture vessel transfer device for moving the one or more cell culture vessels between the at least one imager and the manipulator within the internal chamber;
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- a controller configured for controlling the cell culture transfer device to move cell culture vessels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.