Cell stretching device

Abstract

Provided is a cell stretching device that creates stress by applying stretching to the cell to trigger mechanical signaling in the cell and thus biochemical signals. The cell stretching device includes the following: four stretching motors providing bidirectional linear movement and a control unit for controlling the frequency and movement distances of said stretching motors, at least one stretching plate connected to the linear movement outputs of the stretching motors for each edge of said membrane and a plurality of pin openings provided on the stretching plates for each membrane edge and enabling said membrane to be connected to the stretching plates.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.