Automatic device for the analysis and cloning of cellular cultures as well as for bacteriological analysis

An automatic device for analyzing and cloning cellular cultures as well as for bacteriological analysis, comprising:

• a first enclosure having isolating walls and divided into a first compartment and a second compartment surrounding the first compartment;
• at least one microscopic device for observation of said cultures, which is integral with a ceiling and a floor of said first compartment,
• access means for accessing an interior of said first compartment;
• support means for supporting said first compartment within said second compartment;
• a device for aspiration/injection of cell medium or cells fixed to a housing formed in said ceiling of said first compartment;
• a plate including several micro-wells for receiving said cellular cultures and cell medium, said micro-wells being disposed in at least one concentric circular row, means for slidably supporting said plate inside said first compartment, said plate being provided with a central opening for access of said aspiration/injection device into a discharge and sterilization well fixed to the floor of said first compartment;
• drive means located in said first compartment and comprising means for rotating said plate and means for moving said plate vertically and horizontally to thus orientate each micro-well with respect to said microscopic device;
• means for providing homeothermic conditions inside said enclosure,
• a second enclosure, disposed outside said first enclosure, said second enclosure including a plurality of reservoirs for containing nutritive media in one reservoir and at least one other product in at least one other reservoir, cooling means for preserving the contents of said reservoirs means, and means for selectively supplying said nutritive media and said at least one other product to said aspiration/injection device by means of valve means.